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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.

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ANDRITZ’s scope of supplies includes:

  • A complete wood processing plant with three debarking and chipping lines, three stacker-reclaimer chip handling systems, and bark handling. Each debarking line can process both softwood and hardwood, is designed for world record capacities (pine/spruce/birch: 470/350/270 m3 solid-over-bark per hour), and includes a de-icing conveyor, a debarking drum (5 x 48 meter), and the world’s biggest horizontally fed HHQ chipper, ensuring high capacity without compromising the chip quality.
  • A softwood and hardwood fiberline comprising a chip feeding system, a two-vessel continuous cooking plant, a new evaporation system for liquor extraction, and seven DD (Drum Displacer) washers for brownstock washing and bleaching. The softwood capacity of this line 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). The plant will have seven stages and concentrate black liquor to the very high dry solids content of 85% for efficient combustion in the recovery boiler. In addition, ANDRITZ will also deliver chloride removal systems to enhance the chemical recovery process and to produce liquid methanol, which will be used as a biofuel source.
  • A recausticizing plant, which will be the largest in Europe (white liquor production of 16,000 m3/day), with two centrifuges for dregs, slaker-classifier, white liquor disc filter, and lime mud disc filter.

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.

For further information, please contact:
Oliver Pokorny
Head of Corporate Communications
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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.

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Suzano Papel e Celulose Ltda, Brazil, has awarded Pöyry a contract for pre-engineering and preparatory work for mill infrastructure for a 1.3 million t/a bleached eucalyptus market pulp mill to be built in the state of Maranhao, Brazil. The value of Pöyry's assignment is about EUR 7.3 million. The client is expected to make the final investment decision in spring next year.

The concept of the mill is based on the use of the best available technologies and the best environmental practices, which constitute a state-of-the-art level pulp mill. Using existing eucalyptus plantations as raw material, the mill is to produce more with less use of natural resources, at low production costs, progressive environmental impact reduction and minimum risk of accidents at work.

The assignment now received strengthens Pöyry's position as the leading engineering solutions provider for the pulp and paper sector in the world.

PÖYRY PLC

Additional information by:

Martin Kuzaj, President, Industry Business Group, Finland

Tel. +358 10 33 21179

Sanna Päiväniemi, Director, Investor Relations, Pöyry PLC, Finland

Tel. +358 10 33 23002

Pöyry is a global consulting and engineering company dedicated to balanced sustainability. We offer our clients integrated management consulting, total solutions for complex projects and efficient, best-in-class design and supervision. Our in-depth expertise extends to the fields of energy, industry, urban & mobility and water & environment. Pöyry has 7000 experts operating in about 50 countries, locally and globally. Pöyry's net sales in 2009 were EUR 674 million and the company's shares are quoted on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (Pöyry PLC: POY1V).

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Tuesday, 20 April 2010 11:05

Paper Excellence Acquires Mackenzie Pulp Mill

The Mackenzie pulp mill in British Columbia has been acquired by Paper Excellence B.V., for an undisclosed sum. The transaction secures the future of the mill which is expected to resume production of high quality NBSK pulp in the fall. The Mackenzie mill employs over 240 workers and will generate significant additional economic activity and jobs within the region.

Paper Excellence B.V. is a Netherland-based company associated with one of the world's largest pulp and paper producers of Asia Pulp and Paper brands.

This Mackenzie mill is the Paper Excellence Group's second acquisition in Canada. It currently owns and operates a pulp mill in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan.

"We are very pleased to have a company like Paper Excellence establish itself in British Columbia," says Pat Bell, Minister of Forests and Range. "It already has experience in Canada with its mill in Meadow Lake and the company has maintained a high level of safe profitable production and regulatory compliance."

It took a concerted effort by a number of organizations and groups to get the mill to the point where it could resume production. Team Mackenzie of the Mackenzie Pulp Mill Development Corporation preserved the capacity of the mill to resume production. The Provincial Government worked with the District of Mackenzie to consolidate and reduce the debt of the mill.

"I want to credit the hard working public servants in the Rural BC Secretariat for the instrumental role they played in crafting a deal that will ensure hundreds of people in Mackenzie can head back to work," said B.C. Community and Rural Development Minister Bill Bennett. "It is personally gratifying to be able to help the District of Mackenzie at a time when the people of Mackenzie really need it."

The McLeod Lake Indian Band worked with the Ministry of Forests and Range to help secure the fibre needed to start the mill.

"We are very pleased that we have been able to work with the government and the community and be part of the effort to bring the mill back into production," says Chief Derek Orr of the McLeod Lake Indian Band. "By working together we can provide benefits for the entire region."

Also important was the negotiation of a new collective agreement with the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union (CEP). The agreement preserves wages, benefits and pensions, while enabling the mill to reopen with significant cost reductions.

"This is very good news for our members and for the community of Mackenzie," says CEP Western Region Vice President Jim Britton. "We are extremely happy to see our members return to well paying jobs within the forest industry and that it looks like they have a future in this industry."

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Friday, 09 April 2010 11:02

MM Karton to close Swiss Board Mill

Due to a significant deterioration of the industrial framework conditions in Switzerland, MM Karton will discontinue cartonboard production at its Deisswil site. A drastic increase in Swiss emission levies made an impairment of EUR 14.2 million already necessary by year-end 2009 due to a considerable strain on future earnings. A comprehensive evaluation of the general set-up henceforth led to the conclusion that an economic continuation is not feasible anymore due to accelerated negative local productivity and cost development.

The use of the machines and technical installations will be discontinued in future. For the mill’s 255 employees, a social plan will be implemented.

In 2009, approximately 112,000 tons of cartonboard were produced on three board machines at Deisswil. By mutual agreement with our customers, future supply will be effected via more competitive, high-performance MM-Karton plants.

For further information, please contact:
Stephan Sweerts-Sporck, Investor Relations, Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG, Brahmsplatz 6, A-1041 Vienna
Tel.: (+43/1) 50136 – 91180, Fax: (+43/1) 50136 – 91195
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Domtar Corporation (NYSE/TSX: UFS) announced today that it will permanently close its coated groundwood paper mill in Columbus, Mississippi. The Domtar coated groundwood paper mill has an annual production capacity of 238,000 tons of coated groundwood and 70,000 metric tons of thermo-mechanical pulp. The mill currently has 219 employees. Operations are expected to cease by the end of April 2010.

"Market conditions for coated groundwood paper are challenging and despite the best efforts of our employees - and these efforts have been commendable - the mill continues to suffer from a weak cost position," said John D. Williams, President and Chief Executive Officer of Domtar. "With this permanent closure, Domtar is exiting the coated groundwood paper business."

Domtar also announced the sale of its Choctaw(R), Saturn(R) and Jupiter(TM) coated groundwood product lines and trademarks to NewPage Corporation. The sale to NewPage also includes the mill's paper inventory and book of business. Domtar intends to dismantle and dispose of remaining assets as deemed appropriate.

Domtar will take measures to assist employees affected by these decisions in accordance with its policies.

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Friday, 19 February 2010 09:00

Kruger Corner Brook: Unions accept wage deferral

All eight of the unions at Corner Brook Pulp and Paper have voted to agree to a wage deferral request from Kruger Inc., The Western Star reports.

The seven unions represented by the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers (CEP) Union of Canada as well as Lodge 1567 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, voted on the proposal from Kruger. According to the newspaper, Kruger asked the unions to take a 10% cut in pay, which could be paid back to the workers if the mill can improve its bottom line.

The company, according to the agreement, will commit to repaying the lost wages "as soon as Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited returns to profitability (pre-tax profit) and has recovered the accumulated losses since Jan. 1, 2010." The Western Star also states that Kruger is committing to allowing the unions access to the necessary financial information, on a quarterly basis, so the unions can better comprehend and evaluate the profitability of the Corner Brook mill.

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Thursday, 04 February 2010 10:40

Stora Enso's and Arauco's joint-venture

storaensoStora Enso's and Arauco's joint-venture company in Uruguay, Montes del Plata, has decided to initiate a feasibility study on Punta Pereira as the site for a possible future pulp mill. Punta Pereira was also the site chosen for Spanish pulp maker ENCE's planned pulp mill. Stora Enso and Arauco acquired the majority of ENCE's operations in Uruguay in October 2009.                                

Studies prepared by Montes del Plata show that Punta Pereira, in the Department of Colonia, is a promising location for the possible pulp mill and therefore more detailed economic, technical, environmental and social studies are justified. Punta Pereira also offers flexibility in terms of planning of a long-term investment.                                                           

“We have come out with a decision which is based on our preliminary economic, operational and environmental findings. The identification of Punta Pereira will allow us to proceed to the next phase - a detailed feasibility study,” says Stora Enso CEO Jouko Karvinen.                                                  

The final decision on construction of the new pulp mill will be taken by the Boards of Directors of Stora Enso, Arauco and Montes del Plata once the feasibility study is completed.                                                 

For further information, please contact:                                        
Jouko Karvinen, CEO, tel. +358 2046 21410                                       
Nils Grafström, President, Stora Enso Latin America, tel. +55 1181 759 283      
Lauri Peltola, Head of Group Communications, tel. +358 2046 21380               

www.storaenso.com

www.storaenso.com/investors

Stora Enso is the world leader in forest industry sustainability. We offer our customers solutions based on renewable raw materials. Our products provide a climate-friendly alternative to many non-renewable materials, and have a smaller carbon footprint. Stora Enso is listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and the FTSE4Good Index. Stora Enso employs 29 000 people worldwide, and our sales in 2008 amounted to EUR 11.0 billion. Stora Enso shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (STEAV, STERV) and Stockholm (STE A, STE R). In addition, the shares are traded in the USA as ADRs (SEOAY) in the International OTCQX over-the-counter market.                                                       
STORA ENSO OYJ

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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 12:00

Pulppy Corelex in Vietnam in full production

The joint-venture company between Corelex Corporation of Japan and New Toyo Pulppy of Vietnam recently started up a 2.8 m wide tissue machine from A Celli Paper, according to the Italian company.

The Mill has an output of 80 tons/day of tissue products. A Celli supplied the approach flow as well as the combining slitter rewinder AC861 with unwind stands and calender 581. The opening ceremony is due on 4 March 2010.

For Corelex Group, this tissue machine is the third from A.Celli Paper. The other two, including one of double width (5.6 m) are in operation in Japan.

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Monday, 22 February 2010 14:00

Newpage Press Release

NewPage announced results of operations for the fourth quarter and full year today. It is clear that the company has very serious financial issues, but this does not make NewPage unique in our industry. We won't speak directly to the financials; that is not our area of expertise.

Downtime Reported: Other than the financials, there were a few other items of interest. The company reported that it took 515,000 tons of market related downtime in 2009. See below.

During 2009, we took approximately 515,000 tons of market-related downtime that included the indefinite shutdown of two paper machines one in Rumford, Maine and one in Whiting, Wisconsin," said Suwyn. "We believe inventories have now essentially bottomed out through the mill and printer system, and we have seen some rebound in orders over the past couple of months that have allowed us to restart production on these machines. While a couple of months do not make a trend, our customers indicate print advertising appears to be in the early stages of recovery.

It sounds as if the two indefinitely idled machines have re-started, but I don't believe this has been in the news, so perhaps the press release simply refers to the elimination of other market related downtime.

Still on the same subject, we assume that the uncoated free sheet being produced on coated free sheet machines does not count in this 515,000 tons of downtime. We estimate that more than 200,000 tons of this substitute grade was shipped in 2009. Therefore, the actual shortfall in coated demand for NewPage last year might be over 715,000 tons.

Black Liquor: The final black liquor benefit for NewPage was $304 million. According to NewPage the greatest benefactors of this obscene subsidy were the coated paper buyers.

As previously reported, the U.S. Internal Revenue Code allowed a refundable excise tax credit for alternative fuel mixtures produced for sale or for use as a fuel in a trade or business. This credit expired on December 31, 2009. Income recognized for the credit is included in net income (loss) attributable to the company and totaled $90 million for the fourth quarter of 2009 and $304 million for the full year 2009. We believe that generally the industry passed on most of the benefits of the alternative fuel mixture credit to customers in the form of lower sales prices.

There is no factual basis for this NewPage claim. It creates additional credibility problems for the company.

As we have previously discussed, coated producers that did not benefit from the subsidy continued to operate in 2009. If some of these mills had closed due to prices falling below variable costs, at the same time the subsidized producers continued operating, this would have been evidence that at least some of the subsidy was passed on to buyers. Then if prices increased in 2010 after the subsidy expired, this too would have been evidence that buyers benefited from the subsidy. Neither of these events occurred. The NewPage claim is simply not true.

New NewPage President : Tom Curley was announced as the President and CEO of the company earlier this month. NewPage provided Mr. Curley's background in the press release.

Curley holds an associate degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Daniel Webster College in Nashua, New Hampshire, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Technology from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. Beginning his career with General Electric Company, he later joined Caterpillar Inc., Cooper Cameron Corporation, and Rolls-Royce plc. During his career, he has progressed through increasingly responsible roles and, prior to joining NewPage, Curley served as president of the Rolls-Royce Energy business.

Anti-Dumping Duties : The trade action (sponsored by NewPage and several partners) against U.S. imports of Chinese and Indonesian coated free sheet "sheets" has generated some activity lately. The Dead Tree Edition reported here that a group of environmental organizations are warning printers away from the Chinese imports. At the same time, a group called Save Printer Jobs is lobbying against the trade action.

The effort to halt Chinese imports did not stop at our border. An announcement was made today that an organization of fine paper producers in Europe has launched a probe against the Chinese for dumping coated paper in Europe. This is going to add to international tensions.

The U.S. coated trade issue was the subject of a detailed report in our December Reel Time. It is a very complicated problem. The Chinese probably are dumping paper unfairly and illegally. On the other hand, the black liquor subsidy, and numerous other business subsidies, take away our right to complain.

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Today, several tissue producers choose to switch from standard format into double width machines, a choice with many advantages in terms of productivity and capital expenditure.

ACP with the TM 5.6, the top of the range, is able to satisfy production and quality needs of each of these producers.
Installing a double width machine, instead of having two 2.8 m traditional machines, today, with the same tissue production volume, reduces energy consumption and staff, cuts the initial capital investment related to the design and the construction of the plant, reduces the space needed in the tissue mill and, finally, during the normal production activity, lowers maintenance costs.

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