The new units will be part of an environmental project at the Nekoosa mill, a project that includes modernisation of the brown stock washing system. Sandwell Miron EPC, a joint venture of Sandwell Engineers Corp. and Miron Construction Co. Inc., is the EPC Contractor, who in conjunction with Domtar, selected and purchased the equipment.

These are the first Compact Press units to be installed in North America.

"When we launched Compact Press, we were quite confident that we had developed a state-of-the-art pulp washer. Now we have sold 60 units over a period of 40 months, a monthly average of 1½ units - a fact that speaks for itself," says Per-Åke Färnstrand, President, Kvaerner Pulping.

Start-up is scheduled for June 2005.

Compact Press is a wash press used ín most of the fiberline washing and bleaching applications for manufacturing of chemical pulp. The unique features of the Compact Press make it an obvious choice when installing new washing systems as well as when upgrading and modernising existing plants.

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Media: 
Per-Åke Färnstrand, President, Kvaerner Pulping, Sweden
Tel: +46 54 19 46 14 or +46 70 633 39 46
Anders Thorén, Communications Manager, Kvaerner Pulping, Karlstad, Sweden;
Tel: +46 54 19 47 66 or +46 703 55 64 22

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