Pulp and Paper Manufacturing

APRIL's manufacturing operations, located in Indonesia and China, are benchmarked against the world's best both in production and environmental management standards. This ensures that our products are of top quality and are produced under the strictest environmental standards.

APRIL's integrated pulp and paper mills in Riau rank amongst the world's best. Certified ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001, they are equipped with state-of-the-art technology and are self-sufficient in energy generation.

To ensure production efficiency and environmental responsibility, we at APRIL apply a 5R approach throughout our production processes - to reduce, recover, reuse, recycle and replace. Emissions are regularly tested to ensure they stay within required limits.

Riaupulp
Since it first began operations in 1995, PT Riau Andalan Pulp & Paper, better known as Riaupulp, has become one of the largest pulp mills in the world.

Located near Pangkalan Kerinci in Riau Province in Central Sumatra, Indonesia, the pulp mill has a design capacity of two million tonnes a year. The mill uses SuperBatch cooking, oxygen delignification and Elemental Chlorine Free (ECF) bleaching process to produce bleached hardwood kraft pulp.

Riaupaper
PT Riau Andalan Kertas, or Riaupaper, sits within APRIL's 1,750-hectare manufacturing complex in Riau and shares integrated operations with Riaupulp.

The paper mill has one of the world's fastest fine paper machines with a designed maximum speed of 1,500 meters per minute and a capacity of 350,000 tonnes per year.

Riaupower
Riaupower operates the integrated power plant that supplies all the power, steam, water and pressurized air requirements of the manufacturing complex and the APRIL town site in Riau Province in Central Sumatra.

The power plant with a capacity of 435 MW is one of the largest integrated co-generation plants. It produces 97% of its total energy from bio-fuels, which are by-products of the production process like black liquor, wood bark and rejected wood chips.

APRIL SSYMB
We have recently acquired a 90% stake in Shandong Rizhao SSYMB Pulp and Paper Co. Ltd, now renamed as APRIL SSYMB. Situated on a 119 hectare-site, the mill has a pulp line and paperboard machine equipped with some of the most advanced production technologies.

The pulp mill is considered one of the largest in China with an annual capacity of 220,000 tonnes. With a designed speed of 600 meters per minute, APRIL SSYMB's paperboard machine produces high-grade coated cardboard at a capacity of 170,000 tonnes.

The mill is supported by its own power plant, which meets the demand for water, steam, power and pressurized air.