Abstract
Refer to Mill Survey Report of Japanese Kraft Mills, there are mills put new fiber lines with bigger capacity during recent 10 years. But also many mills are still using very old equipment. Also raw material of chip has been changed due to cost reduction. Most of the mills have spent a lot of effort to decrease mill energy consumption. But still mills are strongly requested to decrease the energy cost due to const increase of oil price. This paper presents recent Andritz recent technology of Kraft Pulp process, and technical solutions for the energy saving based on the Mill Survey Report.