Bellmer has been enjoying the recovery of board machinery investments especially in Asia. The company has now a record order backlog of 22 headboxes to be supplied to global markets until May 2022. Majority of the orders have been placed by customers having mill sites in China, Korea, Malaysia, India and Cambodia. The 225 orders of Turbo series headboxes from global markets have been divided as seen in fig. 1.

Bellmer's headbox portfolio consists of hydraulic and rectifier roll headboxes marketed with brand-names TurboJetter and TurboStreamer. The advantage of rectifier roll headboxes is the wide flow range of 1 to 2,8 meaning that the same headbox can operate e.g. paperboard production of 110 gsm and 300 gsm without deteriorating board quality. The Bellmer TurboJetter is a high-tech hydraulic headbox equipped always with two diffusor elements and an optional dilution control for optimum cross-directional board profile 2-sigma of 0,3 – 0,4 and superb formation.

Kotkamills BM2 in Finland is a premium board machine, which produces on a triple-layer wire section concept recyclable, renewable, high performance barrier boards for food service and cup stock end uses. By applying unique water-based dispersion on-line on virgin fibre based cartonboard, products such as cups and plates can be easily recycled and repulped. Thanks to the advanced headbox technology, Kotkamills achieves very great CD-profiles and stable edges with the visual appearance of the board being superior.