After two years of work, the new pulp line of CMPC Celulose Riograndense Ltda (CMPC) has been started-up according to schedule on May 3rd, 2015. The delivery agreement of the key technology for the new pulp line was signed by CMPC and Valmet in June 2013.

The new pulp line is an expansion to the existing Guaíba pulp mill in Rio Grande do Sul state, south of Brazil. The new line has a capacity of 1.3 million tonnes per year and can be upgraded to reach 1.5 million tonnes per year with minor investments. This is an addition to the existing capacity of the mill of 500,000 tons per year.

CMPC Guaíba pulp mill site

"Valmet's commitment was to deliver to CMPC sustainable technologies to create a world reference in efficiency and low environmental emissions. The mill is located very close to the city of Guaíba and one of the most important prerequisites was to minimize all possible impacts to the community. The project execution was a great success. This showcase demonstrates our capacity and competence to deliver a complete pulp plant in the right time and quality," says Celso Tacla, Valmet's Area President for South America.

Valmet's delivery in detail - best technologies for high yield and low operational costs

Valmet's delivery covered the main process islands of the pulp line, from the cooking plant to the bales that are shipped to final users, including the complete fiberline, pulp drying and baling, evaporation, recovery boiler, causticizing, lime kiln and an integrated automation solution and operator training simulator for all mill process areas. In addition, Valmet has also delivered a state-of-the-art non-condensable gas treatment system.

Valmet's solutions for the Guaíba project were based on the best technologies available. The capacity of the evaporation plant is the largest in operation in the world. The stationary cooler of the lime kiln brings significant savings in the fuel oil. The recovery boiler is designed for high power generation. The fiberline features industry-leading operational costs, combining high pulping yield, low chemical consumption and reduced water consumption with low effluent levels. The pulp dryer utilizes the most reliable technology to provide low steam consumption, and is equipped with high-speed baling lines.

Very good safety results at the construction phase

"We are pleased with the outstanding results in Health and Safety during the project. This sets a new benchmark for the industry. In the peak of construction Valmet had over 4,000 employees and contractor workers at the site. Since we had such a large amount of people on site and tight time schedule, safety was a top priority during the whole construction phase," says Francisco Gervasoni, Valmet's manager for Guaíba expansion project.

CMPC Celulose Riograndense Ltda is part of the Chilean group, CMPC Celulosa, one of the largest forestry-based companies in Latin America. Its mills in Chile and Brazil produces around 2.8 million tonnes of pulp per year. The new line will add 1.3 million tonnes to company's capacity.

For further information, please contact:

Celso Tacla, Area President, South America, Valmet, tel. +55 41 3341 4403

Bertel Karlstedt, President Pulp and Energy business line, Valmet, tel. +358 10 676 3026

Valmet Corporation is the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. Valmet's vision is to become the global champion in serving its customers.

Valmet's services cover everything from maintenance outsourcing to mill and plant improvements and spare parts. The strong technology offering includes pulp mills, tissue, board and paper production lines, as well as power plants for bio-energy production. Valmet's advanced automation solutions range from single measurements to mill wide turnkey automation projects.

Valmet's net sales in 2014 were approximately EUR 2.5 billion. Our 12,000 professionals around the world work close to our customers and are committed to moving our customers' performance forward - every day. Valmet's head office is in Espoo, Finland and its shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd.

Read more www.valmet.com, www.twitter.com/valmetglobal

International Paper (NYSE: IP) today announced it has finalized the previously announced sale of the Carolina® coated bristols brand to MeadWestvaco. As part of the sale agreement and to ensure a smooth transition for customers, International Paper will manufacture Carolina branded products for MWV until the end of year. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed.

International Paper's coated paperboard and printing papers businesses are strategic to the company's global portfolio. The company will continue to manufacture coated paperboard products to support customer demand in the food service and packaging markets. The company's commercial print portfolio, which includes the Hammermill®, Accent® Opaque, Williamsburg Offset and the Springhill® brands, will continue to be a valued part of International Paper's merchant product portfolio.

About International Paper
International Paper (NYSE: IP) is a global leader in packaging and paper with manufacturing operations in North America, Europe, Latin America, Russia, Asia and North Africa. Its businesses include industrial and consumer packaging along with uncoated papers and pulp. Headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., the company employs approximately 58,000 people and is strategically located in more than 24 countries serving customers worldwide. International Paper net sales for 2014 were $24 billion. For more information about International Paper, its products and stewardship efforts, visit internationalpaper.com.

Bioeconomy Innovation Forum, organized by Adforum and Nordisk Papperstidning & Biobusiness, are pleased to announce that the two leading R& D centers in the forest industry, Innventia and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, have joined the event as conference partners.  Bioeconomy Innovation Forum will be organized at Stockholmsmässan May 24-26^th 2016, in connection to the leading event for the pulp and paper industry, International Pulp & Paper Week.

Bioeconomy Innovation Forum is designed by the exhibitors and visitors in order to match the needs of the rapidly changing forest industry.  The forum will focus on innovations and new products within Nanocellulose, Bioplastics and Biocomposites, Textile fibres, Biofuels, Carbon fibres from lignin, Consumer packaging, Biochemicals and Constructions. The event will work as co-operation platform between the forest industry and other industries interested in biobased solutions.

“There is an increasing number of companies in various industries having a strong interest in sustainable biobased solutions,” says Marcus Bergström, CEO Adforum and continues: “taking the whole forest industry and also the pulp and paper exhibitions into consideration, it is essential that we also invite people from other industries to be part of the event. The forest industry companies should meet their existing and new customers, not only their own employees as has been the case at previous events.”

“As forerunners of the forest industry we consider Bioeconomy Innovation Forum as a great platform for discussion about existing and future biobased products”, says Birgitta Sundblad, President of Innventia. Innventia and VTT will work as conference partners for the event. Both parties will be part of a conference committee together with the organizers of the event. The committee will select the most interesting and suitable speakers for the different focus areas.

The conference will be organized in direct connection to the event area but in a separate conference room in order to secure the quality of the conference. Company and product presentations will be concentrated to another stage in the exhibition area in order to make a clear difference between the official conference program and direct product presentations.

The new event will be designed in order to highlight networking between different industry groups. In order to optimize the networking, the participants will be presented in networking islands and mini stands. Other features will be matchmaking, social events and company visits.

The previous event held in Stockholm was organized in cooperation with a Swedish organization within the paper and pulp industry and was held in May 2011.  The event gathered 650 exhibiting companies from 30 countries in 230 stands, and 9,064 visitors from 56 different countries.

In 2016 the International Pulp & Paper Week and Bioeconomy Innovation will take place at Stockholmsmässan, May 24-26^th. The interest for the event has been great and a large number of companies has already signed up for the two different events.

“This is a great opportunity also for the foreign organizations to highlight their competence in a Scandinavian setting”, says Kari Larjava, Executive Vice President of VTT Ltd.

For more information on International Pulp & Paper Week and Bioeconomy Innovation Forum, please contact Marcus Bergström on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or telephone + 358 44 56 24 524

About Adforum

Founded in 1968, Adforum is the world's leading organizer of exhibitions for the pulp and paper industry. Through the years, the company has organized the world's largest pulp and paper events in Stockholm, Helsinki as well as in in China and India. Adforum is owned by Stockholmsmässan (Stockholm International Fairs) and the Finnish Fair Corporation.

About Mentor Communications

Founded in 1985, Mentor Communications is the leading media company in Sweden, offering 30 different publications especially for industry and trade, reaching ½ million decision makers on a monthly basis. The channels used are magazines and newsletters. Mentor Communications is also an organizer of meetings and events. Mentor Communications is publisher of Nordic Paper Journal / Nordisk Papperstidning, the leading event magazine for the pulp, paper and biobased industries.  

About Innventia

Innventia is a world-leading research institute that works with innovations based on forest raw materials. Besides traditional products such as paper, tissue and board, we also develop completely new processes and products from renewable raw materials. As an innovation partner, we can strengthen all or parts of our customers’ processes, from the initial idea all the way through to a commercial product. We call this approach Boosting business with science.

About VTT

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd is the leading research and technology company in the Nordic countries. VTT is a multi-technological contract research organization and provides expertise for our domestic and international customers and partners, both in private and public sectors. VTT is a world leading RTO in the area of bio-based products and solutions.

Energy Advisor helps process manufacturers reduce energy costs by up to 10% annually through improved energy targeting and utilization

Emerson Process Management, a business of St. Louis-based Emerson (NYSE: EMR), today unveiled Energy Advisor, a real-time energy management information system that automates the process of monitoring and managing energy consumption across mills, plants, and refineries. With real-time, meaningful information about a site’s energy performance, process manufacturers can identify inefficiencies and irregularities and take corrective action, saving on average 5 to 10 percent in energy costs annually.

“To increase energy productivity and eliminate waste, manufacturers need more than historical data. They need real-time insight into what is going on to drive continuous improvement behavior. That is what Energy Advisor delivers.”

In energy-intensive process industries like chemical, metals and mining, oil and gas, pulp and paper, and refining, where energy is often 30 to 50 percent of their operating expense, these savings can have a significant impact on the bottom line.

“Energy Advisor is a natural extension to Emerson’s Smart Energy Management portfolio,” said Peter Zornio, chief strategic officer, Emerson Process Management. “In 2011, we announced the company’s commitment to improving our customers’ industrial energy efficiency and we began focusing on how to help our customers best optimize combustion processes, steam systems, and on-site electrical generation. In 2013, Emerson unveiled its pervasive sensing strategy that extends wireless technologies beyond process controls to include the extensive use of wireless sensors to monitor energy consumption in our customers’ operations. Energy Advisor leverages this technology with analytics to provide visualization of the full energy picture, helping companies make smarter decisions with real-time insight into site-wide energy performance.”

Energy Advisor pulls energy data from various sources, including (but not limited to) Emerson’s DeltaV™ and Ovation™ distributed control systems, as well as its wireless infrastructure, to provide real-time analysis and historical context. Using Emerson’s unique process models, manufacturers are now able to analyze and compare three critical items: the amount of energy a system is designed to use, what it has used over time, and what it is consuming in the moment.

“Many manufacturers are looking at their energy performance, but it is usually in hindsight and is often an incomplete picture, with data culled from disparate sources,” said Barbara Hamilton, energy management program manager at Emerson Process Management. “To increase energy productivity and eliminate waste, manufacturers need more than historical data. They need real-time insight into what is going on to drive continuous improvement behavior. That is what Energy Advisor delivers.”

Energy Advisor integrates seamlessly with current site control and information systems, allowing a straight-forward and cost-effective implementation. Key features of the technology include:

• Consumption Monitoring: identifies and logs root causes for energy over-consumption events
• Data Integrity Checker: verifies integrity of energy data before it is used
• Energy Target Calculator: creates models from past historical data to predict target energy consumption. Optional process models from Emerson provide theoretical targets as well as other energy-related performance indicators
• Standard Reports: including cost per unit of production, energy performance trends, and electrical demand cost.

About Emerson Process Management

Emerson Process Management (www.EmersonProcess.com), an Emerson business, is a leader in helping businesses automate their production, processing and distribution in the chemical, oil and gas, refining, pulp and paper, power, water and wastewater treatment, mining and metals, food and beverage, life sciences and other industries. The company combines superior products and technology with industry-specific engineering, consulting, project management and maintenance services. Its brands include PlantWeb™, Syncade™, DeltaV™, Fisher®, Bettis™, Micro Motion®, Rosemount®, Daniel™, Ovation™ and AMS Suite.

About Emerson

Emerson (NYSE: EMR), based in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions for customers in industrial, commercial, and consumer markets around the world. The company is comprised of five business segments: Process Management, Industrial Automation, Network Power, Climate Technologies, and Commercial & Residential Solutions. Sales in fiscal 2014 were $24.5 billion. For more information, visit Emerson.com.

Annual events will take place at the Eurostars Madrid Tower Hotel in Madrid on 28 and 29 October, 2015.

The Recycling Today Media Group has selected Madrid as the host city for the 2015 editions of its co-located Paper Recycling Conference Europe and Plastics Recycling Conference Europe events.

“It is again our privilege to welcome recyclers, mills, government officials, brand owners and other stakeholders in the recycling value chain from throughout Europe and globally to our conferences. Spain has been a popular destination in the past, and citing this year’s events in Madrid was the result of industry requests and close cooperation with the local recycling community,” says Jim Keefe, Group Publisher of the Recycling Today Media Group.

The events will be held at the Eurostars Madrid Tower Hotel. It is again being organised by the Recycling Today Media Group in close cooperation with its industry programming committees.

“We’re gratified that scrap paper and plastics collectors, processors, sellers and buyers as well as brand owners interested in end-of-life management have found this event to be a worthwhile regional and global gathering place,” says Brian Taylor, Editor of Recycling Today and Recycling Today Global Edition magazines.

The 2015 events will again offer sessions examining markets for established and emerging recovered paper and plastic scrap commodities in a global context. Additional topics covered will include emerging trends in paper and plastic packaging; updates on the plastic scrap stream recovered from obsolete electronics; case studies of successful plastic scrap and recovered fibre collection efforts; and a roundtable for paper mill operators to discuss the recovered fibre market from their viewpoint. Complete program details will be released soon.

Additional information will be available soon, and updated regularly, on the conference websites. Each can be accessed through www.RecyclingTodayEvents.com.

About the Recycling Today Media Group

Founded in 1963, the group publishes Recycling Today, Recycling Today Global Edition, Storage & Destruction Business, Construction & Demolition Recycling and Renewable Energy from Waste magazines as well as companion websites and e-newsletters. Additionally, the group publishes the Paper Recycling Markets Directory and the North American Scrap Metals Directory. The group also produces Paper & Plastics Recycling Conference – USA and Middle East; Paper Recycling Conference India; the Renewable Energy from Waste Conference and the C&D Recycling Forum. The Recycling Today Media Group is a business unit of GIE Media, Inc.

Catalyst is pleased to launch our new coated product line-up. Since purchasing mills in Biron, Wisconsin and Rumford, Maine, Catalyst has leveraged the best of our manufacturing platform to create the most comprehensive web product line in North America. Effective May 4, 2015, Catalyst Paper will become the sole manufacturer of the Orion®, Vision®, Escanaba®, Dependoweb®, Capri® and Consoweb® brands. This suite of well-known coated products, recognized for their excellent quality and pressroom performance, is available for purchase now, with full production capability across all three Catalyst coated mills in Port Alberni, BC; Rumford, ME; and Biron, WI mills in June. "The fact that these brands now belong exclusively to Catalyst, and are integrated into the complete Catalyst product portfolio, only strengthens our ability to be part of our customer's success. When combined with our strong reputation for service, we are confident in our ability to exceed our customers' expectations and look forward to the opportunity to earn their business," says Jim Bayles, SVP, Sales and Marketing.

In keeping with Catalyst's longstanding commitment to corporate and environmental sustainability, the Sage brand – the pinnacle of the Catalyst green offering – is still available for most products. Sage papers are chain of custody certified, manufactured carbon neutral, fully transparent in terms of their environmental disclosure, and contribute $1 of every tonne sold to our green partners' initiatives.

We thank loyal customers of our previous Catalyst brands in this category and we look forward to introducing them to our new brands as they consider their coated printing needs. For detailed descriptions and specifications, please visit www.catalystpaper.com.

About Catalyst Paper Corporation
Catalyst manufactures diverse printing papers such as coated freesheet, coated and uncoated groundwood, newsprint, directory, as well as market pulp. Its customers include retailers, publishers and commercial printers in North America, Latin America, the Pacific Rim and Europe. With five mills across North America, Catalyst has annual production capacity of 2.1 million tonnes and employs over 5,500 employees. Catalyst is headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, and is ranked by Corporate Knights magazine as one of the 50 Best Corporate Citizens in Canada.

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For further information:

Jim Bayles, Senior Vice-President, Sales and Marketing, 604-247-4766

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Kemira has completed the acquisition of AkzoNobel paper chemicals business announced on July 8, 2014.

The value of the transaction is EUR 153 million and it will become cash-effective in the second quarter of 2015. The acquired business is expected to increase revenue by more than EUR 200 million on an annualized basis as of the completion date.

As communicated earlier, six of the AkzoNobel paper chemicals manufacturing sites and approximately 350 employees will be transferred to Kemira. Kemira will also increase the production capacity of its own paper chemical manufacturing sites in order to realize expected production synergies. The integration period of the transaction is expected to last approximately two years and result in EUR 15 million net synergies on an annualized basis. The production sites to be transferred to Kemira are located in South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia, Spain and Italy.

“This acquisition strengthens our market position, especially in the growing APAC region. It also enables substantial efficiency improvements in our global paper chemicals manufacturing network. Most importantly, we gain new competencies and technological capabilities through 350 paper chemical experts and six manufacturing facilities – extending our ability to deliver best in business expertise and services to our customers. I want to warmly welcome all the new employees to Kemira, now the only pulp and paper chemistry provider with a truly global reach, says Jari Rosendal, Kemira’s President and CEO.”

For more information, please contact

Mats Rönnbäck, Interim President, Segment Paper & APAC

Tel. +85 262 170 122

Kemira is a global chemicals company serving customers in water-intensive industries. We provide expertise, application know-how and chemicals that improve our customers’ water, energy and raw material efficiency. Our focus is on pulp & paper, oil & gas, mining and water treatment. In 2014, Kemira had annual revenue of EUR 2.1 billion and around 4,250 employees. Kemira shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd.

www.kemira.com

More information about the key customer benefits of the acquisition:

http://pages.kemira.com/extend-your-capabilities

Valmet has made a donation to support catastrophe victims in Nepal, which was hit by a severe earthquake on Saturday, April 25. Valmet agreed to channel the EUR 10,000 contribution through a humanitarian organization, the Finnish Red Cross. The donation is targeted at first aid and rebuilding work.

"When a catastrophe of this magnitude occurs, all support is needed. We hope that Valmet's donation helps contribute to restoring normal operations in the area," says Anu Salonsaari-Posti, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Valmet.

The Red Cross currently has 10,000 volunteers in the field to provide first aid to those injured in the earthquake and to look for survivors. The Red Cross also has aid supplies, such as blankets, tarps and cooking sets, for 40,000 people.

Earlier in December 2014, Valmet allocated part of its annual seasonal donation to the Red Cross' Disaster Relief Fund. Through the Disaster Relief Fund the Red Cross helps the victims of natural disasters and conflicts around the world by delivering supplies, such as tents, blankets, clean drinking water or an entire field hospital to the disaster areas. The Red Cross also continuously helps to fight diseases and hunger together with local volunteers.

For further information, please contact:

Anu Salonsaari-Posti, SVP, Marketing and Communications, Valmet, tel. +358 50 453 4262

Laura Puustjärvi, Head of Sustainability, Valmet, tel. +358 50 337 4473

Valmet Corporation is the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. Valmet's vision is to become the global champion in serving its customers.

Valmet's services cover everything from maintenance outsourcing to mill and plant improvements and spare parts. The strong technology offering includes pulp mills, tissue, board and paper production lines, as well as power plants for bio-energy production. Valmet's advanced automation solutions range from single measurements to mill wide turnkey automation projects.

Valmet's net sales in 2014 were approximately EUR 2.5 billion. Our 12,000 professionals around the world work close to our customers and are committed to moving our customers' performance forward - every day. Valmet's head office is in Espoo, Finland and its shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd.

Read more www.valmet.com, www.twitter.com/valmetglobal

Valmet has inaugurated the extension of its location in Ovar, Portugal, which has become the company's center of filter fabric production and R&D. The unit manufactures filter fabrics for solid and liquid filtration and dust filtration, as well as felts and accessories for the laundry industry.

"In addition to the production, we are concentrating our filtration-related R&D to Ovar in order to have the best knowledge and R&D equipment under one roof. This now finalized investment ensures our future competitiveness in the filtration business," says Jani P. Hämäläinen, Director of the Filtration technology unit at Valmet.

Inauguration ceremony at the Valmet Ovar site. From the left: Salvador Malheiro, Mayor of Ovar, Luciano Amaral, Head of Operations and General Manager, Ovar unit, Valmet, Pedro Mota Soares, Minister of Solidarity, Employment and Social Security and Jukka Tiitinen, Business Line President, Services, Valmet

In addition to Portugal, Valmet manufactures filter fabrics in Brazil, China, Poland, the USA, and, to some extent, in Finland.

Good growth opportunities in filter fabrics

The market for filter fabrics is versatile, as the filter fabrics are used in many different industries. Valmet is concentrating on filter fabrics for the pulp, paper, power, mining, and chemical industries, as well as the alumina, cement, and food industries. Tightening emissions standards and legislation worldwide are driving the growth in the filtration market.

"The filter fabric business is a good example of Valmet's wide services offering. We are moving our customers' performance forward by offering reliable energy and cost-effective solutions backed up with proven expertise in the field of filtration," says Jukka Tiitinen, Business Line President, Services, Valmet.

Filter fabric

For further information, please contact:

Luciano Amaral, Head of Operations and General Manager, Ovar, Fabrics business unit, Services, Valmet, tel. +351 256 579 500

Jani P. Hämäläinen, Director, Filtration technology unit, Services, Valmet, tel. +358 40 847 7587

Valmet Corporation is the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. Valmet's vision is to become the global champion in serving its customers.

Valmet's services cover everything from maintenance outsourcing to mill and plant improvements and spare parts. The strong technology offering includes pulp mills, tissue, board and paper production lines, as well as power plants for bio-energy production. Valmet's advanced automation solutions range from single measurements to mill wide turnkey automation projects.

Valmet's net sales in 2014 were approximately EUR 2.5 billion. Our 12,000 professionals around the world work close to our customers and are committed to moving our customers' performance forward - every day. Valmet's head office is in Espoo, Finland and its shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. 

Read more www.valmet.com, www.twitter.com/valmetglobal

Metsä Board’s VP, Investor Relations and Communications, Juha Laine has been appointed SVP, Communications of Metsä Group as of 4 May 2015.

Laine continues to be responsible for Metsä Board’s investor relations activities until the successor has been appointed. Process to appoint the successor is ongoing.

METSÄ BOARD CORPORATION

For further information, please contact:

Markus Holm, CFO, tel. +358 10 465 4913