Paper Machine · Complete Lines

Paper Machine Manufacturer,
Complete Lines, Spare Parts & Rebuilt Machines

Henan Zejiang manufactures in China complete paper-making machines, spare parts, and used or rebuilt paper machines, to be utilized by kraft, tissue, board and specialty mills.

From our factory we export paper making machines, paper making spare parts and full paper mill construction and installation services to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Africa, South America, and Russia. Our machines, parts and full lines all are the result of the same engineering team.

Get a Quote →

SYS-01

SYS-02

Paper machine assembly workshop inside Zejiang factory

SYS-03

Paper machine spray equipment and stock preparation detail

SYS-04

CNC gantry milling center for paper machine parts

SYS-05

Paper machine component delivery from Zejiang factory

2014

Established in China

7 Grades

Kraft · Board · Tissue

New / Used

Machines & lines

In-House

CNC machining

Any-Make

Spare parts supply

Turnkey

Install & commission

Sourcing paper machinery across borders — the four failures we engineer out

Buyer Focus: all levels. Importing paper-making equipment to another country requires a mill to answer four questions or a new line will never perform to spec, or capacity. When a line under-specifies one element the whole mill can grind to a halt, throttling output or leaving equipment idle for weeks because the paper mill machinery simply isn’t designed for the furnish or paper grade.

Engineering note — why the match matters

Our paper machine lines aren’t catalog copies – each line is custom-engineered for your furnish and target grammage and width – why we define these with you first, then quote. Rolls and cylinders are machined in-house to tolerance – a big deal when we deliver the machine on your site as a 100-300 ton/day production line which will achieve output.

Paper machinery manufacturing workshop with CNC equipment

Vague Specs

A line isn’t real until we lock the actual tonnage/day output, operating speed, sheet weight and width in writing on paper. These details will be confirmed with you prior to any proposal from Zejiang, not after the deal closes.

Construction and Durability

A used paper machine’s total lifecycle costs are dictated by build quality and material selection – the factors the ISO 9001 quality-management standard is built to control. Frame design, quality of bearings, casting grade of the dryer cylinder – these factors determine your next ten years of operation more than the initial purchase price.

Outdated controls on Used Machines

It’s common for an old, but otherwise well-maintained paper machine to become worthless because the existing control package is obsolete and unsupported by parts, so we investigate support levels for PLC, HMI, and drives before we would consider selling any used machinery.

Spare Parts & Service Reach

Your output stops when your machine stops, and parts availability becomes your immediate priority. Because this is the reality for our customers, the availability of spare parts for every line we supply is addressed as a priority from the beginning.

Our paper machinery range

Buyer Focus: engineering & procurement.
When the cheapest part fails in a newly bought or installed line, the weakest link in the chain breaks the whole machine, which is why Zejiang machines every section in-house, including the headbox, rolls and dryer cylinders which are HRC tested – we own the machine from the very start, so parts are designed to remain compatible throughout its life. It’s why our full lines perform well year after year, unlike a paper machinery broker where responsibility gets divided and parts become a problem.

System Config →

Paper Machines

Full lines of equipment for the production of kraft paper, corrugated medium, testliner, duplex board, tissue, writing and specialty grades.

Init Models →

Pulping Equipment

Pulper, refiner, cleaner, pressure screen, stock preparation – pulp and paper processing machinery that runs up to the headbox.

Init Models →

Machine Parts

Dryer cylinder, vacuum press/couch rolls, press section rolls, calender roll, headbox, and Doctor Blades and forming fabrics.

View Specs →

Used Machinery

Rebuilt used paper machine lines and second-hand equipment available for the budget-conscious papermaker.

View Data →

Solutions

Turnkey paper mill project delivery: installation, commissioning, rebuild, and speed-increase — complete solutions.

View Project →

Complete Paper Machine Config

A complete paper machine is comprised of connected machine sections, and we supply the paper machine components and complete paper production line for each:

Stock preparation

pulper, refiner, cleaner, pressure screen (the paper pulping machine train)

Wet end

headbox, forming section (Fourdrinier or cylinder mould machine), press section

Dry end

dryer section, size press, calender

Finishing

pope reel, winders and rewinders for finished paper rolls

Paper grades our machines produce

Buyer focus: engineering + management. One machine platform is configured per grade, from packaging to specialty. Our machines cover all the main types of paper and grades of paper – from waste paper recycling lines to virgin-pulp board machines – and the table below maps each grade to its machine type and end products.

Engineering note

A 350 gsm liner and a 20 gsm tissue web are not the same paper production machine: forming, press, and dryer are re-sized because basis weight and speed drive the whole line. Get the dryer count wrong and the line wastes steam and runs well below rated output, whereas a grade-matched line runs to spec. Wire, press nip, and dryer are configured to the grade, engineered to your furnish.

Application segment	Machine type	Typical end products	Served industries
Packaging paper	Kraft / Testliner / Corrugated machine	Kraft paper, fluting medium, testliner	Paper mills, packaging, e-commerce logistics
Board	Duplex Board machine	Duplex board, carton board	Carton & box makers
Tissue paper	Tissue / Toilet / Facial machine	Toilet tissue, facial tissue, napkins	Converters, hotels, hospitals, household
Printing & writing	Writing / Printing / Copy machine	A4 copy, writing paper, textbook, newsprint	Printers, publishers, schools
Cultural / graphic	Graphic paper machine	Graphic paper, cultural paper	Print & publishing
Specialty paper	Specialty paper machine	Food-grade, medical, label paper	Food, pharma, labels
Industrial paper	Insulation / Decorative machine	Insulation paper, decorative paper	Electrical, decor, filtration
Fibre furnish	Waste-paper (OCC) or virgin-pulp line	Recycled & virgin grades	Recycling plants, integrated mills
Capacity fit	Small-scale to mid-size lines + rebuilds	Right-sized to real demand	Greenfield & expansion mills

Why buyers choose a China-based full-line manufacturer

Buyer focus: engineering + management + procurement. We are a manufacturer, not an assembler – the rolls, cylinders, and headboxes that fail first are machined in our own shop.

Industrial Capabilities

CNC gantry milling center + dryer-cylinder lathes for large rotating parts
Milling, boring, and lead-screw machining for frames and drives
Dynamic balancing machines for rolls and cylinders
Stainless-steel machining, cylindrical grinding, and polishing
Rockwell hardness (HRC) and surface-roughness testing on finished parts

The honest answer to “why not just buy European?” is a trade-off, and we will not claim to out-brand Voith or Valmet, but our machining references the ISO 9001 quality-management standard. Where it matters to a mid-size mill we compete: cost, right-sized capacity, used and rebuilt options, and parts you can actually get.

What decides the deal	Henan Zejiang (China)	Premium European OEM	Regional assembler
Relative capex	Typically lower	Highest	Low–mid
Small–mid TPD fit	Core focus (30–300 TPD)	Enterprise scale	Varies
Core parts machined in-house	Yes (rolls, cylinders, headbox)	Yes	Often bought-in
Used / rebuilt option	Yes	Rare	Rare
Any-make spare parts	Yes	OEM parts only	Limited

Send your grade + capacity (TPD) for a machine configuration

Request Configuration

Installations across Asia, the Middle East & Africa

Buyer focus: management + engineering.

These are our own commissioned lines, shown as delivered – not stock photos or borrowed project counts.

Each was engineered to local furnish (paper-machine method, US9309623B2):

A used kraft line was rebuilt for a Vietnam mill, whereas the coated white board start-up needed a different press and size press. We show real installs because a track record you can verify beats a project count you cannot.

Delivered Project

Vietnam used kraft paper machine relocation and installation

Used kraft paper machine rebuild, relocation and on-site installation in Vietnam

Vietnam used kraft paper machine installation site by Zejiang

Used paper machine rebuild and installation site in Vietnam

Vietnam paper mill used kraft machine installation detail

Install & Start-Up

Coated white board paper machine installation and start-up

Coated white board line erection, alignment and start-up support

Coated white board paper machine installation site

Coated white board paper machine start-up and alignment site

On-Site Erection

Kraft paper machine installation site by Henan Zejiang

Kraft paper machine erection, section alignment and commissioning support

Kraft paper machine section erection and site installation

Paper machine installation workshop with kraft line equipment

LEADING PAPER MACHINE MANUFACTURER

Explore the pinnacle of modern manufacturing.

ALL SYSTEMS

FACILITY

EQUIPMENT

DELIVERY

STORAGE

Quality control & certifications

Buyer focus: procurement + engineering. Quality is inspected at every point, from raw material selection to the final roll/cylinder, by our own inspection team. All rolls are dynamically balanced and tested for hardness to HRC specifications because an out-of-round roll will damage the sheet and reduce felt life by months. Unlike a trading company, we inspect what we machine on our own CNC line against ISO 14001 and TAPPI reference methods, and the test data travels with the part.

Request the inspection and material certificates →

ISO 9001

Quality-management standard

Dynamic Balancing

Every roll & cylinder

HRC + Roughness

Test-instrument verified

TAPPI-aligned

Industry test methods

Buying a paper machine — capacity, cost & lead time

Buyer focus: procurement + management. Most competitor sites hide pricing completely. As an equipment manufacturer we quote turnkey projects and paper mill projects to scope – so we cannot price your line without your grade and capacity, but we can be honest about what shifts the number. Whether you plan a new paper mill or a turnkey paper mill project, the paper making process and machine sections (US6287424B1) we quote are matched to your grade.

Get the New-vs-Used-vs-Rebuilt Sourcing Checklist →

Cost follows capacity first, then grade and automation. The lowest-cost machine is not always the best value, because operating cost constitutes 70-80% of the ten-year lifecycle, not the initial purchase price.

Capacity band	Typical use	What drives the cost	Market capex range*
10–30 TPD (small scale)	Regional / institutional	Compact line, basic automation	$0.5–2M
30–100 TPD	National regional supply	Grade + speed + drives	$2–8M
100–300 TPD	Most common new mill	Deckle, automation, drying	$8–25M
300–500+ TPD	Export / integrated	Full turnkey EPC	$25–60M

*Third-party market ranges for kraft plant capex by capacity (AGICO, 2026). Your figure varies with grade, raw material, automation, and site – request a quote for an accurate project figure.

Not every mill requires a new machine. A used or rebuilt line may be available immediately, as opposed to six to twelve month lead times for a new build – here are the trade-offs.

Factor	New machine	Used (as-is)	Rebuilt / upgraded
Upfront cost	Highest	Lowest	Mid
Lead time	6–12+ months	Fastest (in stock)	Mid (refurbish cycle)
Capacity fit	Exact to spec	Fixed by the machine	Can be speed-increased
Control-system risk	Lowest (new PLC/HMI)	Highest (may be obsolete)	Reduced (controls updated)
Parts pathway	Full, from us	Depends on make	Any-make parts supported
Warranty	Full new-machine terms	Limited / inspection-based	Rebuild warranty
Downtime risk	Lowest	Higher without inspection	Low after rebuild
Best-fit buyer	Greenfield, defined grade	Budget-led, fast start	Existing mill, capacity boost
Our role	Design & build	Inspect & certify	Refurbish & re-commission

Buyer note — reading a paper mill machine price

A quoted paper mill machine price is only comparable when scope is identical: the machine alone, machine plus installation, or full turnkey. Ask each supplier which applies, plus lead time and spare-parts conditions, prior to comparison.

Get the New-vs-Used-vs-Rebuilt Sourcing Checklist →

Pre-sale, sale & after-sale support

Buyer focus: all roles. As a single-source supplier of machines, parts, and service, one engineering team manages the project from raw-material study to the first reel and beyond. Because a mill down for parts loses money hourly, we keep an any-make spare-parts line open and prioritise emergency response, with support aligned to ISO 9001 to keep your production running. Unlike an OEM that only services its own machines, we supply and maintain any make, whereas most suppliers walk away after commissioning.

Request our spare-parts and response-time terms →

Pre-sale

Raw-material analysis (waste paper / wood to target grade)
Capacity design & plant layout
Investment estimate & factory visit

During the project

Manufacturing tracking & drawings
Packing & sea freight
On-site installation & commissioning guidance

After-sale

Remote + on-site technical support
Maintenance & operator training
Any-make spare parts supply

“We do not ship a machine and disappear. Because build quality determines the next decade, we machine the rolls and cylinders ourselves, balance every one, and keep a spare-parts line open for any make, so a mill in Nigeria or Vietnam is never stranded when a wear part goes.”

— Henan Zejiang Engineering Team
Jiaozuo, Henan

Interactive Planning Tools

Paper Machine Capacity-to-Cost Estimator

Select a capacity band and grade to see the third-party market cost range and what drives it. This is a market range for planning, not a quote.

Explore Estimator

New vs Used vs Rebuilt Advisor

Three questions map your project to the sourcing route with the best trade-off. Not every mill needs a new machine.

Run Advisor

Grade-to-Machine Selector

Pick the paper grade you plan to produce and see the machine type, typical specs, and where it fits in our range.

Start Selection

Cost tracks capacity first. Third-party market ranges for kraft plants run roughly $0.5–2M at 10–30 TPD and $8–25M at 100–300 TPD, but the real number depends on grade, raw material, automation, and whether you buy the machine alone or full turnkey. Send your grade and capacity for a project-specific quote.

A Fourdrinier machine forms the sheet on a single moving wire and suits most packaging, printing, and writing grades. A cylinder-mould machine forms plies on rotating screen cylinders and suits board and some specialty grades; tissue instead uses a crescent former with a Yankee drying cylinder. Forming type is matched to your grade.

Stock preparation, headbox, forming (wire) section, press section, dryer section, size press, calender, and pope reel — followed by winders and rewinders. Water is removed mechanically through the press and evaporatively through the dryer.

Yes. We supply any-make spare parts — dryer cylinders, press rolls, headbox parts, forming fabric, felt, and doctor blades — plus emergency support, because when a mill goes down parts availability decides how long you lose production.

Yes. We inspect used lines per-machine (mechanical condition, control-system support, wear parts) and can rebuild or speed-increase them. A used or rebuilt line gives faster availability than a new build; the Sourcing Grid above lays out the trade-offs.

Engineering design, machine manufacturing, packing and shipping, on-site installation and commissioning, and operator training. Emerging-market turnkey builds typically run 8–14 months depending on capacity and site readiness.

Kraft, testliner, corrugated, duplex board, tissue, writing, printing, cultural, and specialty paper grades — on tissue paper machines, industrial paper machine lines, and specialty paper machines that cover the full pulp and paper machinery scope, sized from small-scale to mid-size capacity.

Yes. Among kraft paper machine manufacturers we deliberately serve the 30–300 TPD range that fits first mills and regional expansions, rather than only enterprise scale. Bigger is not always better when demand is regional.

Paper Machine Manufacturer,Complete Lines, Spare Parts & Rebuilt Machines