The Lucart Castelnuovo di Garfagnana tissue mill, part of the Lucart Group, has officially inaugurated its first Cogeneration system with Integrated EcoRecovery system, developed and supplied by Valmet. The installation is part of Lucart Group's about 4 million EUR investment for upgrading the mill.

Valmet presenting Lucart representatives with a silk-screen printing of the Cogeneration system. From left Roberto Benzi, Mill Manager, Lucart Castelnuovo,  Danilo Calamari, Technology Manager Paper Mill, Lucart Group, Franco Pasquini, Engineering Manager, Lucart Group and Luigino Furlan, Vice President DCD Technology Unit, Valmet. 

The Cogeneration system integrates a gas turbine with a yankee hood air system and a waste heat steam generator, covering all the electricity and steam needs of the site. This way the gas turbine flue gases are used to dry the paper without any further gas consumption. The system improves the energy efficiency and reduces greenhouse gas emissions significantly. In addition, drying costs in the tissue production are decreased significantly.

Valmet's solution was a perfect match with Lucart Group's objectives. "The Integrated Cogeneration technology is totally consistent with our company mission, which focuses on environmental sustainability and respect. Furthermore, we have appreciated Valmet's capability in finding and sharing possible solutions - Valmet people were always there when we needed it and this made a difference," says Franco Pasquini, Engineering Director of Lucart.

In his introduction speech at the opening ceremony Luigino Furlan, Vice President DCD Technology Unit of Valmet, highlighted how the success of this project is due greatly to the teamwork between Lucart and Valmet. "The people who envisioned, shared, built and implemented this project and the special relationship established between the teams, represent the corner stones for this achievement. Mutual trust between Lucart and Valmet has been established and the path to continued partnership is paved," Furlan said in his speech.

Technical description

The Cogeneration equipment supplied by Valmet includes a new air system with fans, burners, dampers, ducting and instrumentation for the existing hood. Furthermore the delivery comprises a heat recovery steam generator, an air/air heat recovery and an air/water heat recovery system.

The results of the installation are remarkable: using its exhaust fumes, the cogeneration gas turbine performs all the drying for the entire tissue production, covering the thermal energy of the hood air system (with burners off) and producing the steam needed for the Yankee cylinder.

The Cogeneration system will reduce the natural gas consumption by 15-20% per year which correlates to an estimated reduction of CO2 emissions by 7,000 tons /year as well as NOx to air by 3.5 tons / year.

Valmet delivered Cogeneration system at the Lucart Castelnuovo tissue mill

About the customer Lucart Castelnuovo

Lucart Castelnuovo is part of the Lucart Group, Italy, which operates six paper mills, including ten paper machines and 54 converting lines. The company employs 1.200 people and has a yearly production of 300.000 tons of Paper and a turnover of 400 million EUR per year

For further information, please contact:

Luigino Furlan, Vice President Dry Creped Drying Technology Unit, Valmet, tel. +39 348 8907828

Marco De Luca, Product Sales Manager, Package Sales Air Systems, Valmet, tel. +39 348 4110273

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.

IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute has concluded a comparative study on the environmental performance of different packaging solutions. The study compares the lifecycles of plastic products versus corresponding paper products from BillerudKorsnäs. The results show that paper has considerably more favorable environmental qualities than plastic, such as 50-70% lower greenhouse gas emissions.

IVL’s study looks at the entire product lifecycle, from material production up until it is thrown away or recycled. Although the transportation and packaging production of plastic products emits less greenhouse gas, the results show that the overall product lifecycle of paper products give rise to far less  emissions. Material production of both paper and plastic packaging is the most energy intense part of production. But according to the study, which has been verified by Bureau Veritas, plastic production emits far more greenhouse gas than paper production.

“The results of the study challenge a common misconception that the production of paper packaging is more energy consuming and environmentally detrimental than the production of plastic packaging. An important reason why the production of the tested BillerudKorsnäs packaging materials emits less greenhouse gas is that their process is almost entirely run on renewable energy. Another reason is that the total energy consumption for production of these products is lower”, says Lena Dahlgren, project manager, IVL.

Plastic littering a concern for the European Union

The EU parliament has recently introduced measures that will limit the use of plastic bags in Europe. The aim is to decrease their use from 200 plastic bags per person and year to 90 plastic bags per person and year before the end of 2019. Each member country will be free to decide how this goal will be achieved, but a possible solution might be to increase the use of paper bags.

“BillerudKorsnäs welcomes the EU initiative to deal with Europe’s littering problems. Paper and board packaging are not the only solutions. It is important to reduce littering, regardless of material. But given a choice between plastic and paper, we believe that our products can contribute to solutions against both plastic littering as well as climate change, two of our times largest sustainability challenges”, says Henrik Essén, SVP Communication and Sustainability, BillerudKorsnäs.

Please follow the link for the complete IVL report:

http://www.billerudkorsnas.com/PageFiles/891/Widget_Sustainability_extra/LCA%20report%20BillerudKorsn%c3%a4s%202015%20-%20Final.pdf

For more information, please contact:

Henrik Essén, SVP Communication and Sustainability, BillerudKorsnäs

+46 730 57 38 01, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Lena Dahlgren, Project Manager, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute

+46 8 598 56 393, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

BillerudKorsnäs provides packaging materials and solutions that challenge conventional packaging for a sustainable future. We are a world leading provider of primary fiber based packaging materials and have customers in over 100 countries. The company has 8 production units in Sweden, Finland and the UK and about 4300 employees in over 13 countries. BillerudKorsnäs has an annual turnover of about SEK 21 billion and is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. www.billerudkorsnas.com

The prospects for ZELLCHEMING-Expo taking place from 30 June – 2 July 2015 in Frankfurt/M., Germany are good. Besides a comprehensive exhibition program by more than 150 national and international exhibitors along the process chain of the pulp and paper production as well as in the sector of fiber based materials ZELLCHEMING-Expo shows future topics of the paper industry.

Biofore Concept Car: An innovative view into the future

The company UPM presents itself with the Biofore Concept Car that is a joint project of the University Helsinki Metropolia of Applied Sciences, the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation and other partner companies. The Biofore Concept Car consists of renewable materials and illustrates the use of innovative biomaterials in the automotive industry. Furthermore it runs with renewable diesel.

“Instant Homes”: The house of the future

Not only the pulp and paper production but also the diversified usage of paper is subject of ZELLCHEMING-Expo 2015. A fact that the Technical University Darmstadt clearly demonstrates with the project “Instant Homes”. This involves a foldable emergency shelter for refugees that completely consists out of paper. It is stable, weatherproof, easy to build and comfortable at the same time.

“Instant Homes” is a forward-looking project with added value for the society and reflects the future subject of ZELLCHEMING-Expo.

Conference „Paper & Fiber World 2030“

The accompanying conference „Paper & Fiber World 2030 – What does the future hold for the paper industry?“ also picks up the subject future. Thus the event not only focuses on current topics related to production but also on technological and economic further developments for the future. Highlights are the Business Forum about the same-named project as well as keynotes of Dr. Utz Tillmann (Director General of the German Chemical Industry Association) and Bertram Staudenmaier (Member of the Corporate Board of Management and Chairman of the Management Board of Voith Paper).

Detailed information to the event can be found at:

www.zellcheming-expo.de

A.Celli Paper handles the SCA Mannheim plant in Germany

A complete and particularly complex system comprised of roll handling and packaging was installed at the SCA Mannheim facilities in Germany. Four lines that, following accurate testing, became ready for acceptance in December of last year.

Among its preferred suppliers, SCA nominated the A.Celli Group as project supervisor, conferring the company full authority to study every detail, requirement and feasibility aspect, technical progress and customization of the handling project.

This allowed the company to exploit the Group’s synergies to the fullest, attaining a goal above and beyond today’s standards. “A.Celli confirmed to be a reliable, competent partner,” declares SCA. “It followed this project for us, immediately identifying our needs in terms of handling, and resolving any problem quickly and effectively, applying the utmost attention and showing great expertise in safety and automation”.

Coming just a few weeks after the acceptance of the system, this statement by the customer is yet another confirmation that the synergies of the A.Celli Group not only meet all expectations from a technological standpoint, but also allow attaining excellent results and increasingly high objectives.

SCA Group
SCA is a leading global hygiene and forest products company. The Group develops and produces sustainable personal care, tissue and forest products. Sales are conducted in about 100 countries under many strong brands, including the leading global brands TENA and Tork, and regional brands, such as Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo and Vinda. As Europe’s largest private forest owner, SCA places considerable emphasis on sustainable forest management. The Group has about 44,000 employees. Sales in 2014 amounted to approximately SEK 104bn (EUR 11.4bn). SCA was founded in 1929, has its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, and is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm. For more information, visit www.sca.com

SCA in Germany
With sales of EUR 1,26bn Germany is SCA’s biggest market worldwide. SCA in Germany sells sustainable personal care and tissue products. The most well-known German SCA brands are TENA und Tork, Tempo and Zewa, DANKE and Demak’Up. Our operations comprise two offices in Mannheim and Ismaning, as well as four manufacturing sites in Mainz-Kostheim, Mannheim, Neuss and Witzenhausen. For more information, visit www.sca.de

International Paper has released its 2014 Sustainability Report sharing progress against its voluntary sustainability goals, a new sustainability strategy and highlighting collaborations that advance sustainability throughout the life cycle of its products. The 2014 report features stories from around the world that collectively capture some of International Paper's key sustainability efforts and impacts.

As a global manufacturer operating in more than 24 countries, natural resources are crucial to International Paper's supply chain. This is why the company is continuously working to improve all aspects of their value chain, especially sourcing of wood fiber, water use, and energy efficiency.

"International Paper uses renewable natural resources to make products that people depend on every day," said Mark Sutton, chairman and CEO, International Paper. "Our commitment to active stewardship of these resources is in our nature, and has been for more than 117 years. We have made significant progress on our sustainability goals and believe that a sharp focus will help us accelerate our results to benefit our customers, our company and the communities where we operate."

Here is a high-level summary of 2014 accomplishments included in the report:

• Safety: Eliminating fatalities and injuries in the workplace is International Paper's highest priority. The company's Life-Changing Injury and Fatality Elimination (LIFE) safety program has reduced life-impacting injuries by 68 percent since its inception.
• Water Use: Recognizing the growing importance of global water usage, International Paper has mapped all mills based on water-related risk to initiate water conservation opportunities.
• Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions: Since 2010, International Paper has reduced GHGs by 8.3 percent and improved energy efficiency by 6.1 percent by improving processes, equipment, and procedures.
• Forest Stewardship: International Paper is a global leader in responsible forest stewardship and committed to continuous improvement. The company has surpassed the original goal of 15 percent third-party-certified fiber volume, with a 27.8 percent increase in certified fiber volume since 2010.
• Ethics and Compliance:  In 2014, International Paper expanded the number of suppliers trained in their Supplier Code of Conduct and obtained commitments of compliance from the vast majority of suppliers globally.

To view the complete report online or to order a hard copy, please visit www.ipsustainability.com

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.

Verso Corporation (NYSE: VRS), a leading North American producer of printing papers, specialty papers and pulp, today introduced Ideal® Offset, an uncoated freesheet web product.

"Verso has harmonized two of its uncoated freesheet web product offerings into one comprehensive brand, Ideal® Offset," says Mike Weinhold, Verso Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Product Development. "Our customers have been asking for a more blue-white uncoated web product, so we took this opportunity to improve the shade of the product to better meet their needs."

Ideal® Offset delivers a great balance of brightness, shade, consistency and affordability in an uncoated freesheet product. Its 92 brightness and new bluer-white shade, combined with consistent on-press performance and excellent printability, makes Ideal® Offset an easy choice for a broad range of commercial printing applications such as annual reports, brochures, bulletins, catalogs, coupons, direct mail, financial documents, flyers, manuals, marketing collateral and newsletters. It is available in 50 lb. to 80 lb. smooth offset, 50 lb. to 60 lb. vellum, and 7 pt. and 9 pt. reply card.

Weinhold adds, "Ideal® Offset will be produced and serviced to the same high standards as Verso's other distinguished brands. We are committed to listening and responding to evolving marketplace needs in order to earn and keep our customers' loyalty."

For more information, please visit www.versoco.com.

About Verso

Verso Corporation is a leading North American producer of printing papers, specialty papers and pulp. Our printing papers are used primarily in commercial printing, media and marketing applications, including magazines, catalogs, books, direct mail, corporate collateral and retail inserts. Our specialty papers are used primarily in label and release liner, flexible packaging and technical paper applications. Headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, with a business center in Miamisburg, Ohio, Verso operates eight mills strategically located in Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin with a total annual production capacity of approximately 3.6 million tons.

Pöyry has sold all of its shares in Pöyry Environment a.s. (Czech Republic), an engineering and consulting services company based in Brno, Czech Republic. All shares held by Pöyry PLC (Finland) and Pöyry Energy GmbH (Austria), amounting to 95.21% of shares in the company, have been sold to Safichem Group AG.

The transaction is in direct alignment with Pöyry's focused strategy, where Pöyry is developing its services in key domestic markets, as well as strengthening its global competences in energy, industry and management consulting.

The Parties have agreed not to disclose the transaction price.

"This transaction directly supports our focused strategy. We are pleased to have found in Safichem a good match who can take this business forward in the Czech Republic", says Thomas Kriesch, President, Regional Operations, Austria.

For further information, contact:

Thomas Kriesch

President, Regional Operations, Austria

Tel: + 43 53 605 54800

Pöyry is an international consulting and engineering company. We serve clients globally across the energy and industrial sectors and provide local services in our core markets. We deliver management consulting and engineering services, underpinned by strong project implementation capability and expertise. Our focus sectors are power generation, transmission & distribution, forest industry, chemicals & biorefining, mining & metals, transportation and water. Pöyry has an extensive local office network employing about 6,000 experts. Pöyry's net sales in 2014 were EUR 571 million and the company's shares are quoted on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (Pöyry PLC: POY1V).

UPM will invest EUR 50 million in its Kaukas pulp mill in Lappeenranta, Finland, to further strengthen the mill’s efficiency, competitiveness and optimisation.

The investment will go towards modernising both pulp drying machines and installing a new baling line. Assembly will take place during a planned shutdown in autumn 2016 and start-up is scheduled for the end of 2016. The investment will benefit the entire Kaukas biorefining mill integrate through increased resource efficiency and operational flexibility.

“Over the past two years we have made focused investments improving the production efficiency of our Pietarsaari, Kymi and Fray Bentos pulp mills. When all the projects are completed, our pulp production capacity will have increased by 10% from 3.3 million tonnes since 2013. The Kaukas investment is yet another example of well-targeted good return investments,” says Anssi Klinga, Senior Vice President, UPM Pulp.

“Our biggest investment is the EUR 160 million expansion of the Kymi mill, which is proceeding well and will be completed in the autumn. The expansion will increase the mill’s production capacity by 170,000 tonnes of bleached softwood and hardwood pulp,” says Klinga.

These investments in the Kymi and Kaukas mills will complete UPM’s strategic decoupling of its pulp and paper businesses. This will enable higher efficiency and separate optimisation of pulp and paper production, while simultaneously maintaining internal synergies at the mills.

For more information, please contact:
Anssi Klinga, Senior Vice President, UPM Pulp Business, tel. +358 50 466 1470
Sami Saarela, Vice President, Finland Operations, UPM Pulp Business, tel. +358 50 360 6502
Teuvo Solismaa, General Manager, UPM Kaukas, tel. +358 40 7411 380

UPM
UPM leads the reformation of the bio and forest industries. We are building a sustainable future in six business areas: UPM Biorefining, UPM Energy, UPM Raflatac, UPM Paper Asia, UPM Paper Europe and North America and UPM Plywood. Our products are made of renewable raw materials and are recyclable. We serve a global customer base. We employ approximately 20,000 people and our annual sales are approximately EUR 10 billion. UPM's shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. UPM – The Biofore Company – www.upm.com

UPM Pulp
UPM is one of the world’s leading producers of northern softwood, birch and eucalyptus pulp supplying global customers in many end-use segments such as tissue, specialty papers, board as well as printing and writing. Our own sales and technical service teams are located close to customers in Europe and China. We operate four modern pulp mills, three in Finland and one in Uruguay, as well as eucalyptus plantations in Uruguay. UPM Pulp employs approximately 1,500 people and its annual pulp production capacity is 3.5 million tonnes. The Pulp Business is part of the UPM Biorefining Business Area. To learn more, visit: www.upmpulp.com
  
UPM Kaukas
UPM Kaukas is an integrated modern mill producing sawn timber, bleached softwood and hardwood kraft pulp, coated magazine paper, renewable diesel and energy. With the R&D centre on site, UPM employs around 1,200 employees in Lappeenranta, Finland.
The Kaukas pulp mill employs 170 people and produces softwood and birch pulp with an annual capacity of 740,000 tonnes.

Valmet will supply an upgrade of the evaporation plant at Södra Cell's Mönsterås pulp mill in Sweden. The upgrade will unload the capacity of the existing evaporation line No 1 and improve steam economy by increasing the capacity of the existing evaporation line No 2. The delivery is scheduled for autumn 2016.

The value of the order will not be disclosed. However, a project of this type and scope is typically valued at around EUR 10 million. The order is included in Valmet's second quarter 2015 orders received.

TUBEL replacing damaged lamellas at Mönsterås mill.

The new order follows a similar major evaporation plant upgrade of the Södra Cell, Värö mill, which was awarded to Valmet last year together with upgrades of most process areas in the same mill.

"We are looking forward to this project and are satisfied with the technical concept Valmet has offered us. This will improve the function of the evaporation plant, increase the energy efficiency and increase our profit," says Jonas Olander, Project Leader at Södra Cell Mönsterås.

"We see this evaporator upgrade bringing many benefits for Mönsterås mill. Besides improving the steam economy of the plant, we are implementing dry solids content control of the firing liquor to the recovery boiler. We will also add additional washing possibility of existing heating surface areas to improve plant availability. We are happy to continue our good co-operation with Södra Cell," says Fredrik Vedin, Product Sales Manager EVAPS at Valmet.

Details about the delivery

The evaporation plant in a mill concentrates black liquor coming from the digester. In the evaporation process the evaporated water is brought back to the pulp production process in order to minimize mill's water consumption. After evaporation the concentrated black liquor is fired in the recovery boiler for steam generation and recovery of cooking chemicals.

The new Valmet equipment to be installed will be two Tube Evaporators, a Falling Film Reflux Condenser and four liquor preheaters. A substantial upgrade of the piping system and an integration and upgrade of an existing condensate treatment system will also be performed.

Over the years Valmet has assisted Mönsterås mill by making several smaller and larger upgrades of the existing evaporators. The co-operation started in 2001 when Valmet replaced damaged lamellas with TUBEL and also installed a new TUBEL Super Concentrator.

About the customer Södra Cell

Södra is an economic association with a membership base of about 51,000 forest owners in southern Sweden. Södra has built up a considerable production of paper pulp, wood products and biofuels. Södra employs about 3,500 people and has three business areas Södra Skog, Södra Cell and Södra Wood (former Södra Timber and Södra Interiör).

Södra Cell is one of the largest players in the world in the area of softwood pulp and operates three pulp mills in Sweden: Mörrum, Mönsterås and Värö. Södra Cell Mönsterås is Södra's biggest pulp mill with a capacity of 750,000 tonnes per year of pulp. In addition to electricity, the mill delivers district heating to the municipality of Mönsterås and to Södra's sawmill in the area. Furthermore, the mill supplies tall oil for biodiesel.

For further information, please contact:

Fredrik Vedin, Product Sales Manager EVAPS, Valmet, Tel. +46 706 45 23 55

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

Metso has been developing its expert valve services know-how and solutions for already 40 years. Starting from its maintenance and spare parts business, the company has expanded its services portfolio to include more tailored solutions that meet customers' ever-increasing process challenges. Today, Metso's extensive flow control services offering also consists of business solutions and services for optimizing equipment use and the total cost of ownership while reducing customers' exposure to risk.

Metso's flow control services are available through more than 40 service centers worldwide, employing over 400 dedicated service professionals with in-depth valve application expertise. 

In the 1990s when the development of information technology revolutionized service operations, Metso was among the first to use digital valve controller diagnostics in maintenance and create systematic service processes. Ever since, Metso has invested in the strong knowledge of its valve service experts, which has resulted in continuous development of its services solutions.

"Our customers' needs have changed considerably during the past few decades. Nowadays, we often plan maintenance and service activities together with our customers and tailor our offering and solutions to ensure the best possible results for them," says Timo Hänninen, Vice President, Flow Control Services, Metso.

Along with the development of a wider valve solution portfolio, Metso's flow control services have been extended to provide engineered performance and reliability to process industry customers in the form of diagnostics, predictive maintenance and optimization of the performance and condition of field devices, for example, with Metso ValveTriage Services.

"We continuously improve our service capability and scope of offering to help our customers ensure outstanding long-term process performance with high reliability and safety. Our flow control service network is very unique and enables good service levels for our customers globally," Hänninen adds.

The first valve service center was established in Finland in 1975 to provide maintenance and service support. Since then, Metso's valve service network has grown with over 40 service centers, starting with the first service centers in the UK, France and Italy outside Finland.

Experienced in valves

Metso's extensive flow control services offering covers business solutions and services that optimize equipment use and the total cost of ownership.

Metso manufactures all valves and spare parts according to international standards and quality systems. Original parts and Metso maintenance procedures guarantee the same quality and warranty as Metso offers for new products.

Metso's valve technology centers and valve production facilities are located in Finland, the United States, Germany, China, South Korea, India and Brazil.

Metso has solid experience in delivering engineered performance and reliability to the oil and gas, pulp and paper, and power customers through its leading product brands - Neles^®, Jamesbury^® and Mapag^® - and has delivered millions of control valves and on-off valves globally over the last 90 years. Metso's extensive Neles^® control valve offering includes also standard and severe service globe valves, which offer reliability to most critical processes and operate at extreme pressures and temperatures. Additionally, Metso has become one of the leading suppliers of intelligent valve controllers.

Metso is the world's leading industrial company in the mining and aggregates industries and in the flow control business. Our knowledge, people and solutions help drive sustainable improvements in performance and profitability in our customers' businesses.

Metso has an uncompromising attitude towards safety. Our products range from mining and construction equipment and systems to industrial valves and controls. Our solutions are delivered and supported by decades of process knowledge and a broad scope of services backed by a global footprint of over 90 service centers, thousands of service employees, and an extensive logistics network.

Metso is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, Finland. In 2014, Metso's net sales totaled EUR 3.7 billion. Metso employs approximately 14,000 industry experts in more than 50 countries. Expect results.

For further information, please contact:

Timo Hänninen, Vice President, Flow Control Services, Metso Corporation, Tel. +358 20 483 5546, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Jussi Ollila, Vice President, Global Communications, Metso Corporation, Tel. +358 20 484 3212, email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.