SAICA Contracts Maintenance of U.K. Containerboard Mill to Metso

SAICA, Spain, and Metso, Finland, have completed a multi-year agreement whereby Metso will assume full responsibility for establishment of the maintenance operations, mill maintenance, and management of improvement projects for the power stations, stock and paper production facilities, and water treatment equipment at the Saica Containerboard UK paper mill in Partington, U.K. The value of the agreement, which became effective January 11, was not disclosed.

The containerboard production line of the Partington mill will also be supplied by Metso. The order for the production line was received from SAICA in March 2010. The line is scheduled to startup in the first quarter of 2012.

SAICA and Metso have a history of maintenance cooperation. Since 2005, the companies have operated a joint venture for the maintenance of the SAICA mills in Zaragoza, Spain. Since 2007, Metso also has a mill maintenance unit serving the SAICA Venizel mill in France. Based on this cooperation and Metso's other maintenance references, SAICA and Metso have together developed a maintenance outsourcing model for SAICA's Partington mill. The model optimizes the use of proactive, condition based, predictive, preventive, and corrective maintenance and is based on Metso's streamlined reliability centered maintenance (RCM). The model ensures the highest possible equipment efficiency and cost optimization.

SAICA, a family owned company, is a global producer of high performance lightweight corrugated papers from recovered paper and cardboard. The company currently employs more than 8,000 people in Spain, France, Portugal, Italy, Ireland, and the UK. The company has an annual turnover of EUR 1.9 billion.

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