Metso Oyj - Company Announcement

Metso to supply another fine paper line to a Shandong Chenming company in China

Metso Corporation's company release on August 6, 2009 at 1:30 p.m.
local time


Metso has signed a contract with the Chinese Shouguang MeiLun Paper
Co., Ltd., for the supply of a large coated fine paper production
line to the company's mill in Shouguang, Shandong province, China.
Shouguang MeiLun Paper is part of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings
Limited, one of the biggest paper producers in China. The total value
of the order is approx. EUR 150 million. Metso estimates to book the
order in the Q3 order backlog once the contractual down payment has
been received.

The start-up of the production line is scheduled for the first
quarter of 2011. The delivery will include a complete paper making
line for high quality coated wood free paper.

In July 2009 Metso signed a contract for the supply of a fine paper
production line with Shandong Chenming company's other pulp and paper
mill in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, China.

In 2008, Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited had a paper
production capacity of over 3 million tons, a turnover of over EUR
2.0 billion and the number of employees was 17,000.

Metso is a global supplier of sustainable technology and services for
mining, construction, power generation, automation, recycling and the
pulp and paper industries. We have about 28,000 employees in more
than 50 countries. www.metso.com

Further information for the press, please contact:
Bertel Langenskiöld, President, Paper and Fiber Technology, Metso
tel. +358 400 813 860

Jari Koikkalainen, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Paper
business line, Metso, tel. +358 40 838 8950

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

Metso Corporation

Olli Vaartimo
Executive Vice President and CFO

Kati Renvall
Vice President, Group Communications

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