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Changzhou or Changchow (both: chäng-jō), city (1994 est. pop. 683,300), S Jiangsu prov., E central China, on the Grand Canal. It is an agricultural, food, and textile center connected by rail with Shanghai and Nanjing. Other manufactures include diesel engines, generators, locomotives, fertilizer, machine tools, and motor vehicles. Changzhou became industrialized in the late 19th cent. It was called Wutsin prior to 1949 and the name sometimes appears as Ch'ang-chou. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The company's Changsu mill includes its own coal-fueled power plant, a water treatment plant, a harbor facility on the Pearl River, surrounding bamboo plantations to help yield pulp and fiber, and a large warehouse area to store the bales and bales of scrap paper that arrive to provide the pulping stock for the majority of the company's fiber needs. s PM 2 provided some of the highlights in the capex area, but this year UPM is looking forward to the summer startup of a new fine paper machine at Changsu in China. The company has also decided to move ahead with the construction of a new fine paper machine at the Changsu mill in China, where work got underway in the summer. |
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