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Without The Paper Province cluster it would not be possible for Metso

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"Without The Paper Province cluster it would not be possible for Metso to be number one in tissue machines"
 
This is what Pasi Laine, President of Metso Pulp, Paper & Power Technology said when he spoke as the main guest at the recent PaperMaker’s Night at First Hotel in Karlstad, an event organised by The Paper Province.
 
In front of a packed audience from pulp and paper companies within The Paper Province, Pasi Laine spoke about "Metso's View to Global Pulp, Paper and Biopower Industry". Pasi Laine took up his new post on 1 March this year and comes from a background within Metso Power and Automation.
Metso's largest business area today is Metso Maining Industry. Metso has around 29,000 employees and a turnover of approximately EUR 5.6 billion. Metso Pulp, Paper and Power is represented in 110 different locations and in 26 countries and has around 12,550 employees, with a turnover of EUR 2.455 Million. Metso believes that it has the broadest technology and service offering to the world's Pulp & Paper customers. It has about 100 service facilities around the world.
 
The goal is to become number one in Pulp, Paper and Bioenergy
With Bio energy solutions they work intensively to offer complete solutions and extensive expertise knowledge. Pasi Laine encouraged representatives of The Paper Province member companies to spread stories of success in the bio energy field. "It is something we must help each other with! There is s much happening in this area at the moment” said Pasi Laine. Pasi Laine also shared with the audience some facts about how Metso viewed the current situation in the pulp and paper industry globally. Chemical pulp is growing the fastest in Asia and South America. Paper and Board is increasing mostly in China and in Western Europe. Wood pulp still has its largest production in North America and Western Europe. Tissue is produced mostly in North America and Western Europe, while China has begun to move closer to Western Europe. Within Biomass most growth will come from the energy market and waste incinerators, and America and Asia are the largest producers.
 
The Metso Corporation has > 600 Research and Development Specialistists (R&D)
The Metso Corporation invests nearly EUR 90 million in research and development each year. Pasi Laine also touched on Metso's new concept "OptiConcept" for paper and board machines. Energy costs are reduced, in stock preparation by 10% and on the wet and energy side by 20%. Compared with conventional paper manufacturing, as much as 40% of space is saved for the paper machines. Conerning gasification, the market for fossil fuel substitutes is being developed. In Lahti Energy Oy is working to reduce Co2 emissions economically. Another area is to replace fossil fuels with bio mass. “Sweden is the fourth largest market within "Wood Pulp" and the 8th largest for "Paper & Board"”, concluded Pasi Laine.
It was Maria Hållander’s, CEO of The Paper Province, first Papermaker’s Night and she is seen here along with Pasi Laine. The evening ended with questions on the current state of the member companies represented and with a nice reception with buffet.
 
source: The paper province
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