EANS-Adhoc: ANDRITZ receives major order for supplies to new Klabin pulp mill, Brazil

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06.03.2014

Graz, March 6, 2014. International technology Group ANDRITZ has
received an order from Klabin, the largest integrated pulp and paper
company in Brazil, to supply major production equipment for Klabin's
new pulp mill in Ortigueira, Paraná, Brazil. Start-up is scheduled
for the first quarter of 2016. Comparably structured orders typically
represent a value approaching 300 million euros booked by the
supplier.

The scope of supply of the ANDRITZ PULP & PAPER business area covers
the woodyard, the complete fiberline (for softwood and hardwood), and
the white liquor plant. The pulp mill will have an annual production
capacity of 1.5 million tons, 1.1 million tons thereof in short fiber
and 400 thousand tons in long fiber.

With this order, ANDRITZ once again confirms its strong market
position as a major supplier of pulp production equipment to renowned
global pulp and paper producers.

Klabin was founded in 1899 and operates 16 plants (15 in Brazil and
one in Argentina), targeting markets such as packaging paper and
board, corrugated packaging, and industrial bags producers. The new
pulp project in Brazil is the largest investment in Klabin's history
and will double the company's production capacities.

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The ANDRITZ GROUP The ANDRITZ GROUP is a globally leading supplier of
plants, equipment, and services for hydropower stations, the pulp and
paper industry, the metalworking and steel industries, and
solid/liquid separation in the municipal and industrial sectors. In
addition, ANDRITZ offers technologies for certain other sectors
including automation, the production of animal feed and biomass
pellets, pumps, machinery for nonwovens and plastic films, steam
boiler plants, biomass boilers and gasification plants for energy
generation, flue gas cleaning plants, plants for the production of
panelboards (MDF), thermal sludge utilization, and biomass
torrefaction plants. The publicly listed, international technology
Group is headquartered in Graz, Austria, and has a staff of around
23,700 employees. ANDRITZ operates over 220 production sites as well
as service and sales companies all around the world.

Further inquiry note:
Oliver Pokorny
Head of Corporate Communications
Tel.: +43 316 6902 1332
Fax: +43 316 6902 465
mailto:oliver.pokorny@andritz.com

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issuer: Andritz AG
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phone: +43 (0)316 6902-0
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sector: Machine Manufacturing
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