Kadant gets $8 million order

Kadant Corp. said today it has received an $8 million order for a "black liquor" evaporator recycling system.

The Westford company is a supplier to the global pulp and paper industry, and it said a Kadant subsidiary received an order from a US pulp mill to design, engineer, and procure materials for an evaporation system that would result in "significant energy savings" for the mill.

As part of the mill's recycling efforts, the Kadant system's evaporators will remove water from a chemical solution called "black liquor" that is used to break down wood fiber during the pulping process, Kadant said.

The mill has an option to approve a second phase of the project, and approval could mean that the value of the order to Kadant could increase to $20 million, Kadant said.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)