# ANDRITZ to supply world's first sulfuric acid plant in a pulp mill for Klabin

ANDRITZ received an order to supply a sulfuric acid plant for Klabin's Ortigueira mill in Brazil. The plant will produce 150 tons/day of commercial-grade sulfuric acid from odorous gases and sulfur, making the site self-sufficient in sulfuric acid.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2021-05-25
- Where: Ortigueira, Brazil, Brazil
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 150 tons per day (sulfuric acid)
- Products: sulfuric acid plant, WSA technology
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md), [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [ANDRITZ](https://endata.com/companies/2007.md)
- [ANDRITZ](https://endata.com/companies/2007.md) (supplier)
- [Klabin](https://endata.com/companies/3670.md) (customer)
- [Bracell Group](https://endata.com/companies/5322.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [andritz.com](https://www.andritz.com/newsroom-en/pulp-paper/2021-05-25-klabin-ortigueira-group), 2021-05-25: "The plant will be the first of its kind worldwide and is designed to produce 150 tons of commercial-grade (>98%) sulfuric acid per day."
- [andritz.com](https://www.andritz.com/newsroom-en/pulp-paper/2021-07-06-bracell-group), 2021-07-06: "The project is much more than a pulp mill. It is the future of the bioindustry."
- [paperfirst.info](https://www.paperfirst.info/andritz-is-supplying-major-pulp-production-technologies-and-key-process-equipment-for-the-worlds-largest-dp-pulp-mill/), 2021-07-06: "ANDRITZ is supplying major energy-efficient and environmentally friendly pulp production technologies and key process equipment for Bracell's Project 'STAR' in the city of Lençóis Paulista, São Paulo state, Brazil."
- [presseportal.de](https://www.presseportal.de/en/pm/54966/4960807), 2021-07-06: "ANDRITZ was awarded this contract in July 2019, and start-up is scheduled for August 2021."
- [presseportal.ch](https://www.presseportal.ch/de/pm/100009145/100873746), 2021-07-06: "ANDRITZ was awarded this contract in July 2019, and start-up is scheduled for August 2021."
- [news.europawire.eu](https://news.europawire.eu/andritzs-state-of-the-art-technologies-to-be-used-in-one-of-the-largest-and-most-sustainable-pulp-mills-in-the-world/eu-press-release/2021/07/06/13/02/58/89711/), 2021-07-06: "ANDRITZ was awarded this contract in July 2019, and start-up is scheduled for August 2021."
- [paper-world.com](https://www.paper-world.com/en/newsdetail/andritz-supplies-major-pulp-production-technologies), 2021-07-07: "The project is much more than a pulp mill. It is the future of the bioindustry."

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