Andritz – A Global Leader in Pulping System Research
December 11, 2007
Consul General Zischg and Trade Commissioner Rössler Visit Research and Development Center in Springfield, Ohio
Since 1973 pulp professionals from all over the world have drawn on the expertise of Andritz’s R&D facilities in Springfield OH. Consul General Robert Zischg and Trade Commissioner Franz Roessler, both from Chicago, met in Dec. 2007 with Mr. Marc J. Sabourin, Global Director Process Development of Andritz Inc. to learn more about what’s going on in the global pulp industry. “The core competence of Andritz’s Ohio facilities is that all tests for the use of different pulps in the industry can be done on real industrial equipment and not only using testing equipment”, explains Sabourin.
The global paper and pulp industry is currently going through new developments. While U.S. demand is stagnating, new opportunities are arising in the emerging markets of Latin America and Asia. Andritz has the right solutions for every market: It works with many of the leading North American paper and pulp companies and universities from its Ohio R&D base with a competent team of 14 people managed by Mr. Sabourin, mostly on ways to reduce costs and to improve quality. The U.S. paper and pulp industries have a 20% market share in the global sector and many of the new trends are evolving here. The Andritz group with 11 subsidiaries in the U.S. and its U.S. headquarters in Alpharetta, Georgia, is well positioned to work in a partnership with key U.S. players.
The Andritz Group with over 10,000 employees and its world headquarters in Graz, Austria, is a global market leader in the supply of customized plants, systems, and services for the pulp and paper industry, the steel industry, and other specialized industries (sewage and sludge dewatering and drying, feed technology). Pulp and paper is the largest area of business. It provides technology and services that enable the industry to produce practically all grades of pulp for the manufacture of paper, board and fiberboard, and specialized machines for tissue production.
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