About the company

Since the beginning of 2012 the upgraded company facilities gradually increase the production capacity, together with the product range diversification. This enables the number of customers and market presence of the company to be increased. The goal is to reach the level of the largest manufacturer of paper tissue in the region.

The present management strategy for development aims to meet customer requirements through new paper grades, with new quality characteristics imposed by consumer demands. It also aims an implementation of number of measures in order to reduce the costs and particularly the improvement of the energy efficiency as well as introduction of measures for limitation of fiber losses.

Kostenets-HHI AD has the following main production equipment:

1. Paper Machine 1 (PM1)

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1. Paper Machine 2 (PM2)

Manufacturer	Andritz & USSR
Start up year	1980 and reconstructed in 1988
Grades	MG paper and tissue paper 1 ply
Basis weight range, g/m2	25-70 for MG 17-40 for tissue
Trim width, cm	420
Max speed m/min	450
Max gross production t/d	55 tons for MG 35 tons for tissue
Annual net production, t/a	15 000 tons for MG 9 000 tons for tissue
Wet end concept	Long wire
Press section	3 presses
Calendering	No
Dryer section	Drying cylinders + Yankee
Overhead crane	Yes, jointly for PM 2 and PM 3
Steam source 2011	Cogeneration plant

The company management implements a complex of further modernization of the existing facilities in 2012 in order to improve the products’ quality, reduce the direct production costs, which will lead to improvement of the profitability.

During the second half of 2012 the following investments are under implementation:

Reconstruction of paper machine PM2:

• pope reel replacement;
• rewinder replacement;
• replacement of the packing machine and the conveyors line.

The implemented reconstruction and modernization of PM2 aims to reduce the process broke of the machine which in turn leads to a significant reduction of production costs for both recycled tissue papers and MG papers. New rewinder assists also the PM3 which allows an increase in the capacity of  the single-layer papers production. 

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1. Paper Machine 3 (PM3)

Manufacturer	OverMeccanica
Start up year	2009 (for test runs only). Production start April 2011
Grades	Tissue 1-3 ply
Basis weight range, g/m2	15-35
Trim width, cm	275
Max speed m/min	1800
Max gross production t/d	60-90 t/24 h
Annual net production, t/a	15-24 g/m2 = 20 - 27000 t/a
Wet end concept	Crescent former
Press section	Blind press and suction press
Calendering	Rewinder with calender
Dryer section	Gas hood and yankee cylinder
Overhead crane	Yes, jointly for PM 2 and PM 3
Steam source	Cogeneration plant
Gas (for hood burners)	100-120 Nm3/t

Достигането на максималния капацитет на новата машина РМ3 в края на 2012 г., заедно с нарасналите възможности на пазара през 2011 г., доведе до рязко увеличаване на производството, като по този начин се използват рационално създадените положителни тенденции в търсенето на вътрешния и международния пазари за различни  крайни продукти.

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Automatic gas distribution station (AGDS) and industrial gas pipeline

Automatic gas distribution station (AGDS) and industrial gas pipeline with a total length of 12 093 meters, providing a minimum of 52 million nm3 gas per year. Equipment is manufactured in 2011 by Fiorentino, Italy.

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1. Gas co-generation plant - Centrax Ltd. – 2011



In order to ensure reliability and independence of price and deliveries of electricity, as well as to achieve additional energy efficiency, the company has established gas cogeneration plant with two parallel lines working independently from each other consisting of gas turbines and boilers (2 x 3,78 MWe maximum electrical power and 2 boilers x 15 tons of steam/hour). Each line has the following specification:

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