Kvaerner Power, part of the Aker Kvaerner group, will supply an evaporation plant with a total capacity of 2,000 tons of evaporated water per hour. The project commences shortly and the evaporation plant will take approximately two years to be completed.

This new evaporation plant order follows the award to Kvaerner Power, announced on 2 October 2006, for the supply of a recovery boiler to the same pulp mill.

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Media:
Torbjørn S. Andersen, SVP Group Communications, Aker Kvaerner. Tel: +47 67 51 30 36,
Mob: +47 928 85 542.

Terttu Tuominen, Communications Manager, Kvaerner Power. Tel: +358 20 141 2440, Mob: +358 40 501 1415.

 

Investor relations:
Lasse Torkildsen, VP Investor Relations, Aker Kvaerner, Tel: +47 67 51 30 39.

 

Suppliers:
For further information about sourcing and potential subcontracts for this project, please contact:
Stefan Andersson, VP Supply Management, Kvaerner Power. Tel: +46 31 501384, Mob: +46 705 900323.

AKER KVÆRNER ASA, through its subsidiaries and affiliates ("Aker Kvaerner"), is a leading global provider of engineering and construction services, technology products and integrated solutions. The business within Aker Kvaerner comprises several industries, including Oil & Gas, Refining & Chemicals, Mining & Metals, Power Generation and Pulp & Paper. The Aker Kvaerner group is organised into two principal business streams, namely Oil & Gas and E&C, each consisting of a number of separate legal entities. Aker Kvaerner is used as the common brand/trademark for most of these entities.

The parent company in the group is Aker Kværner ASA. Aker Kvaerner has aggregated annual revenues of approximately NOK 41.4 billion and employs approximately 24 000 people in more than 30 countries.

Aker Kvaerner is part of the Aker Group (www.akerasa.com), a leading multi-industry powerhouse with more than 50 000 employees and NOK 80 billion revenues. Aker owns 50.01 per cent of Aker Kvaerner, and the group is also a major European shipbuilder and a significant participant in the fisheries industry.

 

Kvaerner Power is a leading chemical recovery equipment supplier in the world with its 300 recovery boilers and 300 evaporation unit deliveries. Kvaerner Power is also a forerunner in fluidized bed combustion for the pulp and paper industry, and power producers. Approximately 200 power boilers in operation testify to the expertise in fluidized bed technology with demanding fuels. Kvaerner Power. Kvaerner Power has designed and manufactured the world's largest recovery units and biomass-fired fluidized bed boilers. Kvaerner Power with main operations in Finland, Sweden, USA and Brazil has annual revenues of approximately EUR 500 million and it employs 1600 people worldwide.  

 

This press release may include forward-looking information or statements and is subject to our disclaimer, see our web-pages www.akerkvaerner.com