Customer: Metsa Board
Production: Fresh fibre paperboards including folding boxboards, food service boards and white kraftliners
Supplier: Valmet
Description: Valmet and Metsä Board have signed an agreement for the supply of key technology for the planned renewal of the Husum pulp mill in Sweden. The supply covers a new recovery boiler and an upgrade of the existing evaporator with a new super concentrator.
Details: «The planned investment in the recovery boiler will reduce the energy costs of the mill, improve the reliability of production and decrease the duration of the annual maintenance shutdown. Own electricity generation, entirely based on renewable biomass, will double and increase the self-sufficiency in electricity of the integrate to over 80 percent. The investment would be a substantial step to take us towards our target of 100% fossil free mills. Valmet was chosen to deliver the recovery boiler and enhancement to the evaporation plant due to the good experiences we have had with them during the years», says Ari Kiviranta, Senior Vice President, Development, Metsä Board Oyj.
Start-up: The equipment is scheduled to be in operation by the end of 2021.