Endless possibilites with Advantage NTT technology for ADNPM
Feb 14, 2018
Abu Dhabi is an appreciated tourist destination with a quality demand as a strong driver for high quality consumer products and tough competition among tissue producers. What does it take to differentiate from competition, build a new market segment and provide product quality to satisfy your customers? For Abu Dhabi National Paper Mill (ADNPM) the answer can be spelled “Flexibility” and Advantage NTT technology.
We had to do something special! We wanted to get a competitive advantage and with the NTT machine we got flexibility. Another must, was to be able to produce facial products. At that time, nobody had considered the potential to produce facial with the NTT machine so we made a test on Valmet’s pilot machine. The result was very promising as the facial product turned out to be very soft. Together with the flexibility, that was the biggest arguments for us to invest in the NTT technology."
Helmut Berger, General Manager, ADNPM
Tissue Machine Data
Type
Advantage NTT 100
Width
2,8 m
Design speed
Texture mode: 1.800 m/min Plain mode: 2.000 m/min
Capacity
25-40.000 tons/year
Products
Jumbo rolls Own Brand, Velvet
Summery
Location
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Customer challenge
Needed to get a competetiv advantage and be able to produce facial products
Solution
Advantage NTT tissue making concept
Results
"One big advantage is that we can produce paper from recycled fibers that is much softer than normal. But the big impact is that we have much more flexibility than in an ordinary machine. Basis weight from 14-40 gsm is not a problem, recycling paper or virgin pulp – no problem, we can mix if we want. We can make sandwich paper, or 2-ply products with one conventional and one textured paper so we have an unbelievable range of possibilities."
