Achieveinent of Corporate Plan ObJeCtive
la reinforce lIATCo's role as developer and coordinator of key strategies
tur cite (sroup"s tobacco interests by exploitation of Group technology and
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Lxl!lo1tati(.n of Uroup technology and procest*s
I) ttficient SM11 Strips bypass.,
Slaving around Ws of the Small Particles at lamina and returning
th"; after the cutter avoids Zft*Jr being cut to dust and results
Ir, Lwacco saving up to 41.
orl4inally demonstrated by SSW, the process has been Uvveloped by
11ATCo. In conjunction with Uickinson Engloteering Into a &all,
low cost unit appropriate for all our Operating Companies.
Installed in "anglacesh and Mexico; Sautn Africa and Finland
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will Incorporate this In JW6.
II) rion-Kolling of Stem:
tlimination of tne stems rollers and cutting unrolled stem
Jivtes; ttllintj I)ower IrVraveanent and saves capital. maintpnence,
labour and etter4
y costs. originally a dew prucebb,. trols has
nvw o*vn "xtvndvd to Honduras, Costa Rica, Nigeria and India.
iii uirect Cylinder Conditioning:
It.1b process. oeveloped by PP&), eliminates the pre-canditianing
stapdt: in P4.0 yrocessiciV uf lamina by silcing bales ary and
filing direct to primary cylinder gives savings In space.
capital. energy and Tabour. The process has been installed in
bdftqlad*Sn, Nigeria, Zimbabwe. Sri Lanka, Honduras, kirezil.
Australia, South Africa. Indonesia, Venezuela and India.
IV) I-luto Red Urlar for stems'.
PP&U. hamt@ro and Sk&UC have developed a new type of drier given
filling power Improvement, less energy usage and lower capital
cost. 7he first Installation Is In the Liverpool brarmn of UKJ6L.
v) Modifications to DJET Process.-
Fho basic ULLT process has been d*veloped:to improve plant
wrtormance by (e.g.) efficient C02 recovery and beat recovery,
giving significant (up to bLM) "rating Cost Savings. Those
drvelopawnts, carried out by *ATC*. in conjunction with Uistillers
Co. and Uicktnsan Engineering, are being incorporated In all
HATCo. DIET plants thus offering our Up*reting Companies C06t
advantages over the basic UIET 01anz operators.
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vi) Secondary Automation:
A system to Piake cigarette Making and packing macit Ines self-
diagnostic and hence improve efficiency and reduce waste levels
lids been successfully developed &ad tested in two versions In
UXAE and is now ready for exploitation.
Vil stems Shredding:
A process tried In BAT In the 1960 11 has been reviv" and
successfully deVe I Wd to give simple. low cost processing of
stenj resulting In capital cost and space savings. major savings
In tobacco and Improvements in smoke chemistry (CO reduction)
mid burn rate. The process Is scheduled to move Into Operating
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