Metso supplies power boiler to UPM Caledonian for green energy production in Scotland

Metso Power, a part of Metso Paper business area, will supply UPM's
Caledonian paper mill with a biomass-fired power boiler to the mill's
new power plant in Irvine, Scotland. Start-up for the plant is
scheduled for the first half of 2009. The value of the order is
approximately EUR 40 million. The order is included in Metso's second
quarter order backlog.

The power boiler will utilize bubbling fluidized bed technology. The
delivery will also include a dry flue gas cleaning system, which
improves mill's environmental performance. The boiler will burn CO2
(carbon dioxide) neutral biomass utilizing a combination of wood fuel
and site derived residues as its primary fuel.

With this new power plant UPM will continue to reduce carbon
emissions by 75,000 tons annually. The company has reduced its
production related fossil CO2 emissions by 25 percent during the last
ten years by investing in biomass-based energy generation and in
energy efficiency. The new power plant at the Caledonian mill will
also significantly assist Scotland in achieving its 2010 national
renewables generation target of 18 percent.

UPM's sales in 2006 were EUR 10 billion, and it has about 28,000
employees. UPM's main products include printing papers, self-adhesive
label materials and wood products. The production capacity of the
Caledonian mill is 280,000 tons of LWC magazine paper and it employs
360 people.


Metso is a global engineering and technology corporation with 2006
net sales of approximately EUR 5 billion. Its 25,500 employees in
more than 50 countries serve customers in the pulp and paper
industry, rock and minerals processing, the energy industry and
selected other industries.
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Further information for the press, please contact:
Kari Remes, General Manager, Sales, Metso Power, tel. +358 40 709
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