Vantaa, Finland, 09 September 2008 -- Pöyry has been awarded an engineering and implementation services contract by Vietnam Paper Corporation for a new pulp production line in the Bai Bang second phase expansion project in Vietnam.

Pöyry's services for the pulp mill expansion project include basic and detail engineering and site services for a new pulp line with a production capacity of 250 000 tons/year. The new line is scheduled to start up in 2010.

Pöyry is a global consulting and engineering firm focusing on the energy, forest industry, and infrastructure and environment sectors. Pöyry's net sales in 2007 amounted to about EUR 720 million and it employs 8000 experts.