Paper Technology Journal 19 - Voith

ambitious timetable and to ensuring a
stable operating performance from the
machine’s very first start-up trials.
The example of the No. 4 machine at
LEIPA clearly shows that working together
with the machine supplier, our strategic
partner Voith Paper, means we can
achieve ideal results more quickly and
more efficiently. Our timing was spot-on
and in fact we were even several weeks
ahead of schedule. Together with our
customer, we now plan to identify further
room for improvement and to implement
the necessary measures swiftly.
New ideas for tomorrow’s
projects
Of course we do not persist in our current
level of knowledge. Along with our
strategic partner Voith Paper, we are
working on development projects that
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will benefit our customers in the future.
One of these is the curtain coater, a technology
in which Voith is a leader and
which was largely developed at its pilot
plant in Heidenheim, Germany. Here too,
we will be taking advantage of the synergies
created by the research and development
potential of our two companies and
in this way improving considerably the
chances of introducing new technologies.
Our partnership with Voith Paper is both
successful and open.
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