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Metso will supply a new slab press and a baling line rebuild for AS Estonian Cell in Kunda, Estonia. Start-up is scheduled for July 2013. The value of the order will not be disclosed.

“The order emphasizes Metso’s strong capabilities as a world leading supplier of slab press and baling technology for the pulp and paper industry and BCTMP (bleached chemi-thermomechanical pulp) producers in particular. The order received is the fourth slab press unit sold in the last twelve months,” says Andreas Lindstedt, Sales Manager, Metso.

Metso’s delivery will include design, supply and erection of the equipment including a slab press and a partial baling line. The project will also include relocation of existing machinery to enable Estonian Cell to make full use of their new equipment. The new slab press and upgraded baling line will produce over 500 air dried tonnes of bleached aspen BCTMP per day.

The equipment to be supplied, together with Metso’s experience and know-how of slab press and baling technology, will enable AS Estonian Cell to continuously produce high-quality bleached aspen BCTMP and improve availability of existing equipment.

AS Estonian Cell belongs to Heinzel Group, headquartered in Vienna, Austria. The mill is located in Estonia and engages in manufacture and sale of bleached aspen BCTMP mainly to European market. The company has 85 employees with a net sales of about EUR 70 million.

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Cenibra, a major Brazilian pulp and paper producer, has reached significant improvements in process efficiency and in end-product quality by using Metso’s new Control Loop Performance solution at their mill – with annual 1.2 million tonnes capacity in two lines. ‘’Partnership with Metso in implementing this new solution has proved to be great asset for us in fighting rising costs and finding more ways to stay strong in a highly competitive environment,’’ says Cenibra’s IT director Ronaldo Ribeiro

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Being a cost-competitive pulp producer in Brazil doesn’t depend only on the good climate that helps trees to grow faster but also requires constant investments in new solutions to improve processes and reduce production expenses. This was Cenibra’s objective when it accepted a proposal from Metso to implement and test new Control Loop Performance Solution at their mill.

“We were curious to see how this new system would work, as we already had Metso’s Field Device Performance solution and Valve Health Predict service which could help us identify issues with valves, but we wanted to be able to see more,” comments Cenibra’s maintenance manager José Antônio de Oliveira

Multiple benefits

Metso’s Control Loop Performance solution is designed to ensure that the control loops are working optimally throughout the plant. A key factor for better production management, properly tuned control loops, will improve process efficiency and end-product quality.

Metso has had a control loop monitoring service available for many years. Earlier it was designed to be used with Metso's own DNA automation system. Now the new Metso Loop Monitoring system can be used with any automation suppliers' DCS system. The system is also able to connect with the Field Device Performance solution.

The benefits that the new solution offers to our customers are many. Manager Jani Honga explains: “The new system can also be connected with Field Device Performance component. By combining the components together, the accuracy of monitoring results will be significantly improved and more value generated. Control Loop Performance gives broader view from the point of process controls and Field Device Performance gives deeper insight to device performance.” 

Results right from the beginning

At the Cenibra mill, the new Control Loop Performance solution showed its ability and effectiveness already in the first steps of the project. ‘’Integration to other suppliers’ DCS system was solved quickly, and in the second week of work we were already collecting data,” explains Metso’s services coordinator Cristian Moraes who worked on the project full time.

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“We identified a process problem the root cause of which was not clear. With the new solution the problem could be identified and with the Field Device Performance solution we were able to detect a critical valve which was showing abnormal behavior. The valve was checked and the finding was that the supply air pipe to the positioner was slightly broken, and there was a leakage which caused the device not to perform optimally,” Moraes says.

According to Cenibra’s engineering and investment coordinator Luis Gonzaga Oliveira the project implementation went smoothly and Metso was able to easily integrate its systems with those from other suppliers installed at the mill. 


Matter of trust

Engaging a customer in a field test is a matter of trust. Cenibra’s team commented that making the decision to accept the proposal for testing the new solution was not problematic, as the company had a good relationship with Metso and knew that the project would be conducted by qualified experts. 

Metso’s Service engineer Matti Mustonen spent some months during the pilot period at Cenibra’s site.

“It was great to see the benefit of the new technology for the customer when I stayed at Cenibra’s site,” Mustonen tells.

‘’Being close to the customer doesn’t only mean seeing the customer’s daily actions but also a possibility to understand and observe the customer’s needs and wants better than ever before. The possibility to discuss face to face with the customer offers a first-class opportunity to embrace their needs and especially to fulfill those as well as possible,” says Mustonen.

Celulose Nipo-Brasileira S.A. (CENIBRA) is Brazilian pulp and paper producer. Cenibra’s first pulp line was started up in 1977 and the second in 1995. 

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met varnMetso will supply Värnamo Energi AB with a biomass power plant for combined heat and power production in Värnamo in Sweden. The start-up of the plant is scheduled for autumn 2014. The value of the order is approximately EUR 17 million.

Metso's delivery will include a complete power plant, including installation, training and commissioning. The plant will have a thermal output of 13.4 MWth for district heating and an electrical output of 3.6 MWe. The plant will use local forest residues such as bark and wood chips as fuel.

"This is an important investment in the future of Värnamo and in the environment," says Gunnar Crona, Chairman of Värnamo Energi. "After this investment 100 % of the area's district heating will be produced with biomass. In addition, we will produce approximately 20 GWh of electricity annually, which means a doubling of locally produced green electricity."

"We are pleased to be entrusted with the supply of this power plant to Värnamo Energi," says Anders Steen, Managing Director of the Metso unit in charge of the project, MW Power AB. "It is also proof that the solutions we supply are at the forefront of the technological and environmental performance."

"We feel confident in Metso as a supplier," says Göran Hansson, CEO of Värnamo Energi. "This is Värnamo Energi's largest investment ever and with it we can ensure that our customers will continue to be supplied with heating at a competitive cost. Also, Värnamo community will get a modern, well-performing district heating production facility that will be able to fulfill its task for many years."

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

Värnamo Energi AB's main function is to provide energy and IT communications through a well developed infrastructure. Värnamo Energi is wholly owned by Värnamo community. The company has more than 14,000 clients, a turnover of approximately EUR 35 million and the number of employees is forty.

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Södra Cell Mörrum enhances process management in kraft pulping with new Metso Kappa Q analyzers.

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Metso has delivered a second order for a large Kappa Q analyzer unit to Södra’s Mörrum plant. The delivered analyzer replaces Mörrum’s retiring Metso Kappa analyzers after a long service of over fifteen years. The new analyzer includes the online Kappa and Brightness measurements and, as a new feature to the previous ones, online Fiber and Shives measurements. The fiber properties measurements open a new door to even tighter pulp quality and process control through the whole fiber line from cooking to baling.

“The start up was successful and now the production has got an additional strong tool to improve both quality and capacity. Metso’s way of managing and running things for the installation and start up is very professional,“ says Project Manager Sigurd Björkman, Södra Cell Mörrum.

A first order for a new Metso Kappa Q analyzer was placed in May 2011 to replace the existing analyzer installations. The analyzer had two cabinets both with separate washing and measuring chambers. One of the cabinets was equipped with brightness and the other with kappa and brightness measurements. Additionally, there was online fiber and shive measurement for all process sampling locations. 

Södra Cell Mörrum mill is a Nordic pioneer in using Metso Kappa and Brightness analyzers as the key online measurements to manage kraft pulping in producing high quality pulp for global markets. The Mörrum mill purchased their first Kappa analyzer from Metso over fifteen years ago, and Mörrum’s impact on solutions development of the online brightness analyzer, in cooperation with Metso in the mid-nineteen-nineties, was substantial. During their lifecycle, the analyzers carried out altogether 4.5 million measurements. After well over a decade’s usage of two Kappa analyzers and a Brightness analyzer the mill decided to gradually replace the old analyzers with recently released modern Metso Kappa Q technology. 

The Södra Cell Mörrum mill has several other Metso analyzers and sensor installations, such as Metso Alkali analyzers in the caustification plant and Polarox inline-measurements of residual chemicals.

Södra Cell is a leading paper pulp producer in the world.

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met ptMetso will supply PT Cikarang Listrindo in Babelan outside Jakarta in Indonesia with two power boilers with a total capacity of 270 MWe. The delivery will also include a  Metso DNA control system. The investment will increase the company’s electricity production by approximately 30 %. The plant will be commissioned in 2016. The value of the order is approximately EUR 100 million.

The order is a major breakthrough for Metso to the power generation industry in Indonesia. PT Cikarang Listrindo selected Metso due to their expertise and ability to supply quality solutions fit for local needs.

"I am very glad that we have concluded the tender evaluation process by appointing Metso as contractor. We are very pleased with the discussions we have had with the well-experienced Metso team on how to meet our local needs. We can now all focus and work on the project and to have it completed in a timely manner and to all our satisfaction,” says EC P'ng, PT Cikarang Listrindo’s Technical Director.

Cikarang and surrounding estates form an industrial area with many factories that require stable power supply. In the last 20 years, PT Cikarang Listrindo’s customer base has increased on a steady basis. As a result, the company decided to increase their power production capacity.

The main part of the order is included in Metso’s Pulp, Paper and Power fourth quarter 2012 orders received and the control system in Automation fourth quarter 2012 orders received.

PT Cikarang Listrindo, a power company, engages in electricity generation and distribution to industrial estates in Indonesia. The company started their operations in 1992 with a capacity of 76 MWe and has since grown to its current capacity of 755 MWe. PT Cikarang Listrindo supplies to industrial customers as well as the National Power Grid.

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OptiFiner-Pro 1_optMetso is the winner of this year’s prestigious ‘Palme d’Or’ Innovation Award, given by ATIP, the French Paper Industry Technical Association, for its OptiFiner Pro refiner. ATIP awarded the ‘Palme d’Or’ Award to Metso in its innovation contest arranged in connection with the ATIP congress in October. Highly regarded in the European pulp and paper industry, the ATIP Innovation Award is selected by a committee consisting of Paper Mill Managers, R&D Directors, Technology Directors and Production Managers from the French paper industry.

Since its introduction in 2010, Metso’s revolutionary low consistency refining concept with the OptiFiner Pro refiner has established a totally new level of performance for low consistency refining. In conventional refining, fibers have to travel the full length of the refining zone and some fibers suffer excessive impacts leading to increased fines, weakening of the refined fibers and inefficient delivery of energy to the fiber. OptiFiner Pro feeds the pulp through the segments, evenly distributed across the bars directly in the refining zone where fiber treatment occurs. All the stock is treated evenly, providing a OptiFiner-Pro 2_opthigher refiner loadability and better energy efficiency. Documented results have shown that one OptiFiner Pro can replace two traditional refiners and deliver electrical energy savings of over 20 % with an improved or the same refining result as before.

OptiFiner Pro is suitable for all kinds of LC-refining applications including short hardwood fibers as well as recycled fibers requiring fibrillation at low refining intensities. Extremely compact and quiet running, three different capacity models are offered for maximum flexibility in installation and application. As well as energy and raw material savings, eliminating two refiners reduces maintenance and wear-part replacement costs, in one installation to half. 

 

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The new Metso Pulp Analyzer (Metso MAP) features the first on-line measurement of micro-scale details of fiber properties. It provides pulp and papermakers a tool that helps to predict how fiber properties will affect final sheet strength properties. The new analyzer also enables precise furnish preparation and low consistency refining management resulting in better sheet runnability, higher machine efficiency and lower furnish costs.

metso 1511112_optMetso introduces the next generation's pulp analyzer (Metso MAP) that features a new high definition fiber imaging module. This module represents the first on-line measurement of micro-scale details of fiber properties, including fibrillation, vessel segments, flocs and other particles. The fibrillation measurement, combined with other fiber properties measured by the analyzer, can be processed in a modeling tool that helps to predict how fiber properties will affect final sheet strength properties.

This next generation's analyzer provides online measurement of fiber dimensions including kink, curl, size distribution and fractionation. The Metso MAP has established an excellent reputation for measurement accuracy and reliability in the pulp and paper industry.

Several advantages for pulp and paper makers

The new product is intended for managing fiber properties in papermaking furnish preparation as well as in mechanical, recycled fiber and kraft pulp mills. To provide the highest measurement application flexibility, the analyzer samples from up to 20 process fiber streams. This new analyzer also utilizes brand new manual sampling stations that can be located throughout the plant. To date, the product has been installed in paper, tissue and board mills.

With a freeness measurement module included in the same platform, the Metso MAP provides pulp and papermakers with a quickly updated and complete fiber and furnish measurement solution. More precise furnish preparation and low consistency refining management provides better sheet runnability, higher machine efficiency and lower furnish costs. Pulp mill operations will benefit from minimum shives in mechanical and chemical pulps, and reduced fiber quality variability. In addition to providing operators with an unprecedented window into pulp quality, these measurements are an integral part of pulping and refining controls.

Flexible and modular design

The Metso MAP builds upon a flexible and modular design. Already installed analyzers can be upgraded easily with the new high definition fiber analysis module. This underlines the original analyzer design philosophy which allows for upgrading the platform as new technology becomes available without making the original investment obsolete. The useful lifecycle of the product is thereby extended.

To ensure maximum uptime and process measurement performance, the Metso MAP analyzer has been designed with remote access and service support in mind. From anywhere in the world a Metso expert can access an analyzer - with permission and through a secure access port - and work out a solution to technical and process applications very quickly.

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Metso has concluded the statutory employer-employee negotiations covering personnel in its units serving the paper industry. As a result of these discussions, 400 employees will be reduced and a further 136 positions will be outsourced in Finland.

The statutory employer-employee negotiations initiated in Metso units serving the paper industry in September this year and covering personnel reductions and layoffs have ended. Following the negotiations, which involved a total of approximately 4,100 employees, Metso has decided to reduce 400 jobs and outsource a further 136 positions. A total of 152 employees will take retirement and 15 will transfer to new positions in other Metso units. At the start of the negotiations on September 18, it was estimated that a maximum of 480 employees would be affected, and around 150 positions likely to be outsourced.

As a result of the negotiations temporary layoffs will only be implemented if they are required by the low production and order book in 2013. Temporary layoffs could affect jobs in units serving the paper industry in Juankoski, Jyväskylä, Järvenpää, Raisio, and Valkeakoski.

Metso will assist those affected through a comprehensive program aimed at helping them to set up their own company as well as retrain and find new jobs.

The redundancies and outsourcing that have been decided on are intended to achieve savings of approximately EUR 25 million in annual operational costs. Cost reductions in 2013 are expected to yield savings of approximately EUR 20 million.

“It’s very unfortunate that we have been forced to implement such large-scale measures affecting our personnel,” says Pasi Laine, President of Metso’s Pulp, Paper and Power segment. “By working closely and proactively with employee representatives, however, we will try to minimize the impact of the redundancies through a comprehensive program aimed at helping people find new employment.”

Metso’s decision to make these reductions in personnel is the result of the need to adjust the manufacturing capacity of the Group’s paper business unit to the permanent structural changes that have impacted the business and weakened its competitiveness and profitability.

As a result of restructuring, Metso will book non-recurring cost of around EUR 10 million in its fourth quarter results.

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Metso has been awarded a repeat order for four complete tissue production lines for HengAn Group in China. Two of the lines will be located at Shandong HengAn Paper Co., Ltd, in Weifang City, Shandong Province, and two at HengAn Wuhu Paper Co., Ltd, in Wuhu City, Anhui Province. Start-ups are planned to be successive with the first in December 2013 in Weifang. The value of the order will not be disclosed.

Xu Lianjie, President, HengAn: "We like to continue the relation with Metso, being active in developing the tissue machine technology."

“We are very proud that HengAn once again trusted Metso technology to support their continued growth in the tissue industry,” says Anders Björn, President, Metso Paper Karlstad.

The new lines will add another 240,000 tonnes a year of high-quality facial, toilet and towel grades to HengAn Group's total production. This will consolidate their position as China's leading tissue producer. The raw material for the new machines will be virgin pulp. The order follows the successful start-ups of four similar tissue lines at the company’s Anhai mill in Fujian Province and Weifang mill in Shandong Province in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

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

Technical information

Metso’s delivery will comprise four tissue production lines featuring Metso’s stock preparation equipment and Advantage DCT 200 tissue machine. Each machine will include an OptiFlo II TIS multi-layer headbox, a Metso Yankee cylinder with deep rib for highest energy efficiency, an Advantage AirCap hood, an Advantage WetDust dust management system and an Advantage SoftReel P reel. The tissue lines will also feature Metso’s new MicroBar refiner segments for short fiber refining and VacuFox polyurethane roll covers for tissue machine press sections.

The new lines will have a width of 5.6 m and an operating speed of 1,900 m/min.

HengAn is a leading, fast-growing Chinese consumer product company with a nationwide sales and distribution network. It is a fully owned subsidiary of HengAn International, whose shares are listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange. Their turnover in 2011 was approximately EUR 1.7 billion and they have 20,000 employees.

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Visit Metso at Hall 3. Stand F46 at Valve World, 27th to 29th November 2012 in Düsseldorf, Germany

metso 061112_optMetso's state-of-the-art solution portfolio is designed to improve safety and productivity in the oil & gas, pulp and paper and power industries. Metso aims to maximize production efficiency and reduce safety risks throughout the lifecycle of a plant starting from simplifying valve selection, maximizing process availability and maximizing production performance.

The right valve for the right application

During Valve World Metso experts are available on the stand to guide visitors through product selection steps and demonstrate the company's approach to optimizing the valve selection process. Metso offers benchmark services that cover all facets of the purchase experience including expert application personnel, benchmark product sizing tools, pre and post sale and drawing submittal tools, project management services that assure total contract compliance and a globally deployed direct service network to provide optimum performance through the entire product life cycle.

On Metso stand visitors also can familiarize themselves with Metso developed tools such as Nelprof® which is the world's first software for safety valve calculation, and new RapidDraw3D™ one-of-a-kind valve model generator to quickly create realistic, to-scale, 3D valve assemblies and export them to any CAD program for use in plant piping diagrams.

Metso will also have its latest innovations beginning with an extended capability version of famous Q-Trim™ noise reduction technology and Metso Valve Manager™ representing state-of-the art 3rd generation valve diagnostics.

Intelligent shutdowns

metso 061112_1Metso's customers are constantly looking for better ways to maximize process availability and increase process efficiency and Metso has developed a full service portfolio to address these business issues.

On the Metso stand visitors can find out more about Metso's Intelligent Shutdown solution, one solution in its portfolio, targeted to improve availability but simultaneously reduce the time, effort and cost of shutdowns. Several Metso customers have already benefitted from this service through operational savings.

Metso papers in the conference

During Valve World Conference Metso's experts host workshops and Ville Kähkönen, Product manager, will be presenting the following papers in the conference:


- CONTROL VALVE: 'Aerodynamic noise attenuation in rotary control valves', Tuesday 27 November 2012 at 11:50

- SAFETY & INTEGRITY: 'High end intelligent Emergency Valves - Depressuring and Pressure Protection Systems', Wednesday 28 November 2012 at 11:50

On-going investments in global customer support

Besides offering an extensive product and service offering, Metso is also investing in its global portfolio and presence to constantly improve our solution portfolio for customers in the oil & gas, pulp and paper and power industries. Last Spring, Metso announced the acquisition of a globe valve technology and service company, Valstone Control Inc., in South Korea and the establishment of a new supply and service center in India. Just recently, Metso completed the expansion of its valve production facility in North America. Last year, Metso opened a new valve technology center in Finland, and another one in 2010 in Shanghai, China. These are complemented by existing high-class industrial valve facilities in Brazil and Germany.

Experienced in valves

Metso is the leading valve solutions and services provider. Metso's 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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