| Voith Paper received several orders from long-standing customers for complete production lines in fiscal year 2006/07. One of these orders is for a graphic paper machine that is bound for China. Another is for a newsprint machine for the UK. A Chinese customer signed an order for a total of four large board machines. Fiber Systems was given the nod to supply one of the world’s largest deinking plants. Two major orders also enabled Finishing to benefit from positive developments in the Chinese paper industry.
A buoyant market for quality control systems and strong service business put wind in the sails of Automation in the period under review. A constant uptrend in business at the Rolls and Fabrics divisions once again contributed to the success of the Voith Paper Group Division as a whole.
Sales at Voith Paper were up to € 1.57 billion in the previous period to € 1.73 billion. Orders received were up to € 2.05 billion (previous year: € 1.78 billion).
At the end of the fiscal year, Voith Paper employed about 10,081 persons worldwide.
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