OREANDA-NEWS. September 29, 2009. Under the invitation of Prime Minister of Belarus Sergey Sidorsky Prime Minister of the Government of Karelia Pavel Chernov has visited the town of Shklov where Karelian paper-making machine is established at the new newsprint mill.

The complex of paper-making equipment for Belarus was made in Karelia at the plant of Petrozavodskmash company and last year was installed in Shklov. The contract value has made about 800 million roubles.

Pavel Chernov and Sergey Sidorsky have held meeting at the enterprise to develop the plan of completion of adjustment and alignment. According to Pavel Chernov, Karelian paper-making machine is in working order today and makes newprint of good quality. The equipment works at the speed of 600 meters a minute that has allowed to make 1,700 tons of paper in August, 1,800 tons of paper in September, and makes about 60% of total amount. By the end of December of 2009 the machine is expected start working to its full capacity. Starting-up and adjustment at the enterprise are carried out by experts from St.-Petersburg, Kondopoga, and foreign partners participating in the project.

As the Interfax-West news agency has informed, Sergey Sidorsky has noted that established at the enterprise paper-making machine machine made at Petrozavodskmash requires additional adjustment. According to Sergey Sidorsky, the Belarus party also has claims to foreign suppliers of accessories and equipment for paper-making machines. "Siemens and other foreign companies acknowledge defects and change units," – Prime Minister has told. In particular, he said that failures of two large power engines made by Siemens were encountered during adjustment of the paper-making machine.

Karelian Prime Minister has noted, that modern paper-making machines are very complicated mechanisms which service life make much more that one year, therefore, starting-up and adjustment may take some time. Thus, for example, it has taken 4 years at Kondopoga pulp-and-paper plant to achieve optimal parameter at adjustment of the new paper-making machine N10 imported from abroad.