Valmet has received a new contract worth about EUR 125-150 million to supply key technologies to Metsä Fibre’s bioproduct mill in Äänekoski, Finland.
"The bioproduct mill will strengthen Metsä Group's leading position in northern softwood pulp market and will improve our profitability. We have had long term and successful cooperation with Valmet which is a strong supplier of equipment of this scale," said, Ilkka Hämälä, CEO, Metsä Fibre.
Valmet’s scope of delivery includes recovery boiler, pulp drying line, gasification plant, lime kiln and a mill wide Valmet DNA automation system.
Bertel Karlstedt, Pulp and Energy Business Line President, Valmet, said, "Our gasification technology and recovery boiler maximize the use of bioenergy and makes the pulp mill totally fossil fuel free. Valmet delivers a modern gasification plant, where bark is dried and gasified to product gas which is then used as fuel in the lime kiln. The Valmet delivered recovery boiler has multiple high power features including patented heat recovery from flue gas to combustion air enabling the mill to sell outside 1.4 times more electricity than it needs for its own operation."
