Metso supplies evaporation plant to SCA Packaging Obbola in Sweden

JYVASKYLA, Finland, February 21, 2008 (Press Release) - Metso Power, a part of Metso Paper business area, will supply SCA Packaging with an evaporation plant to the company's pulp and paper mill in Obbola on the east coast of Sweden. Start-up for the evaporation plant is scheduled for the third quarter of 2009. The value of the order is approximately Euro 30 million.

The evaporation plant has the capacity to evaporate 270 tonnes of water per hour and it concentrates black liquor from pulp cooking for the recovery boiler combustion up to the dry solid content of 75%. The new evaporation plant represents the latest technology and also includes condensate cleaning and a stripper system to minimize the environmental impact.

The new evaporation plant is part of the mill's modernization project and enables the customer to save energy and reduce the maintenance cost for the evaporation system substantially.

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