Andritz has further strengthened its automation and digitalisation portfolio after acquiring Finnish-headquartered Procemex.

The global company is an integrated web monitoring and web inspection solutions for the pulp and paper industry.

According to Andritz, Procemex’s smart camera-based technology ensures customer’s product quality and minimises costly production downtime.

Procemex has 20 years of industry experience and has delivered over 1,000 systems to customers worldwide.

Jarno Nymark, Andritz Executive Board Member responsible for the Pulp & Paper business area, said: “Procemex’s advanced solutions perfectly complement our product portfolio for improving plant operations in the pulp and paper industry.

“Machine vision systems are a fundamental building block for plant autonomy.”