EANS-News: ANDRITZ to supply key production technologies for new bio-product pulp mill in Finland

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Graz/Helsinki, February 13, 2015. International technology Group
ANDRITZ has signed a letter of intent with Metsä Fibre to deliver key
production technologies for a new bio-product pulp mill with an
annual capacity of 1.3 million tons of pulp in Äänekoski, Finland.
The order value for ANDRITZ is over 100 million euros. Start-up of
the planned mill is scheduled for August 2017.

ANDRITZ's scope of supplies includes: - A complete wood processing
plant including three debarking lines designed for world record
capacities (up to 470 m3 solid-over-bark per hour) and the world's
biggest horizontally fed chippers, ensuring high capacity without
compromising the chip quality. - A fiberline for softwood and
hardwood including a chip feeding system, a continuous cooking
plant, seven DD (Drum Displacer) washers, and a new evaporation
system for liquor extraction. The line's softwood capacity will be
the highest in the world by far (3,900 tons per day). - The world's
most energy-efficient black liquor evaporation plant with the
highest capacity in Europe (1,650 tons/hour). - A recausticizing
plant, which will be the largest in Europe (white liquor production
of 16,000 m3/day).

The new mill will be a next-generation bio-product pulp mill which
can convert wood raw material into bio-materials and bio-energy in
addition to high-quality pulp. It will not use any fossil-based fuels
as all of the energy required will be generated from wood. The
erection of the new mill is the largest investment in the Finnish
forest industry ever.

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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. The
publicly listed, international technology Group is headquartered in
Graz, Austria, and has a staff of around 24,500 employees. ANDRITZ
operates over 250 production sites as well as service and sales
companies all around the world. The ANDRITZ GROUP ranks among the
global market leaders in all four of its business areas. One of the
Group's overall strategic goals is to strengthen and extend this
position. At the same time, the company aims to secure the
continuation of profitable growth in the long term.

ANDRITZ PULP & PAPER The business area is a leading global supplier
of equipment, systems, and services for the production and processing
of all types of pulps, paper, tissue, and cardboard. The technologies
cover the processing of logs, annual fibers, and waste paper; the
production of chemical pulp, mechanical pulp, and recycled fibers;
the recovery and reuse of chemicals; the preparation of paper machine
furnish; the production of paper, tissue, and board; the calendering
and coating of paper; as well as treatment of reject materials and
sludge. The service range includes modernization, rebuilds, spare and
wear parts, service and maintenance, as well as machine transfer and
second-hand equipment. Biomass, steam, and recovery boilers,
gasification plants for energy production, flue gas cleaning plants,
production equipment for biofuel (second generation) and biomass
pelleting, biomass torrefaction, plants for the production of
nonwovens, dissolving pulp, plastic films, and panelboards (MDF), and
recycling plants are also allocated to the business area.

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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