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International technology Group ANDRITZ has been awarded an order by Hämeenkyrön Voima Oy to supply an 80MW_th fluidized bed steam boiler for a power plant in Hämeenkyrö, Finland. The main fuel for the boiler will be wood-based biomass, with milled peat as an additional fuel The project investors are Pohjolan Voima, M-real, and Leppäkosken Sähkö. Start-up of the boiler is scheduled for the autumn of 2012.

The scope of supply includes the boiler island from the fuel bin to the stack outlet, as well as erection work and commissioning. The boiler will be based on ANDRITZ’s well-proven Bubbling Fluidized Bed (BFB) technology combining high fuel efficiency with excellent environmental performance. After completion, consumption of natural gas will be significantly reduced and replaced by biomass fuels. The investment will be part of the combined heat and power plant modernization at M-real’s Kyro mill to generate electrical power and to produce process steam for the mill and district heat for the nearby communities.

International technology Group ANDRITZ has been selected to provide a gasification plant to Metsä-Botnia’s Joutseno mill, Finland. The 48 MW plant will generate green fuel gas from local biomass, thus making the mill independent of fossil fuels. After completion scheduled for September 2012, the mill will solely use renewable fuels as energy sources and fully replace all fossil fuels in the mill’s lime kiln during normal operations. ANDRITZ’s scope of supply includes engineering, equipment, erection, start-up, and optimization of the entire gasification process.

The gasification plant is based on the Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) technology of ANDRITZ. Upon start-up of the plant, energy generation at the Joutseno mill will become carbon dioxide neutral during its standard production. Special attention has been paid to availability of the mill and environmental factors. The fuel handling system includes an innovative dryer which utilizes the mill’s excess heat for bark drying. The gas produced is finally burned in the lime kiln with a burner developed by ANDRITZ.

International technology Group ANDRITZ has been awarded orders for the supply of fiberlines and chemical recovery systems for renowned customers in India and Laos:

Muang Phin mill, Laos
ANDRITZ PULP & PAPER received an order from Sun Paper Holding Lao Co. Ltd. to deliver major equipment for a new kraft pulp mill with a production capacity of 300,000 t/a in Muang Phin, Laos. The scope of supply includes equipment for chip and bark handling, a complete fiberline (continuous cooking, washing, oxygen delignification, screening, and bleaching), the pulp drying line (wet end, dryer, cutter/layboy, and baling line), and the white liquor plant including kiln and recausticizing equipment. The kiln will be equipped with LimeFlash™ technology. Start-up is scheduled for late 2012.

Sun Paper Holding Lao is member of the Sun Paper Group, China’s largest privately owned and managed paper business, and the largest producer of premium coated packaging board in China.

Rayagada mill, India
ANDRITZ PULP & PAPER together with ENMAS ANDRITZ PVT LTD, a joint venture of ANDRITZ and Enmas Engineering, will supply a fiberline and recovery island for the pulp mill (design capacity: 635 bdt/d) of JK Paper Ltd. in Rayagada, Orissa. The delivery encompasses the latest technology in woodyard equipment, a complete continuous cooking line and fiberline with an ECF bleaching plant, recovery boiler and evaporation plant, as well as the white liquor plant (kiln, recausticizing, including dregs washing/ dewatering). Start-up is scheduled in October 2012.

This delivery will be the largest mill-wide scope of equipment from ANDRITZ in India. JK Paper is India’s largest manufacturer of branded and premium multi-purpose cut sized office paper, and one of the most reputed manufacturers of premium packaging board, and coated paper.

International technology Group ANDRITZ received an order to supply a fiber preparation system for the MDF plant of Arauco do Brasil S.A. in Jaguariaíva, Brazil. This will be the third ANDRITZ pressurized refining system to be installed for the Arauco Group and the 11^th delivered to Brazilian MDF producers, thus confirming ANDRITZ’s position as one of the leading suppliers for MDF plant equipment in Brazil. 

The scope of supply includes a chip washing system and an S 2064M pressurized refining system, with a design capacity of 1,080 t/d. Start-up is scheduled for the second quarter of 2012.

The decisive factors for the selection of ANDRITZ were based on the high availability of ANDRITZ equipment as well as the advanced technical solutions, including optimized energy utilization for high-capacity refining systems.

Celulosa Arauco y Constitución S.A. (Arauco), which started as a Chilean forestry and pulp production firm, is today one of the largest forestry companies in Latin America. The four business areas for the company, which employs 35,000 people, are in forestry, pulp production, sawn timber, and wood-based panel production. 

International technology Group ANDRITZ and Montes del Plata, a joint venture company of Stora Enso and Arauco, are in advanced negotiations towards concluding a contract for supply of production technologies and equipment for the new pulp mill of Montes del Plata in Punta Pereira, Uruguay (capacity: 1.3 million t/a eucalyptus market pulp). It was agreed not disclose the order value; however typical order values of comparable reference projects are between 750-800 million Euros.

The scope of supply of the ANDRITZ PULP & PAPER business area covers the EPC delivery of the complete fiberline as well as the recovery island, including all relevant process steps. Start-up of production is scheduled for the first half of 2013.

On December 30, 2010 Montes del Plata received the environmental permit for its pulp project from the Uruguayan government. The new pulp mill will be equipped with state-of-the-art technologies, using eucalyptus essentially from Montes del Plata’s own plantations.

The construction and operation of the pulp mill will provide a significant positive economic stimulus to the country. An average of 3,200 – and at peak of 6,000 – workers will be employed during construction. Once the mill is operational, it will permanently employ about 500 highly qualified people.

International technology Group ANDRITZ has been awarded an order by Graphic Packaging International to supply a 350,000 lb/h (160 t/h) steam boiler using woody biomass and primary clarifier sludge as fuels for the company’s mill in Macon, Georgia, USA. Start-up of the boiler is scheduled for summer 2013.

ANDRITZ will supply a Bubbling Fluidized Bed (BFB) steam boiler, fuel and bottom ash handling systems, and the boiler safety system. ANDRITZ’s well-proven BFB technology combines high fuel efficiency with excellent environmental performance. It is projected that the biomass boiler will effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 200,000 ton/a (180,000 metric ton/a). The new biomass boiler is expected to make the Macon mill energy self-sufficient (electrical power and steam generation), which will reduce Graphic Packaging’s energy costs and dependency on fossil-fuel based alternatives. The mill expects to become a net producer of electricity.

Biomass-based electricity generation is playing an increasingly important role in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. With state-of-the-art ANDRITZ steam boilers, energy producers can produce “green energy” in an efficient and environmentally friendly way.

International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Eldorado Papel e Celulose Ltda. (Eldorado Brasil) to supply a complete fiberline and other major equipment for the new pulp mill in Três Lagoas, Brazil. Start-up is scheduled for the third quarter of 2012. It was agreed not to disclose the order value.

The scope of supply of the ANDRITZ PULP & PAPER business area covers the EPC delivery of the complete fiberline including other major equipment for the new pulp mill:

Woodyard: three complete wood receiving and chipping lines, conveyors, stacker/reclaimer, four chip screens, and biomass handling.

Fiberline: single vessel continuous digester with Lo-Solids® cooking, washing, screening, and low-impact bleaching based upon the proven DD washer technology by ANDRITZ. The fiberline represents state-of-the-art process technology providing the best yield, washing efficiency, and minimal chemical consumption.

Complete pulp drying plant including automated baling lines. The two dewatering machines (working width 6.67 m each) will be based on Twin Wire former technology that has already been proven in several high-capacity pulp mill projects around the world.

Entire white liquor plant (recausticizing and lime kiln) designed to produce 15,700 m3/d of white liquor for the cooking plant. The plant will feature green liquor filtration based on X-Filter™ technology, the CD-Filter™ for white liquor filtration, and LMD-Filter™ for lime mud washing. The lime kiln will be the largest to be installed in South America.

With an annual production of approximately 1.5 million t of bleached eucalyptus market pulp, Eldorado will be the largest pulp mill in the world. With this order, ANDRITZ once again confirms its leading global position as a supplier of complete pulp production lines.

International technology GroupANDRITZ has received an order from Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited (TNPL) to supply a three-loop deinking plant for the TNPL mill in Kagithapuram, India. This will be the first three-loop deinking plant to be commissioned in India. Start-up is planned for the end of 2011.

The deinking plant, with a three loops and two disperser configuration, has a capacity of 300 t/d and is part of a program to extend the paper production capacity of the TNPL mill from 245,000 to 400,000 t/a. The raw materials used in the DIP line are 80% sorted office waste and 20% magazine grades. The deinked pulp will be used to produce high-quality writing and printing papers.

ANDRITZ has also been assigned to supervise erection work and start-up. The deinking plant reflects the latest state of the art in terms of environmental protection, as well as energy and water consumption. The supply of this first 3-loop DIP line to India is an important step for ANDRITZ in this growth market.

For further information, please contact:
Oliver Pokorny
Group Treasury, Corporate Communications & Investor Relations
Phone: +43 (316) 6902 1332
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International technology Group ANDRITZ has agreed with the authorities responsible for the insolvency proceedings on the acquisition of AE&E Austria GmbH & Co KG. The ANDRITZ tender offer to A-TEC was approved on December 2, 2010 in the evening. ANDRITZ will finance a bailout plan in coordination with the responsible financial rehabilitation body of AE&E Austria GmbH & Co KG in order to stabilize the company. The parties agreed not to disclose the purchase price.

With approximately 350 employees in Graz and Vienna the acquired company has annual sales of approximately 200-300 MEUR. With this purchase, ANDRITZ strengthens and complements its product range in its PULP & PAPER and ENVIRONMENT & PROCESS business areas.

For further information, please contact:
Dr. Michael Buchbauer
Head of Group Treasury, Corporate Communications & Investor Relations
Phone: +43 (316) 6902 2979
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The ANDRITZ GROUP
The ANDRITZ GROUP is a globally leading supplier of plants and services for the hydropower, pulp and paper, metals, and other specialized industries (solid/liquid separation, feed and biofuel). The Group is headquartered in Graz, Austria, and has a staff of approximately 14,300 employees worldwide. ANDRITZ operates over 120 production sites, service, and sales companies all around the world.

International technology Group ANDRITZ showed a favorable business development in the first three quarters of 2010. In particular, sales, earnings, and profitability rose
substantially in the third quarter of 2010, with order intake and order backlog also showing an increase compared to the previous year’s reference period.

Substantial rise in sales in the third quarter of 2010
Sales of the ANDRITZ GROUP rose in the third quarter of 2010 compared to last year’s reference period by around 19% to 896.6 MEUR (Q3 2009: 756.1 MEUR), with substantial increases in all business areas except METALS. In the first three quarters of 2010, Group sales amounted to 2,458.8 MEUR (+5.5% vs. Q1-Q3 2009: 2,330.2 MEUR).

Order intake up
The order intake of the ANDRITZ GROUP developed favorably in the third quarter of 2010: At 932.1 MEUR, it increased by some 11% compared to the third quarter of 2009 (842.2 MEUR). With the exception of the METALS business area, which continues to be impacted by the difficult project situation in the international steel industry, all business areas were able to increase their order intake in comparison with the reference figures of the previous year. As a result, the order intake of the Group rose to 3,235.8 MEUR in the first three quarters of 2010 and thus was over 25% higher than the figure for the previous year’s reference period (Q1-Q3 2009: 2,554.9 MEUR).

Order backlog of the Group as of September 30, 2010 amounted to 5,477.6 MEUR, thus increasing compared to the reference value as of September 30, 2009 (4,514.5 MEUR: +21.3%) and as of December 31, 2009 (4,434.5 MEUR: +23.5%).

Favorable development in earnings and profitability
Earnings (EBITA) of the ANDRITZ GROUP in the third quarter of 2010 amounted to 67.0 MEUR (+47% vs. Q3 2009: 45.5 MEUR) and thus increased substantially more than sales. As a result, profitability (EBITA margin) increased to 7.5% in the third quarter of 2010 (Q3 2009: 6.0%). The EBITA of the Group in the first three quarters of 2010 increased to 164.9 MEUR, a rise of around 62% compared to last year’s reference period, which was negatively impacted by restructuring measures in the second quarter (Q1-Q3 2009: 102.0 MEUR; 126.3 MEUR excluding restructuring measures). The EBITA margin increased to 6.7% (Q1- Q3 2009: 4.4%; 5.4% excluding restructuring expenses).

Net income of the Group (excluding non-controlling interests) amounted to 114.6 MEUR during the first three quarters of 2010, thus nearly doubling compared to the reference figure for the previous year (Q1-Q3 2009: 59.6 MEUR).

Unchanged solid net worth position and capital structure
Total assets of the ANDRITZ GROUP increased to 3,767.7 MEUR as of September 30, 2010 (December 31, 2009: 3.309,3 MEUR); the equity ratio amounted to 19.4% (December 31, 2009: 20.0%). Liquid funds (cash and cash equivalents plus marketable securities) amounted to 1,421.3 MEUR as of September 30, 2010 (December 31, 2009: 1,082.1 MEUR). The net liquidity (liquid funds plus fair value of interest rate swaps minus financial liabilities) increased to 1,002.3 MEUR, thus also substantially higher than at the end of last year (December 31, 2009: 677.9 MEUR).

Outlook for the full year of 2010
ANDRITZ expects solid project activity to continue for the remaining months of the 2010 business year. Based on the results for the first three quarters of 2010, the Group expects a slight rise in sales compared to the full year of 2009. Cost savings resulting from the restructuring measures initiated in 2009 should have a positive impact on the net income.