Andritz to supply equipment for Botnia's mill.ANDRITZ TO SUPPLY EQUIPMENT FOR BOTNIA'S MILL. Oy Metsa-Botnia Ab, Rauma, Finland Rauma (IPA: ['rɑumɑ], or Raumo in Swedish) is a town of ca. 37,000 inhabitants on the west coast of Finland, 92 kilometres north of Turku, and 50 kilometres south of Pori. and Andritz Oy, Graz, Austria have signed a letter of intent under which Andritz will supply the main process equipment for Botnia's pulp mill A pulp mill is a manufacturing facility that converts wood chips or other plant fiber source into a thick fiber board which can be shipped to a paper mill for further processing. currently being built in Fray Bentos Fray Bentos (frī`bān`tōs), city (1996 pop. 22,577), capital of Río Negro dept., SW Uruguay, a port on the Uruguay River. It was founded in 1859 as Independencia and renamed for an 18th-century religious hermit of the region. , Uruguay. The agreement concerns a fiber line extending from wood handling through to pulp drying, as well as a chemical recovery system. The value of the order is more than EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 200 million (US$ 245 million). With the exception of the pulp dryers, all the main equipment will be manufactured in Finland. The mill will produce one million metric tons per yr of eucalyptus pulp and cost US$ 1.1 billion to build. Start-up is scheduled for the third quarter of 2007. IN OTHER ANDRITZ NEWS: The Andritz pulp drying plant delivered to Hainan Changxiang Trading Co., Ltd, China, set a new world production record. In May 2005, only a few months after start-up, the line produced 3,302 air-dried metric tons/day. This broke the previous record set by an Andritz pulp drying line at Aracruz Celulose Aracruz Celulose S.A. is a major Brazilian manufacturer of pulp. It is headquartered in São Paulo. The company is the world's leading supplier of bleached eucalyptus pulp. S.A., Brazil. |
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