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Valmet will supply key technologies for extensive grade conversion for Kotkamills Oy in Finland. The target is to convert the existing printing paper (machine finished coated paper, MFC) production line to produce high-quality folding boxboard and barrier board grades. The start-up of the rebuilt machine is scheduled for the second quarter of 2016. The order is included in Valmet's second quarter 2015 orders received. Valmet delivery is a part of customer's total EUR 70 million equipment order.

"Kotkamills is very pleased to have the know-how of Valmet's advanced coating technologies available for the important rebuild project from magazine paper to innovative packaging boards," says Markku Hämäläinen, CEO of Kotkamills Oy.

Key technologies for grade conversion

"Valmet delivers key technologies for the grade conversion to enable cost efficient and flexible production of recyclable and sustainable packaging materials. Our advanced coating solutions are a good fit for this demanding project," says Petri Paukkunen, Vice President of Paper Mills Sales and Marketing from Valmet. 

Valmet's delivery includes different kind of coating units, new center driven OptiReel as well as new OptiWin two-drum compact winder. The delivery also includes modernization of dryer section and calender as well as related automation-, air- and chemical systems. Automation delivery includes Valmet DNA machine and process control, condition monitoring and machine vision systems.

The 5970 mm-wide (wire) machine will produce folding boxboard (FBB) grades in the basis weight range of 150 - 500 g/m2. The production capacity of the machine will be approximately 400,000 tonnes per year and the design speed 750 m/min.

About the customer Kotkamills

Kotkamills specializes in laminating paper, matt coated bulky paper and sawn products. Kotkamills Oy is 100% owned by Eagle Industries Oy. Eagle Industries Oy is owned by MB Funds, Nordic Mezzanine, Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Company, Finnish Industry Investment and company management. MB Funds is the majority shareholder.

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For further information, please contact:

Petri Paukkunen, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Paper Mills, Valmet, tel. +358 40 744 8182

Kari Sorsa, Sales Manager, Paper Mills, Valmet, tel. +358 40 580 3011

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Verso Paper Corp. announced on friday it was honored as the 2009 Southeast Regional Green Business Innovator of the Year in a ceremony at the Green Business Summit hosted by Lipscomb University in Nashville.

Verso was recognized for its continued efforts to work with customers and suppliers as partners, often sharing environmental performance data, to enable the evaluation of sustainability throughout the supply chain and promote forest certification and recycling programs.

"Verso has made tremendous strides in addressing sustainability throughout the supply chain," said William Paddock, Co-Founder of WAP Sustainability, a business sustainability consultant based in Nashville, and Chairman of the Tennessee Sustainability Roundtable's Green Business Leadership Award Committee. "Verso went above and beyond, strategically evaluating their environmental impacts through effective collaboration with core customers such as National Geographic. As Chairman of the awards committee, we felt this approach to sustainability exhibited the highest level of institutional practices and led to innovative learning that has helped the company address its most important environmental and social goals."

About the Green Business Awards

"The Green Business Awards were established to recognize businesses, individuals and organizations that have demonstrated unusually exceptional leadership in green business practices and to encourage others to exceed their example," said Lipscomb University President, L. Randolph Lowry. "Each honoree succeeded in establishing institutional practices, a policy framework, new products or services, or a vision resulting in precedent setting business practices in Tennessee in 2009." Other notable honorees include Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen and the Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority.

About Verso

Based in Memphis, Tennessee, Verso Paper Corp. is a leading North American producer of coated papers, including coated groundwood and coated freesheet, and supercalendered and specialty products. Verso's paper products are used primarily in media and marketing applications, including magazines, catalogs and commercial printing applications such as high-end advertising brochures, annual reports and direct-mail advertising. Additional information about Verso is available on the company's Web site at www.versopaper.com.

SOURCE: Verso Paper Corp.

Verso Paper Corp.
Monica Garvey, 901-369-4154
Sustainability Manager
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NewPage Wisconsin System Inc. and Kaukauna Utilities announced today the completion of the sale of the NewPage hydroelectric facility in Kimberly , Wisconsin to Kaukauna Utilities. The facility has 2.7 megawatts of installed capacity; Kaukauna Utilities paid $6.1 million for the assets.

Kaukauna Utilities, a community-owned utility founded in 1912, owns and operates seven additional hydroelectric facilities on the Fox River with a total installed capacity of 23.0 megawatts.

The sale of the hydroelectric facility has no material impact on the remainder of the NewPage Kimberly facility, as it only supplied approximately two percent of the mill's required electric during periods of mill operation. NewPage continues to work with Sanabe & Associates to help identify a qualified buyer for the Kimberly mill.

Sanabe & Associates, LLC, acted as exclusive financial advisor to NewPage in the transaction.

About NewPage Corporation

Headquartered in Miamisburg , Ohio , NewPage Corporation is the largest coated paper manufacturer in North America , based on production capacity, with $3.1 billion in net sales for the year ended December 31, 2009. The company's product portfolio is the broadest in North America and includes coated freesheet, coated groundwood, supercalendered, newsprint and specialty papers. These papers are used for corporate collateral, commercial printing, magazines, catalogs, books, coupons, inserts, newspapers, packaging applications and direct mail advertising.

NewPage owns paper mills in Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Nova Scotia, Canada. These mills have a total annual production capacity of approximately 4.4 million tons of paper, including approximately 3.2 million tons of coated paper, approximately 1.0 million tons of uncoated paper and approximately 200,000 tons of specialty paper. To learn more, visit www.NewPageCorp.com.

About Kaukauna Utilities

Kaukauna Utilities, www.ku-wi.org is a community-owned and operated utility that provides electric service to 15,000 customers in the City of Kaukauna , Villages of Little Chute and Combined Locks and portions of the Towns of Vandenbroek, Buchanan, Wrightstown, Freedom, Kaukauna, Oneida and Holland . Kaukauna Utilities also provides water service to more than 6,000 customers in the City of Kaukauna .

Media Contacts:
Shawn Hall
NewPage
937-242-9373

Jeff Feldt
Kaukauna Utilities
920-462-0218