Hainan Jinhai Pulp & Paper Industry Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of Indonesian Asia Pulp & Paper, operates the world’s largest pulp mill on the island and is in the process of building another leading industry facility: Hainan PM2 will be the largest machine for fine paper production in the world. The paper machine, supplied by Voith Paper of Heidenheim, Germany, is a comprehensive operation from stock preparation to finishing, spanning 670m in length. It will have capacity for one million metric tons per year once in production from May 2009. A paper machine is built with large amounts of stainless steel, necessitated by wet and high-chloride process conditions. A machine of the size of Hainan PM2 takes approximately 2000tns of stainless in flat products, tubes and fittings.
