OREANDA-NEWS. December 10, 2014. Alfa Laval has won an order to supply a complete process line to a pulp mill in Russia. The order, booked in the Energy & Process segment, has a value of approximately SEK 50 million (USD6.6 million) and delivery is scheduled for 2015, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

The order comprises decanters, separators, compact heat exchangers and fluid handling equipment for a plant, manufacturing high-quality tall oil in Russia. The plant, which will start up towards the end of 2015, is connected to a pulp mill – tall oil being an important byproduct of pulp manufacturing.

“This is an order for a unique solution, based on centrifugal separation. Compared to traditional methods using settling tanks, Alfa Laval’s unique offering is more efficient and it increases the quality of the oil,” says Lars Renstrom, President and CEO of the Alfa Laval Group.

Alfa Laval is a leading global provider of specialized products and engineering solutions based on its key technologies of heat transfer, separation and fluid handling.