Valmet to supply key technology to SCA's Östrand pulp mill expansion project in Sweden
Valmet Corporation's press release on December 2, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. EET Valmet has received a major order to deliver cooking, fiber line and evaporation plant to SCA's Östrand pulp mill located in Timrå, Sweden. This delivery is part of SCA's investment to upgrade the production of bleached softwood kraft pulp at the Östrand mill from today's capacity of 430,000 tons to 900,000 tons per year. The last start-up of the renewed pulp mill is scheduled for May 2018. The order is included in Valmet's fourth quarter 2015 orders received. The value of the order is not disclosed. In SCA's