Valmet, Finland, will deliver a baling line to Metsä Board's pulp mill in Kaskinen, Finland. This is the second baling line Valmet will install at the mill and will be installed in parallel with the existing baling line. The new line will handle the increased capacity at the mill and is scheduled to start up in the end of 2018. The order was part of Valmet's fourth quarter 2017 orders received.

The delivery consists of baling line main machinery, including an automation solution to control the line. The existing line and the new line will share existing unitizer, which will gain increased speed. New wire cages will also be added along the existing line. 

"We are waiting for Valmet's newest technology to give us easier living and to help us to reach our goals," said Timo Rissanen, mill manager at Metsä Board Kaskinen.

"We are looking forward to this project as we have had good cooperation with Metsä in earlier projects. We are very pleased that they also chose to work with us this time," said Ulf Thorén, head of Baling Sales at Valmet.

Metsä Board's Kaskinen mill produces bleached chemi-thermomechanical pulp (BCTMP) for paperboards and paper. The mill is located in Kaskinen on the west coast of Finland, and employs approximately 80 people. Production capacity is 340,000 metric tpy of pulp.

More information is available online.