Recent News from VanTek, Inc!
VanTek, Inc. has finalized an agreement to buy the Gaspesia paper mill and all of its equipment. The paper mill, located in Chandler, Quebec, will be dismantled and eventually shipped overseas. The transaction is good news for all parties, especially for the City of Chandler, as it will generate millions of dollars in an economic development fund to finance new projects in the region. VanTek is working with several clients to find complete pulp & paper mills and / or equipment.
VanTek, Inc. is pleased to announce the sale of PM 3 from Catalyst in Port Alberni, BC to Khanna Paper in India. The 140,000 ton-per-year PM 3 was originally a lightweight newsprint machine and will be used as a Fine or Printing & Writing Paper machine.
Vantek, Inc. has just concluded the sale of PM 24 from Pasadena Paper Co. to Guangxi Jingdaxing Paper Industry Company located in Guangdong, China. Originally a printing & writing, coated woodfree/freesheet machine, PM 24 is suitable for hi-end newsprint.
More About VanTek, Inc
Since its inception in 1984, VanTek, Inc. has become a dominant, well-recognized name in the Pulp & Paper Industry. We are a worldwide equipment supplier with our headquarters in Vancouver, Washington, USA. VanTek has four permanent locations in North America, China and India, ideally located to serve our clients.
For many years, VanTek sourced and imported paper machine components including dryers, Yankees, suction rolls, and other paper equipment from China, Poland, Korea, Canada and the UK. We now sell idled paper machines and complete pulp and paper mills from North America and Europe to Southeast Asia, particularly China & India and have occasionally formed Joint Ventures to operate the machines. In 2001, VanTek opened an office in southern China to handle the growing demand for idled paper machine equipment from North America. Another office in Beijing opened in March 2007, and one in Kolkata, India opened its doors in April 2007.
VanTek’s expertise covers all aspects of each transaction from sourcing pulp and paper equipment specifically suited to their customers’ requirements, to assisting with purchasing, packing and shipping overseas, to installation, start-up and operational support. We also assist customers with project planning and engineering. Understanding client needs, in-depth knowledge of paper machines and related components, combined with the highest standards of integrity, professionalism and cultural sensitivity assure VanTek’s clients of overall project success. Our company is currently working with several North American paper companies to sell their idled paper machines as well as complete pulp and paper mills from various locations in Canada and the USA.
Other r ecently completed projects include:
- PM #5 Carbonless Paper Machine from Appleton Coated to Argentina
- Two new Yankee dryers from China to Thailand
- PM #1 Fine Paper Machine from Weyerhaeuser Co. Longview, WA to China
- PM #2 Fine Paper Machine from Weyerhaeuser Co. Longview, WA to China
- PM #3 Fine Paper Machine from Glatfelter, Neenah, WI to India
- PM #5 Fine Paper Machine from Glatfelter, Neenah, WI to India
- Flakt Dryer Machine from Newstech, Northampton, PA to China.
For more information, contact VanTek Inc. at 360.694.9922, or email VanTek@VanTekinc.com.