Korsnäs AB, Gävle - Sweden

Korsnäs AB is one of Sweden's leading board and paperboard manufacturers with operations completely based on renewable raw forest material.

Located near Gävle, Korsnäs AB.s mill produces 660,000 t/year of unbleached and bleached softwood pulp and bleached hardwood pulp for production of paperboard, paper and fluff pulp.

• find a partner to take care of sludge dredging, dewatering and final drying.
• avoid additional investment in sludge handling facilities that would only operate during certain periods of the year.
• secure third-party expertise to make up for a shortage of in-house resources and experience.

In response to Korsnäs AB's needs, Aquaflow (a Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies' company) provided a process solution for dewatering of dredged sludge and installed the following equipment :

• two heavy-duty gravity tables ( AF-Table) for high hydraulic flows
• one AF-Belt twin wire press for sludge dewatering
• auxiliary equipment

In addition, Aquaflow is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the sludge dewatering plant and supply of all consumables.