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APP’s Indah Kiat begins mechanical tests on 500,000 tonne/yr fine paper PM 6 at Perawang mill in Indonesia



SINGAPORE , March 20, 2013 (RISI) - 

Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper, an Asia Pulp & Paper's (APP) subsidiary in Indonesia, has kicked off mechanical tests on a fine paper unit assembled from two sets of Beloit paper machine parts it bought 15 years ago.

An Indah Kiat contact said the machine, PM 6, is expected to roll out the first sheet of paper in early April at the latest at the firm's Perawang mill in Riau province, Sumatra.

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