Kadant attracts worldwide orders

United States – Kadant, a US-based specialist in paper production technology, has received orders worth US$ 18.1 million for chemical pulping equipment and a recycling system from pulp and paper producers in the US and Chile.

The chemical pulping equipment will be used to recover chemicals in the kraft pulping process and the stock-preparation recycling system will be used to process recycled fibre for use in paper production.

Kadant added that it has been awarded other contracts to provide chemical pulping equipment and a stock-preparation system with a combined value of US$ 17.5 million from pulp and paper producers in Russia and China.

‘Our selection for these large projects demonstrates our strong position in markets around the world as well as highlighting the value of Kadant’s application expertise in pulping and fibre processing,’ said Jonathan Painter, the company’s President and CEO.