Kemibioproductmill of finlin group in Finland is currently under intensive construction, with a total investment of 1.6 billion euros. It will become the largest investment project ever built by Finnish forest industry in Finland. The construction period is about two and a half years, and the plant will be put into operation in the third quarter of 2023. Previously, Kemi biological products factory officially selected Endress + Hauser, a Swedish industrial automation supplier, to provide it with process automation field equipment and technical support.
“We require our partners to conform to our values and high-quality business philosophy. Other prerequisites for cooperation include cutting-edge technology solutions and understanding of the needs of our production activities. Overall, Endress + Hauser meets all these requirements, and we are happy to continue to cooperate with them in another large-scale project. We hope to successfully integrate Kemi biological products in the future The factory will build a modern and reliable biological product factory to serve us for the next few decades, “said Jari Pekka Johansson, project director of Kemi biological product factory.
According to the agreement, Endress + Hauser will provide field automation equipment to all process areas of the new plant, covering all flow, pressure, differential pressure and liquid level measurements and liquid analysis instruments. This order will be the largest field equipment order Endress + Hauser has received in Finland.
Endress + Hauser has innovative process technology and field automation solutions, as well as the latest Internet of things and digital field management technology, which can help the factory achieve the best function. In addition, high-quality project management with remote and on-site support will help to ensure the practicability of automated instruments, optimize installed equipment, and ensure flexible process commissioning and equipment maintenance.
“In order to optimize production reliability and performance, every measurement point in the process needs accurate and reliable measurement. Our strong process measurement technology and project expertise and our field equipment solutions can meet these requirements,” said Tuomo saukkonen, managing director of Endress + Hauser.
The investment decision of the new biological product factory was first put forward in early 2021, and the planned life cycle is 30 to 40 years. Therefore, the requirements for automation equipment suppliers are very high. The starting point of building a new biological products factory in Kemi is to help its pulp and paper mills fully realize fossil fuel free operation and power self-sufficiency. The new biological products factory will produce 1.5 million tons of pulp and many other biological products every year. Kemi factory will become a global leading benchmark in the industry in terms of environmental protection, efficient utilization of energy and materials.
Founded in 1953 and headquartered in Switzerland, Endress + Hauser is a multinational group company specializing in the production and sales of industrial automation instruments. Its products cover industrial measuring instruments such as level, pressure, flow, analysis, temperature, system and tank farm, recorder and communication. It is one of the leaders in the field of automation in the world, In more than 40 branches around the world, more than 5800 employees are engaged in research, development, production, sales and maintenance.
Post time: Sep-17-2021