Thursday, September 25, 2025
Liansheng Pulp & Paper (Zhangzhou), located on the southeast coast of China in Fujian province, established a pulp mill to ensure full integration with its new paper, cartonboard, and tissue production facilities.
Family-owned Liansheng Pulp & Paper has quickly established itself as one of China’s most dynamic players in the pulp, paper, and tissue industry. Since entering the market in 1998, the company has grown into a major producer of board, paper, and household products, with a strong emphasis on large-scale integrated operations and a commitment to environmentally sustainable production.
In 2021, Liansheng Pulp & Paper decided that a wise commercial decision would be to set up an integrated mill, including a kraft pulp facility, at a new 300-hectare site in Zhangzhou, which would supply pulp to its newly set-up packaging and tissue operations. Thomas Schmitz, President of ANDRITZ China, says, “This mill is very special in lots of ways. The owners are extremely ambitious, and the site has grown very quickly to produce coated ivory board, printing and writing paper, and has launched into tissue with two ANDRITZ PrimeLine machines.
“The decision to set up a kraft mill as the center of this integrated mill made perfect sense. The mill is close to the sea for the import of chips, and also close to plantation areas for the supply of eucalyptus and acacia logs – China holds the largest plantation areas outside of Brazil, so fiber challenges are not an issue here.”
Special Technology for the largest kraft pulp mill in China
Liansheng Pulp & Paper proved its ambitions for the future by deciding on building the largest kraft mill in China. ANDRITZ was chosen to supply equipment for all the main process islands with an impressive lineup of groundbreaking technology. The full scope of supply included a chip handling plant with the world’s largest 360° Stacker Reclaimers, the very first complete fiberline with COMPACT PRESS wash presses, China’s largest recovery boiler, the world’s largest single lime kiln plant in terms of capacity, and the world’s largest gasification plant. ANDRITZ also delivered all process pumps and MC pumps for this project.
Xue Rongjun, General Manager Liansheng Pulp & Paper, explains, “The choice of ANDRITZ to participate in the Liansheng chemical pulp project is mainly based on its profound technical accumulation and rich project experience in the chemical pulp field. ANDRITZ’s equipment stands out in terms of stability, energy consumption control, and environmental protection performance, which can meet our production requirements for high capacity and green environmental protection.”
Zhang Yong, Vice President & General Manager, Pulp & Power ANDRITZ China, confirms, “The technology at the mill pushes the limits in terms of capacity, efficiency, and sustainable operations. For example, the recovery boiler enables the pulp and paper production facilities to be virtually self-sufficient in energy. The COMPACT PRESS wash presses in the fiberline are a valuable asset, as they are extremely advantageous when it comes to lower effluent discharge and being manufactured in China makes them cost competitive.
“Furthermore, a mill this size would usually have two lime kilns. However, in this case we have supplied the world’s largest lime kiln by capacity, enhanced by ANDRITZ’s LimeFlash-H™ – an innovative, high-efficiency technology.”
In May 2023, ANDRITZ also received a follow-up order for the mill to supply two debarking and chipping lines, including horizontally fed HHQ-Chippers.
For ANDRITZ the project was unique in that it was the first time the Chinese project team had embarked on a mission of such a scale. Zhan Zhiyan, Project Director (today General Manager of Pulp Services ANDRITZ China) says, “This was a really successful project from start to finish. The key factors in the success are down to working under the “One ANDRITZ Way”, which maintains a strong customer focus, openness of communication, and quick action, and establishes solid relationships across the whole project.
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