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Metso has launched CoteCondor, a new polyurethane roll cover for blade coater backing rolls. CoteCondor is designed for all blade coaters, but especially coaters using hard-coated coater blades.  Metso is the first supplier to make polyurethane covers for this application, and the CoteCondor cover is our solution to roll cover edge wear problems.

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CoteCondor's polyurethane material offers extremely good wear and marking resistance

Hard-coated coater blades are widely used in blade coaters.  The benefits of hard-coated blades include better runnability, improved paper profiles, and longer coater blade lifetimes. Despite the benefits hard-coated blades have one particular disadvantage, backing roll cover wear. Problems particularly tend to occur in the edge area where the roll cover and blade are in contact with each other.

Thanks to its new polyurethane material and compound, the CoteCondor cover’s wear and marking resistance is significantly better than that of conventional roll covers.  This leads to much longer cover running periods on the machine. Also, with the CoteCondor cover the amount of material removed in cover regrinding is significantly reduced, which in turn leads to a longer total lifetime.

Durable and long-lasting cover materials create cost savings  

Metso works continuously on the development of polyurethane roll cover materials, targeting especially improved wear properties.  This leads to longer service intervals and a reduced need for roll replacement, which means savings for paper and board makers. 

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Metso has opened a new Automation service center in Ratchaburi, Thailand. The service center supports Metso’s strategy to grow its Automation business globally and strengthens Metso’s service capabilities in Thailand. Metso has large installed base for process automation products and valves especially in Thai pulp and paper industry, with customers like Siam Cement Group (SCG) which has a pulp mill and several paper mills in the area. SCG is also a big customer for Metso’s Pulp, Paper and Power business.

”Our customers like Siam Cement Group demand faster service response times and want us to increase our service scope. The new service center supports strongly our Automation business in Thailand”, says Henry Chong, Regional Sales Director for South East Asia, Automation, Metso.

The new Automation service center is located in Banpong, Ratchaburi 80 kilometers east from Bangkok in close vicinity to two of the major Siam Cement Group complexes, Wangsala and Banpong. The new facility includes modern training and testing facilities, a valve repair shop and a storage facility for spare parts.

This investment is in line with Metso’s long-term strategy to globally expand its local presence and to grow the scope of the services offered to customers across different industry segments. Last Spring, Automation business opened a valve supply and service center in Vadodara, India. At the beginning of this year, the company announced acquisition of U.S. software company ExperTune Inc. ExperTune’s products are widely used as software tools to analyze and monitor the performance of industrial processes and to identify the associated maintenance and improvement opportunities. 

 

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Plant will enable utilization of sawmill residue for sustainable heat and power production

 

met kom bioMetso will supply Bioenergeticheskaya Kompaniya LLC with a complete biomass-fired combined heat and power plant in Syktyvkar, the Komi Republic, Russia. The power plant is scheduled to be in operation in 2014. The value of the order will not be disclosed. 


Metso's delivery will include process equipment and technical advisory services for installation, commissioning and training. A Metso belt dryer and a Metso DNA automation system will also be included in the delivery. The power plant will utilize bark and wood residues from the Syktyvkar sawmill and other biomass. The power output of the plant will be 4 MWe. The power will be distributed to the local grid and heat will be utilized in the belt dryer.

"We are convinced that cooperation with Metso will provide a means to utilize the sawmill residues from the Syktyvkar sawmill to produce power. This is an important issue for the Government of the Komi Republic. The new plant will be built based on advanced know-how solutions using the most modern equipment," says Alexander Gibezh, Deputy Minister of Industry and Transport of the Republic of Komi. "Sawmill residues that have long been stored at the site of the Syktyvkar sawmill will now be used as fuel for the new power plant. The investment in the power plant will help to create more job opportunities and will improve the environmental situation in the Komi Republic," adds Alexey Kryukov, CEO of Bioenergeticheskaya Kompaniya.

"This power plant is an important milestone in the development of distributed power generation based on the vast renewable biomass resources of Russia. We are very happy to help Bioenergeticheskaya Kompaniya LLC to lead the way towards local sustainable power solutions," says Director Matti Järvinen, North Eastern Europe, Power business line, Metso. "The uniqueness of our solutions is in the complete supply: all equipment from the fuel handling system to the flue gas cleaning system will be supplied by Metso. The new power plant will also run under a Metso automation system," says Director Nikolay Doroshenko, Russia, Power business line, Metso.

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

The Ministry of Industry and Transport of the Republic of Komi is responsible for implementation of development programs in Komi. The Bioenergeticheskaya Kompaniya biomass-fired power plant is one of the projects in one of the development programs. The project also has a governmental priority status.

Bioenergeticheskaya Kompaniya LLC is a Komi Republic based energy company that provides and markets electricity. Bioenergeticheskaya Kompaniya LLC has a wide range of plans for investments in the Komi region.

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Metso will supply Hyogo Pulp Industries, Ltd. with a pulp drying line for its mill in Tanigawa, Japan. The start-up of the line is planned for the last quarter of 2014. The value of the order will not be disclosed.

Metso’s scope of supply includes a pulp drying line excluding the building and civil works. The main parts of the delivery are a wet end, a pulp dryer, a cutter layboy and a baling line.

”Metso received the order from Hyogo Pulp as Metso's solution best matched Hyogo Pulp's requirements in terms of easy adjustability for different grades,” says Antti Suoknuuti, Vice President, Sales, Fiber business line, Metso.

Hyogo Pulp has been shifting from market pulp production with wet lap machine for domestic supply into exporting pulp to China, Korea, Taiwan and Southeast Asia and therefore Hyogo Pulp need to change to production of fully dried pulp. The capacity of the new pulp drying line will be 770 air dried tons per day and the width at the cutter layboy 3.9 meters.

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

Hyogo Pulp Industries, Ltd. is a family-owned company, founded in 1955. It is located in Tanba city, Hyogo prefecture, Japan. The company is the only producer of various types of unbleached kraft  market pulp in Japan and leading the unbleached kraft pulp market in East Asia. The company’s annual capacity is 200,000 tons and the number of employees is 140. The company also provides biomass energy to a regional energy company.

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The Metso-supplied complete containerboard production line B9 with an extended scope of supply project implementation for Amcor Packaging (Australia) Pty Ltd successfully came on stream on October 16, 2012 at the company’s Botany mill in Sydney, Australia.  The production line was officially opened in an inauguration ceremony held on February 1, 2013.

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The new 6.25-m-wide B9 machine, the ninth paper machine to operate at the Botany site, has an annual production capacity of approximately 400,000 tonnes of high-quality 100% recycled testliner and fluting grades in the basis weight range of 80 to 200 g/m2, from wastepaper collected throughout the Sydney region. The design speed of the machine is 1,600 m/min. The B9 production line produces savings in energy, solid waste and water use per unit of paper production and improves the environmental performance of the mill.

Metso’s delivery included an OCC (old corrugated containers) pulping line and a complete OptiConcept boardmaking line from headboxes to reel with a stock preparation system, air systems, chemical systems and a high-capacity winder and a roll handling system. A comprehensive Metso DNA automation package comprised process, machine and quality controls and machine condition monitoring.

In addition, Metso’s extended scope of supply included complete mill engineering and electrification, and installation and supervision services related to commissioning, testing and start-up. Metso also provided training services for the project.

The partnership between Metso and Amcor includes an agreement for the supply of mill maintenance services for the B9 boardmaking line. With the multi-year mill maintenance agreement Metso assumes full responsibility for the establishment of maintenance operations, mill maintenance services and the management of improvement projects for the stock and paper production facilities and for the mill utilities at the Botany mill.

Amcor Packaging (Australia) Pty Ltd is part of Amcor Limited. Amcor Limited is a global packaging manufacturer offering a broad range of plastic, fibre, metal and glass packaging products, along with packaging-related services. It has annual sales of approximately EUR 9 billion and it employs over 30,000 co-workers at more than 300 manufacturing sites located in 40 countries. 

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nelesMetso has been selected as a primary supplier of ball and butterfly valves to Shaanxi Yanchang ChinaCoal Yulin Energy & Chemical Co., Ltd (Shaanxi Yanchang ChinaCoal). To ensure successful start up, Metso will deploy a technical service team on-site to assist with installation and training. This project has been listed as a UN Project Promoting Clean Coal Technology and a Model Project for Recycling Economy in Shaanxi Province. The goal of the project is to fully utilize the abundant resources, including oil, gas, coal and salt, found in Jingbian region to realize its economic transformation. Metso delivery will be completed before March 2013.

Metso ball and butterfly valves have long enjoyed a good reputation in the Chinese market and rank among the top brands. Users recognize Metso as a producer of highly reliable and cost-effective valves solutions. Metso has continually gained market acceptance in China based on superior high-performance products, comprehensive technical support, and efficient professional services. Metso is also a leader in valve technologies that substantially improve plant safety and reduce emissions, which are growing concerns throughout the global manufacturing community.

Metso will deliver 300 on-off ball valves and control butterfly valves for low and high density polyethylene (LDPE and HDPE), stage 1 and 2 polypropylene (PP) and catalytic cracking (CC) installations, including PDS (Product Discharge System) valves for LDPE.

The Metso products to be delivered range in size from 1/2" to 18" soft and metal seated valves. Soft seated valves are used in stage 1 and 2 PP. Due to high temperatures and heavy wear conditions, metal seated valves with HVOF (High Velocity Oxygen Fuel) coatings will be used in the HDPE, LDPE, and 1.5 million ton PA deep catalytic cracking (DCC) applications.

Of particular interest are the 33 PDS Valves to be supplied to the LDPE installations. Soft-seated PDS valves are considered to be a weak link in processes seeking to improve output by using high-productivity catalyst. Metso's experience and valve selection knowledge in PDS application provide a competitive edge to chemical companies seeking to improve output for processes using high-productivity catalyst with superior metal seated PDS valves.

Shaanxi Yanchang ChinaCoal administers the Jingbian Energy and Chemical Integrated Utilization project, a key development effort for Shaanxi Province Initial stages of the project will focus on processing a combination of coal, oil-field gas and refinery dry gas to produce methanol, and olefin cracked from residual oils. In later stages the focus will shift to the development of downstream olefin industries and ultimately the creation an industrial chemical base.

Global valve technology leader

Metso is a leading global provider of valve services and solutions, including control valves, automated on/off and emergency shut-down valves, as well as smart positioners and condition monitoring systems. Metso's world-leading product brands are Neles®, Jamesbury® and Mapag®.

Service is a vitally important and growing aspect of Metso's business model. Metso supports its world-class valve solutions via a network of service centers. At present there are 32 strategically located Metso Valves Service Centers in operation throughout the world

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On December 12, 2012, Liansheng Paper Industry (Longhai) Co., Ltd. started up their new Metso-supplied containerboard production line, PM 6, at their Longhai site in Fujian Province in China.  This is the first start-up of Metso’s novel OptiConcept M production line that represents a new way to design, build and operate a paper machine.

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The PM 6 start-up was successful with record-breaking results. “The whole start-up was perfect. It took less than 3 hours in total from having stock on the machine to get the web on the reel, and we had a very good start-up speed of 800 min/min. No paper tails were seen on the hall floor during the start-up period,” Xue Rong Jun, Project Manager of Fujian Liansheng, proudly says.

The new 7.25-m-wide PM 6 production line has an annual production capacity of approximately 300,000 tonnes of recycled fluting in the basis weight range of 65 to 100 g/m2. The design speed is 1,200 m/min.

Metso’s delivery included a complete OptiConcept M boardmaking line from headbox to reel with air systems, a machine control system, a quality control system, two winders and Metso clothing.

The PM 6 OptiConcept M production line is designed for high productivity with low operating costs. Industrial design and new engineering innovations provide for simple assembly of the production line. “The installation required 30 to 40% less working hours compared with a conventional project,” comments Xue Rong Jun.

Also usability and safety aspects are at a new level. For instance, the design allows for easy, fast and safe changing of wear parts, which reduces the duration and costs of maintenance shutdowns.  “The design of walkways is very ergonomic, spacious. Walkways are on one level, no running  up and down stairs, so the machine is very safe and convenient to operate and maintain. Since there are no cantilevering beams at the wet end, the drive side and tending side are symmetric, and the machine drive side is very spacious compared to a traditional machine construction,” says Xue Rong Jun.

Liansheng Paper Industry (Longhai) Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of Fujian Liansheng Paper Co., Ltd. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Zhangzhou, China. PM 6 is the third Metso-supplied production line for Fujian Liansheng.

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Metso's biomass-fired heating plant delivery will increase the production of green energy in line with Savon Voima's strategy

Metso will supply a biomass-fired heating plant for district heat production to Savon Voima Oyj in Leppävirta in Finland. Following the investment, the municipality of Leppävirta will have access to more district heat generated using renewable fuels, in accordance with Savon Voima's bioenergy program. The new heating plant will significantly reduce the consumption of oil. The plant will go on stream in late 2013. The value of the order is approximately EUR 9 million.

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Metso's turnkey delivery will include process equipment and buildings as well as installation and construction work. The delivery will also include Metso's flue gas scrubber. Once completed, the plant will have a heat output of 8 MW and it will produce hot water for the district heating network of the municipality of Leppävirta. The plant will be fired by wood-based biomass sourced locally, such as forest residue and peat.

"We chose Metso as the supplier of our new plant because we have a long history of successful cooperation with Metso during previous plant deliveries, the latest of which was the delivery of a plant of the same size to Suonenjoki. Metso's solution also offered the best overall economy," says Savon Voima's Project Manager Hannu Lipsanen.

"We want to be a reliable partner in advancing Savon Voima's sustainable projects that use domestic fuel. The Leppävirta project is very important for us. We will supply a plant which will reduce the use of fossil fuels and provide an energy efficient solution for district heat production," confirms Teemu Koskela, in charge of the sales of bioheat plants at Metso.

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

Savon Voima Oyj is a Finnish energy company that provides and markets electricity and heating services. With sales totalling more than EUR 211 million (2011), the company is one of Finland's largest providers of energy services. Savon Voima is also a significant employer within the energy sector, and has a staff of approximately 170 professionals. Years of systematic investments in emission-free energy production have raised the proportion of bioenergy in heat generation to over 80 percent.

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metso hoodThe Metso-supplied Advantage AirCap hood and Advantage WetDust system at Disley Tissue near Manchester in the United Kingdom were successfully started up in October 2012.

“We chose Metso, because they provided the best technological solution for the hood replacement and new dust system; to improve the health of our employees, reduce our impact on the environment and improve our cost base considerably. Metso is working positively, hand in hand with the Disley engineering team, to ensure the best solutions for the safest and quickest installation within the existing machine house, and to make certain that the detailed design will meet the guarantees,” says Chris Wickham, Managing Director of Disley Tissue.

The Advantage AirCap hood is based on the latest technology and best energy saving principles. In this case it is designed to remarkably increase the production without affecting the current energy consumption.

The Advantage WetDust system applies the patented, innovative concept of a fully wet system to capture dust at the source by encapsulating it in water.

The installation of these two Metso systems will support Disley Tissue in decreasing environmental impact, optimizing the process and improving working conditions.

Disley Tissue is located near Manchester, and operates in association with Connect Hygiene Products Ltd and Peter Grant Papers Ltd in providing high quality tissue parent reels and converted tissue and towel products. They are a leading supplier in the away-from-home market with an annual production of 35,000 tons tissue per year and some 7 million cases of converted products.

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Marubeni Power Development Australia Pty Ltd. has chosen Metso to upgrade the automation system at its Smithfield Energy Facility in Smithfield, New South Wales, Australia. The company chose Metso to supply the upgrade thanks to Metso's professional and reliable service capabilities, long cooperation as well as existing system compatibility and upgradability. For example, the existing I/O modules can be fully reused.

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Operated by Marubeni Australia Power Services Ltd, the 162 MW Smithfield cogeneration plant produces electricity for the national grid and process steam for an adjacent cardboard recycling plant. The plant is fueled by natural gas. 

Metso supplied the plant's existing control system in 1996-97. It has now come to the end of its life cycle and needs to be upgraded. The refurbished control system will be commissioned in June-August 2013. 

Marubeni Australia Power Services Ltd. is a subsidiary of Marubeni, which is involved in the handling of products and provision of services in a broad range of sectors. These areas encompass importing and exporting, as well as transactions in the Japanese market, related to food materials, food products, textiles, materials, pulp and paper, chemicals, energy, metals and mineral resources, transportation machinery, and offshore trading. The company's activities also extend to power projects and infrastructure, plants and industrial machinery, finance, logistics and information industry, and real estate development and construction. www.marubeni.com

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