KBC receives orders.

Kadant Black Clawson Inc., Mason, Ohio , USA, has received an order from Kinfai International Industries Ltd., to supply three recycling systems for their new greenfield mill, Jianhui Paper Co. Ltd., Dongguan, P.R. of China. The three systems include an ONP deinking system for producing undertop ply, a mixed waste system for producing filler, and an ONP system for producing back ply. The new equipment is part of phase one of the mill's three-phase construction plan. The mill will produce coated whiteboard with gray or white back ply to meet China's growing demand for these products. Capacity for phase one is set at 300,000 tons/yr with a total capacity of one million tons/yr when all three phases are complete. Installation and start up of the new equipment will be spring of 2004.

Other KBC orders include:

* KBC has received an order from Zaozhuang Hua Run Paper Co., Ltd, Zaozhuang City, P.R. of China, for two stock preparation systems--a MOW de-inking system and an AOCC system. The two new systems will increase the mill's production of white linerboard and gypsum paper. The de-inking line will process mixed office wastepaper when producing whitetop liner. It will process old newsprint when producing gypsum paper. The new OCC system will process AOCC and LOCC also used in the production of the mills's whitetop and gypsum paper products. Installation and start-up of the new equipment will be complete by the end of 2003.

* KBC received an order from Ningbo Zhonghua Paper Co., Ltd., Duantang, Ningbo, P.R. of China, for a MOW de-inking system. The new equipment will be part of an existing system and will replace virgin pulp with de-inked, recycled pulp in an effort to lower production costs without sacrificing product quality. The de-inking line will process mixed office wastepaper to produce white linerboard. Installation and start-up of the new equipment should complete in the fall of 2003.