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Metso will rebuild the PM 1 cartonboard machine at the Riyadh mill of Obeikan Paper Industries in Saudi Arabia. The rebuilt production line will be fully operational in the middle of 2013. The value of the order will not be disclosed.

The main target of the rebuild is to improve end product quality, increase capacity and reduce production costs.

“This investment is aligned with Obeikan strategy to keep the mill up-to-date in technology in order to keep feet within the competitive environment of paper industries,” says Mohammed Al-Mowkley, General Manager of Obeikan Paper Industries.

The coater and air system rebuild order is included in Metso’s Pulp, Paper and Power third quarter 2012 orders received and the press section rebuild order is included in the second quarter 2012 orders received.

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The 3.4-m-wide (wire) PM 1 produces white lined chipboard in the basis weight range of 180-450 g/m2 at the design speed of 600 m/min. The current annual production level is 170,000 tonnes and capacity after the rebuild will be 220,000 tonnes per year.

Metso’s delivery will comprise a rebuild of the press section with a new SymBelt shoe press to increase dry content after the press section. The delivery will also include a new curtain coating station with a one-sided gas-heated air dryer. The new multilayer curtain coating unit adds two coating layers to the web at the same time in a non-contact operation with no speed restrictions. Metso will also take care of installation supervision, commissioning and start-up of the rebuilt machine.

Obeikan Paper Industries is a subsidiary of Obeikan Industrial Investment Group Ltd. It primarily involves in printing and packaging, education and publishing businesses. The company was incorporated in 1983. Obeikan Industrial Investment Group Ltd. is headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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Metso to deliver biofuel-fired boiler to Jönköping Energi in Sweden

Metso will supply Jönköping Energi’s combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Torsvik, Sweden, with a new biofuel-fired boiler. Jönköping Energi is expanding its CHP plant and the new unit will serve as a mid-load unit to meet the district heating and electric power needs of Jönköping municipality. The value of the order will not be disclosed.

The expansion and modernization of Jönköping Energi’s plant is a significant investment for the municipality of Jönköping as the existing boilers and related systems are in need of replacement and the new systems will enable replacing use of refined bio-fuels with use of primary biomass fuels. The new boiler utilizing bubbling fluidized bed technology (BFB) will mainly be fueled with wood chips, and Metso’s solution will offer considerable cost-efficiency benefits for the overall district heating and electricity supply of Jönköping municipality.

“This is an important contract for the continuation of the expansion project as well as its largest. We look forward to co-operating with Metso on this important project,” says Håkan Stigmarker, Managing Director of Jönköping Energi.

The expanded CHP plant will be commissioned during fall 2014. The order is included in Metso’s Pulp, Paper and Power third quarter 2012 orders received.

Technical information

The capacity of the new boiler will be 100 MW. The Torsvik plant will annually use roughly 550,000 cubic meters of forest fuels. It will produce approximately 340 GWh of district heat per year, corresponding to the heating needs of 17,000 single-family homes. The production of electricity will amount to 130 GWh/year, corresponding to the power consumption of roughly 25,000 households.

Jönköping Energi AB has 240 employees and is owned by the municipality of Jönköping. Jönköping Energi AB supplies electricity, heat, cooling, biogas and broadband to 55,000 customers in the Jönköping area, and has an annual net sales of about EUR 120 million.

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ABTCP, the Brazilian Pulp and Paper Technical Association, has awarded Metso the title of the best automation company in Brazil for 2012, following a vote of the association members, who include Metso’s customers. 

ABTCPABTCP has awarded Metso the title of best automation company in Brazil for 2012 for a seventh consecutive time. The annual awards of the ABTCP were given in the festive ceremony held on the 10th October 2012 in São Paulo, Brazil. Metso was selected following a vote of the association members, who include Metso’s customers. 

Marcelo Motti, VP Sales and Services for South America, said: “This award is very important to us as it shows that our customers see us for the 7th year running to be the best automation company in Brazil when it comes to delivering and optimizing automation solutions.” 

Mikko Keto, President Automation Services Business Line, said: “Brazil is a very important global producer of pulp and as a result this is a very competitive and innovative market. To be recognized as the leader in Automation is not only a great honor but also is testament to our world class process knowledge and the quality of our Brazilian team.”

Metso also received another award in the category of equipment suppliers. Additionally, Metso got shortlisted for the Sector Standouts Awards 2012.

ABTCP, the Brazilian Pulp and Paper Technical Association, founded in 1967 and headquartered in São Paulo, supports the technological development of the pulp and paper sector. The Association promotes the interaction between scientists and plants and sponsors international events and partnerships. In addition to pulp and paper technologies, the annual program offered by ABTCP also covers the environment, maintenance, automation and engineering, recycling, packaging, work hygiene and safety, management of people and organizational results.

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New power plant turbines in Belovskaya and Tom-Usinskaya will receive ultramodern automation with highest possible system availability and usability.

acnMetso and the Russian company Power Machines signed a contract on delivering Metso DNA automation systems for steam turbines in two modernized power stations in the industrial region of Belovskaya and Tom-Usinskaya in Middle West Siberia. The delivery for the newly built turbines will be made for the Kuzbassenergo, a member of the Siberian Generating Company (SGK), as the end user.
The Metso DNA Steam Turbine Controller includes all steam turbine control and steam turbine governor functions required for safe and reliable steam turbine operation. A robust system has a proven track record with components that are utilized in power plant applications worldwide, implementing a redundancy concept that covers all system levels.

Metso provides reliable technical expertise

”Metso is a logical choice for Power Machines as a business partner ,” says Alexei Ignatyev, Head of steam turbines control systems department, Power Machines, St. Petersburg. “We have a long experience of cooperation with Metso: we appreciate very much the comprehensive approach of Metso to solving process automation issues in energy production. Another advantage is the reliability of Metso’s technical expertise and the wide selection of products in the field of automation. Our choice is the Metso DNA automation system with opportunities for accelerated processes.”

In the Belovskaya power station, two new turbines of the currently six condensation turbines will be equipped with the Metso DNA system. The capacity of each turbine to is 220 MW in the power production plant with a total volume of 1200 MW.

The Tom-Usinskaya power station will receive Metso DNA automation systems for two of its altogether nine thermal turbines producing close to 1300 MW. The power station is one of the largest in southern West Siberia. The area is known for its heavy industry, among others, coal, iron ore and cast iron production.
The delivery will take place in the autumn of 2012 and in early 2013. 

Power Machines (in Russian: Silovye Mashiny) is a Russian energy systems machine-building company headquartered in Moscow. Power Machines manufactures steam turbines, including turbines for nuclear power plants. In addition to Russia, Power Machines has supplied equipment to almost 60 countries with a significant market in Asia. Power Machines is a long-standing partner of Metso in power automation.

Kuzbassenergo is a Russian joint-stock company that is specialized in the distribution of electricity and energy. Its headquarters are located in the city of Kemerovo in the Kemerovo region in Southwest Siberia. The company supplies reliable energy and regular heat and energy for consumers. In 2011, the amount of the electricity generated by Kuzbassenergo was 22.6 billion kWh.

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Metso will convert the combustion technology at the Haapaniemi 2 power plant of Kuopion Energia in Kuopio, Finland, from pulverized peat-fired combustion to fluidized bed technology. Metso’s delivery scope covers all the modifications in the boiler required by fluidized bed technology, such as modifications in the pressure vessels, new air, ash and fuel systems inside the boiler house as well as new superheaters and economiser. The rebuild will be carried out during the summer and early autumn of 2013. The value of the order will not be disclosed.

The target of the project is to decrease the power plant’s emissions since the Industrial Emissions Directive will tighten the emission requirements for power boilers by the beginning of 2016. After the conversion, the plant will use practically no heavy fuel oil at all, and also resulting in lower fuel costs. In the future, the boiler will run on peat and wood with a mixing ratio that can be varied flexibly.

“This conversion will make us less dependent on energy peat that has suffered from delivery problems. It will also enable us to maintain the competitiveness of district heating in the future. The project makes it possible to significantly decrease CO2 emissions and is thus in line with the Climate Policy of the City of Kuopio,” says Esa Lindholm, Managing Director at Kuopion Energia.

The order is included in Metso’s Pulp, Paper and Power third quarter 2012 orders received.

Kuopion Energia Oy produces electricity and district heat, sells electricity and handles the group’s administration services. In 2011, the company’s net sales amounted to EUR 68.3 million and it employed 113 people.

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High efficiency of the production and operational reliability are the key performance indicators for an innovative plant that will be equipped with Metso’s valve and field instrument solutions. 

Metso has received an order to supply valves and smart instrumentation for the innovative GoBiGas project in the Rya harbor, Gothenburg, Sweden. GoBiGas is a major project for Göteborg Energi AB that is starting a biomass gasification plant. The plant is currently being built by Metso Power and is the first of its kind in the world. The plant converts biomass into renewable biomethane gas, using the existing natural gas grid for distribution.

FinetrolMetso has been selected to supply the state-of-the-art control and on-off valves together with intelligent and safety valve controllers for both the Gasification and the Methanation part of the GoBiGas project, phase one, to help the plant maximize process reliability at all times. The Metso offer was selected in a procedure following the Public Procurement Act, fulfilling all the technical and environmental requirements accordingly. 

Reliable valve performance in demanding conditions is the key to ensuring safety, flow control accuracy, and reliability together with reduced process variability, which are key challenges in the gasification process. With the intelligent valve controllers featuring performance diagnostics and the safety valve controllers providing extensive safety valve testing and improved diagnostics data, predictive maintenance is possible, thus resulting in improved plant safety and minimizing the operational and maintenance costs of the valves. 

Metso’s field solution delivery consists of a total of around 320 valves, including Finetrol eccentric rotary plug control valve, Butterfly valves, Neles RotaryGlobe valves, Segment and Ball valves, 145 intelligent controllers Neles ND9100 and about 60 new generation safety valve controllers Neles ValvGuardTM VG9000.

GoBiGas focuses on producing biomethane through gasification of biofuels and forest residues. The gasification system, together with the subsequent methanation and gas up-grading system, will produce high-calorific gas, biomethane, for distribution in the existing gas grid. This is the first plant of that kind ever and gas of this quality has never been produced continuously before from gasification.

The GoBiGas gasification plant will be built in two phases, the first being scheduled to be operational late 2013, and the second phase to be accomplished after the first phase has been evaluated.

Unique offering for the renewable energy industry

Metso has a unique and full range offering for control and on-off valves, actuators, intelligent controllers and field instruments for the renewable fuels industry. In Finland, there are examples of major refinery applications of Neles control and on-off valves. Jamesbury and Neles products are ideally suited to bioethanol production, which has led to their use in over 60 such plants, for instance in the USA.

Metso is the leading valve solutions and services provider whose Flow Control solutions include control valves, automated on/off and emergency shut-down valves, as well as smart positioners and condition monitoring. Metso’s world-leading brands include Neles, Jamesbury and Mapag.

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Metso Corporation’s four biggest registered shareholders on October 1, 2012 i.e Solidium Oy, Cevian Capital II Master Fund L.P., Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company and Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company have named the following persons as their representatives in Metso's Nomination Board: 

Kari Järvinen, Managing Director (Solidium Oy); 
Lars Förberg, Managing Partner (Cevian Capital); 
Harri Sailas, President and CEO (Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company); and
Matti Vuoria, President and CEO (Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company).

Jukka Viinanen, Chairman of Metso's Board of Directors will serve as an expert member in the Nomination Board.

Metso's Nomination Board, established by the Annual General Meeting, prepares proposals on the members of the Board of Directors and their remuneration for the next Annual General Meeting, which is tentatively scheduled for March 28, 2013.

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Metso's Annual General Meeting decided on March 29, 2012 to establish a Nomination Board to prepare proposals on members of the Board of Directors and their remuneration for the next Annual General Meeting which is planned to be held on March 28, 2013. The representatives of the four largest shareholders registered in Metso’s shareholder register as of October 1, 2012 are elected to the Nomination Board along with the Chairman of the Board of Directors Jukka Viinanen as an expert member.

According to the shareholders register, Metso Corporation's four largest shareholders on October 1, 2012 were: 

- Solidium Oy (16,695,287 shares and votes or 11.10% of share capital and votes), 
- Cevian Capital II Master Fund L.P. (10,193,060 shares and votes or 6,78% of share capital and votes), 
- Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company (6,036,943 shares and votes or 4,02% of share capital and votes),
- Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company (3,908,465 shares and votes or 2,60% of share capital and votes).

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Metso Corporation issues an EUR 400 million 7-year Eurobond under the company’s EMTN (Euro Medium Term Note) program. The notes carry a fixed coupon of 2.75 percent. The issue was substantially oversubscribed with around EUR 1.5 billion of orders, and the bond was allocated to about 170 investors. An application will be made for a listing of the notes on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, where the EMTN program is currently listed.

The new funding will extend Metso’s maturity profile and the funds will be used primarily for general corporate purposes. In addition to the new bond, Metso has issued private placements totaling EUR 100 million during 2012. 

Citigroup, Danske Bank, Nordea Markets, and SEB acted as Joint Bookrunners for the transaction.

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Metso will supply Chenming Jilin, part of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Ltd., with the relocation and rebuild of a paper machine for the company’s new mill site in Jilin Province, China. The value of the order will not be disclosed. A typical market value of this type of a relocation and rebuild project ranges from EUR 10 to 20 million.

“The main target of the project is to increase production by improving the efficiency of the paper making line and by increasing the drying capacity of the paper machine,” says Metso’s Sales Manager Jukka Vuorela.

A paper machine of Chenming Jilin will be relocated within Jilin City from the current mill site to the company’s new mill site. Metso will supervise the dismantling and packing of the paper machine line and supervise the installation and start-up of the relocated equipment. Metso’s delivery will also include a rebuild of the relocated PM 12. The start-up of the relocated and rebuilt machine is scheduled for the second half of 2013.

The order is included in Metso’s Pulp, Paper and Power third quarter 2012 orders received.

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The paper machine to be relocated is the 6.95-m-wide (wire) PM 12 paper machine. The modernization will include forming and drying section modifications and a press section rebuild with a new SymBelt shoe press. Originally the PM 12 produces coated wood-containing LWC (light weight coated) paper grades and after the rebuild the target is to also produce other new paper grades.

Chenming Jilin is part of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited, one of the biggest paper producers in China. In 2010, the company’s paper production capacity was over 4 million tonnes, turnover over EUR 2 billion and the number of employees approx. 17,000.

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