<b>Thermo Black Clawson Lands Chinese Equipment Sales</b>

Dong Guan Nine Dragons Industries Co. Ltd, has added two Thermo Black Clawson XTREME and XX-Clone cleaning systems to their 1100 T/D AOCC system.

The AOCC system, originally supplied by Valmet, will have improved efficiency and the ability to remove wax and light contaminants with the addition of the

XTREME/XX-Clone systems.  One cleaning system will process 411 MT/D Long

Fiber OCC, the other will process 400 MT/D Short Fiber OCC.

Thermo Black Clawson's XTREME Cleaners employ the latest reverse cleaning technology to remove lightweight debris from all types of pulp and paper stock.  Coupled with the advanced design through-flow cleaner in the tailing position, the XX-Clone, only two stages are needed to minimize fiber loss and maximize removal efficiency.

Dong Guan Nine Dragons produces 400,000 TPY of linerboard.

Thermo Black Clawson also announced that it is supplying deinking equipment for another Chinese paper company, Ningzia Meilie Paper.

TBC will supply two Poseidon Clarifiers to the mill, which is capable of handling 150 metric tons per day of mixed officer paper.

The addition of the new equipment will further enhance the mill's process to produce high quality deinked pulp using a furnish of mixed office waste.

The deinked pulp will replace more expensive market pulp.

Ningxia Meili Paper Co. produces 100,000 metric tons per year of fine paper.