Alfa Laval delivers cleantech to Indian paper mill

Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has recived an order for a black liquor evaporation plant to West Coast Paper Mills Ltd in India. The order value is about SEK 60 million. Delivery is scheduled for 2008. Alfa Laval delivered similar equipment to West Coast Paper Mills during 2001.

”It is very satisfying that the customer returns and orders products and systems to make its process even more efficient and at the same time increase the capacity. It shows the high quality of Alfa Laval’s products.”, says Alfa Laval’s CEO and President Lars Renström. ”We have been present in India since 1937 and the rapidly increasing standard of living opens many opportunities for Alfa Laval within energy, environment and the food industry.”
The contract contains a black liquor evaporation plant. Alfa Laval’s tailor-made AlfaCond condenser plays a vital role in the system and ensures that 95% of the condensed water can be recycled.

Did you know that black liquor is a by-product obtained from cooking of fibrous raw material used in paper mills? It can be re-used as fuel in the mill’s boiler to produce steam or power after being concentrated in an evaporation plant. This optimized process - with recovery of caustic and power generation – is pollution–free, thus greatly reducing the environmental impact.


About Alfa Laval
Alfa Laval is a leading global provider of specialized products and engineering solutions based on its key technologies of heat transfer, separation and fluid handling.
The company’s equipment, systems and services are dedicated to assisting customers in optimizing the performance of their processes. The solutions help them to heat, cool, separate and transport products in industries that produce food and beverages, chemicals and petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, starch, sugar and ethanol.
Alfa Laval’s products are also used in power plants, aboard ships, in the mechanical engineering industry, in the mining industry and for wastewater treatment, as well as for comfort climate and refrigeration applications.
Alfa Laval’s worldwide organization works closely with customers in nearly 100 countries to help them stay ahead in the global arena.
Alfa Laval is listed on the Nordic Exchange, Nordic Large Cap, and, in 2006, posted annual sales of about SEK 20 billion (approx. 2,2 billion euros). The company has some 11,000 employees.

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