Metso delivers pulp mill technology to Siberia
Metso The order placed by Ilim Group strengthens Metso’s position as a pulp technology supplier on the international market. Here pictured Metso’s Suzano project in Brazil.Metso’s delivery covers a complete fiber line comprising a digester, a screen room, an oxygen delignification system, brown stock washing and bleaching plants with wash presses and a pulp drying line with a Fourdrinier wet end and two baling lines.
Also Metso recovery boiler and an upgrade of the evaporation system are integral parts of the Bratsk reconstruction program. In addition, Metso will deliver an automation system for all process areas, and necessary analyzers and special equipment for quality and runnability management. The new pulp mill is scheduled to start up during 2012.
The new pulp mill will produce 720,000 tonnes of bleached softwood market pulp a year, bringing the overall annual pulp production at Bratsk to over 1 million tonnes. Once in operation, the Bratsk mill will be one of the world’s largest and most modern softwood pulp production facilities. The total investment of Ilim Group is approximately 570 million euro.
Ilim Group is a leading Russian pulp and paper producer. The total annual pulp and paper production volume of Ilim Group is more than 2.3 million tonnes. Ilim Group employs over 20,000 people.
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