Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper, an
Asia Pulp & Paper's (APP) subsidiary in Indonesia, has kicked off
mechanical tests on a fine paper unit assembled from two sets of Beloit paper
machine parts it bought 15 years ago.
An Indah Kiat contact said the
machine, PM 6, is expected to roll out the first sheet of paper in earlyApril at the latest at the firm's Perawang mill in Riau province, Sumatra.
The output of the PM will be mainly uncoated fine paper for converting into cut-size copy paper in the basis weight range of 60-120 g/m², the source added.
