Helsinki, Finland, 21 February 2008 -- Metso Power, a part of Metso Paper, will supply SCA Packaging with an evaporation plant for the company's pulp and paper mill in Obbola, on the east coast of Sweden. Start-up for the evaporation plant is scheduled for the third quarter of 2009. The value of the order is approximately EUR 30 million.

The evaporation plant has the capacity to evaporate 270 metric tons of water per hour; it concentrates black liquor from pulp cooking for the recovery boiler combustion up to the dry solid content of 75%. The new evaporation plant includes condensate cleaning and a stripper system to minimize the environmental impact.

The new evaporation plant is part of the mill's modernization project. It will enables SCA Packaging to save energy and reduce the maintenance cost for the evaporation system substantially.

SCA is a global consumer goods and paper company that develops, produces, and markets personal care products, tissue, packaging solutions, publication papers and solid-wood products. Its products are produced nearly exclusively from renewable and recyclable materials. SCA's sales totaled EUR 11.4 billion in 2007 and it has about 50,000 employees in some 50 countries.

Metso is a global engineering and technology corporation with 2007 net sales of approximately EUR 6 billion. Its almost 27,000 employees in approximately 50 countries serve customers in the pulp and paper industry, rock and minerals processing, the energy industry, and selected other industries.

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