VAAHTO PULP & PAPER MACHINERY RECEIVES ORDER FOR WET END MACHINERY OF STORA ENSO BM4 IN IMATRA

VAAHTO GROUP PLC OYJ PRESS RELEASE 19.2.2009

VAAHTO PULP & PAPER MACHINERY RECEIVES ORDER FOR WET END MACHINERY OF STORA
ENSO BM4 IN IMATRA 

Vaahto Pulp & Paper Machinery has received an order from Stora Enso
Imatra mills. Kaukopää BM4 line will be equipped with a new middle layer Vaahto
HQC headbox. The new headbox enables a significant production increase
featuring modern dilution control system for better CD profiles. The order
includes also modifications of pick-up arrangement and loading system of the 1.
press. 

Stora Enso knows Vaahto equipment well in advance. Vaahto headboxes with
rectifier roll and dilution control technology are in operation at BM2 and BM5
of Imatra mills. Also the pilot paper machine of Stora Enso´s Research Center
is equipped with Vaahto HQC headbox. 

Equipment will be manufactured in Vaahto´s workshop in Hollola, Finland. The
start-up of the rebuilt board machine is scheduled for the last quarter of
2009. 

Vaahto Pulp & Paper Machinery is part of Vaahto Group, which is a globally
operating high technology company serving process industry in the fields of
pulp and paper machinery and process machinery. 

Lahti February 19, 2009

VAAHTO GROUP PLC OYJ

Antti Vaahto
President (CEO)

Information: 
Jyrki Strengell
Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Vaahto Pulp & Paper Machinery
puh. +358 400 613800