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Metso supplies printing paper line to Henan Puyang Longfeng Paper in China

Metso Paper will supply a lightweight-coated papermaking line to
Henan Puyang Longfeng Paper Co., Ltd. in Puyang city, China's Henan
province. The start-up of production is scheduled for the first
quarter of 2009. The value of the order is over EUR 100 million.

Metso's delivery will include a complete paper machine from headbox
to reel with related stock preparation and air systems as well as wet
end chemicals and coating color preparation systems. The paper
machine is an all-on-machine line including coating and multinip
calendering. Metso Automation will supply an extensive automation
package, which includes machine and quality controls with runnability
and condition monitoring systems.

The paper machine, which will have a wire width of 7.9 m and a design
speed of 1,800 m/min, will produce close to 1,000 tons of printing
and writing paper grades daily.

Puyang Longfeng Paper Co., Ltd. is owned by Henan Provincial
Investment Corporation, Puyang Municipal Investment Corporation and
three other shareholders. The Puyang integrated plantation forest and
paper mill is a benchmark project in Henan province. It was approved
by State Development and Reform Commission in August 2006. The
general plan is to produce annually 300,000 tons of poplar based
chemi-mechanical pulp and 500,000 tons of high quality printing
paper. The raw material comes from 65,000 hectar (1 million mu)
plantation in Henan province.


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.
www.metso.com


Further information for the press, please contact:
Ilkka Tuomenoksa, Vice President, Sales, Metso Paper, tel. +358 40
528 0779

Further information for investors, please contact:
Johanna Sintonen, Vice President, Investor Relations, Metso
Corporation, tel. +358 20 484 3253


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