ANDRITZ – your partner for trials and R&D
From fiber to paper on the reel including recycling
Our pilot plants and technology centers for the fiber, paper, paperboard, tissue, nonwoven and recycling industry are available worldwide to offer customers as well as research and development institutes the chance to run trials on state-of-the art equipment in a fully flexible, real mill environment.
Analyze efficiency, test different raw materials, or process configurations prior to your investment without impacting your own mill operations. All trials are performed on industrial-scale machines, not on down-scaled laboratory equipment. That provides the most accurate technological results that mirror your processes and can be directly translated into your mill environment. To ensure the most realistic results, you also have the option of bringing in your own material for testing.
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Discover our global pilot plants and technology centers:
F I B E R
Fiber R&D Centers
The Fiber R&D Centers are fully equipped for equipment and process R&D as well as direct work for customer trials. All our centers are flexible enough to accommodate single machine testing or complete process lines and can process both recycled and virgin fibers. Fully equipped laboratories certified to international standards offer analysis of pulp and paper properties.
P A P E R
PrimeLineTIAC
The world’s most modern Tissue Innovation and Application Center can be configured in various ways for conventional dry-creped, textured and structured (TAD) tissue. The research center comprises a complete, state-of-the-art tissue production line, including stock preparation and own laboratory facilities for tests and trials and to develop new products and processes in the tissue sector. Different types of raw materials can be tested, ranging from soft and hard wood to recycled and annual fibers. The tissue machine offers maximum flexibility featuring various configurations that are available as single-machine concepts.
Paper Technology Center
In the ANDRITZ Paper Technology Center, customers can test all calendering processes required on the market and conduct trials on the roll test stand. An in-house paper lab is also available for testing paper characteristics.
Fabrics R&D Center
The Fabrics R&D Center is one of the largest technology centers in the industry for press felts and fabrics. It boasts a laboratory for research projects, investigations, analysis and tests to improve the quality and efficiency of machine clothing designs.
R E C Y C L I N G
ANDRITZ Recycling Technology Center
The ANDRITZ Recycling Technology (ART) Center enables recycling tests with a wide variety of raw materials on state-of-the-art recycling machines of industrial size. It is equipped with innovative shredding technology from the ADuro product line for primary and secondary shredding as well as for fine granulation and dismantling of composite materials.
ANDRITZ Textile Recycling Technology Center
The ANDRITZ Textile Recycling Center for mechanical recycling is fully equipped along the entire process. Starting with sorting, cutting and the individual tearing steps through to baling. The Technical Center also includes a complete airlay line for the further processing of the recycled fibers. Airlay is one of several processes used to manufacture new products from textile fibers.
N O N W O V E N
ANDRITZ Needlepunch Technology Center
The ANDRITZ Technical Center for Needlepunch and Stitchbonding is the best equipped in the world. Customers from the automotive industry, the construction industry, the furniture and mattress industry, manufacturers of geotextiles and many others test their new product ideas or product variations here. From cards to crosslappers and various needlelooms to winders, everything is available.
ANDRITZ Spunlace Technology Center
The Technical Center for Spunlace and Wetlace CP is entirely dedicated to the development of all types of wipes. Care wipes, disinfection wipes, medical wipes, industrial wipes, household wipes and others are produced here from various fibers for testing purposes. Pulp fibers, other bio based fibers, natural fibers and of course synthetic fibers.
ANDRITZ Calender Technology Center
The Test Center for nonwovens and textile calenders contains several types of calenders. The nonwoven calenders are part of spunlaid technology, where the calender uses continuous filaments to produce the base material for hygiene articles such as baby diapers (topsheets and backsheets), which are then processed into rolls. The textile calenders are used for finishing textiles. ANDRITZ is the undisputed market leader in both areas.
ANDRITZ Wetlaid Technology Center
The Wetlaid Technical Center has two locations. The Wetlace™CP pilot line for biodegradable wipes and the Wetlaid pilot line for flushable wipes and biodegradable wipes. Both pilot lines focus on the production of wipes for the hygiene sector such as baby care, cosmetics or moist cleaning wipes. The market for biodegradable wipes is growing continuously, which is why both test centers are in high demand.
