Papelera Guipuzcoana, Spain, selects ANDRITZ to supply new chipping line

The delivery includes a new chipping line with a horizontally fed HHQ-Chipper featuring the advanced TurnKnife knife system, which ensures efficient use of the wood raw material and provides the highest chip quality on the market. The scope of supply comprises log receiving, log washing, chipping, and conveyor systems. The chipping line will have the capacity to process 400 m³/h of forest-debarked eucalyptus logs and will replace two existing ones.

This order further solidifies the strong business relationship between ANDRITZ and Papelera Guipuzcoana. Most recently, in 2023, ANDRITZ supplied a lime kiln to the same mill.

The value of the order will not be disclosed. It is included in ANDRITZ’s order intake for the second quarter of 2025.

Papelera Guipuzcoana de Zicuñaga is part of the Iberpapel Group, a leading vertically integrated paper company in Spain. Iberpapel is committed to quality, service, and environmental responsibility, having invested over 200 million euros in modernizing and enhancing its facilities over the past 20 years.

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ANDRITZ GROUP
International technology group ANDRITZ provides advanced plants, equipment, services, and digital solutions for a wide range of industries, including pulp and paper, metals, hydropower, environmental, and others. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in Austria, the publicly listed group employs about 30,000 people at 280 locations in over 80 countries.

As a global leader in technology and innovation, ANDRITZ is committed to fostering progress that benefits customers, partners, employees, society, and the environment. The company’s growth is driven by sustainable solutions enabling the green transition, advanced digitalization for highest industrial performance, and comprehensive services that maximize the value of customers’ plants over their entire life cycle. ANDRITZ. FOR GROWTH THAT MATTERS.

ANDRITZ PULP & PAPER
ANDRITZ Pulp & Paper provides sustainable technology, automation, and service solutions for the production of all types of pulp, paper, board and tissue. The technologies and services focus on increased production efficiency, lower overall operating costs as well as innovative decarbonization strategies and autonomous plant operation.

The product portfolio also includes boilers for power generation, various nonwoven technologies, and panelboard (MDF) production systems. With waste-to-value recycling, shredding and energy solutions, waste and by-product streams from production are converted into valuable secondary raw materials as well as into sustainable resources for energy generation. State-of-the-art IIoT technologies as part of Metris digitalization solutions complete the comprehensive product offering.