Metso Oyj - Company Announcement

Metso to supply two tissue lines to HengAn International Group, China

Metso Corporation Company release on October 31, 2008 at 1.00 p.m.

Metso will supply two complete tissue production lines to HengAn
International Group in China. One of the lines will be delivered to
the Group's Hunan HengAn Living Paper Products Co., Ltd, Changde
City, Hunan province, and the other to Shandong HengAn Paper Co.,
Ltd, Weifang City, Shandong province. The lines will be started up in
December 2009 and in July 2010. The market value of a single tissue
production line of this type is in the range of EUR 15-20 million,
depending on the scope of the delivery and the production output. A
part of the order will be included in Metso Paper's and a part in
Metso Automation's Q4 orders received.

Metso's delivery comprises two tissue production lines with stock
preparation equipment. Both production lines include a tissue machine
including a multi-layer headbox, a yankee cylinder, a hood, a dust
management system and a reel. The delivery also features Metso's new
patented pressing technology. Both production lines are optimized to
save energy and to enhance final product quality. The delivery
includes an extensive automation package with machine and process
control systems, a scanner and quality controls, as well as a basis
weight profiling system.

The new production lines will add another 120,000 tonnes of facial,
toilet and towel grades to HengAn Group's total production. The raw
material for the new lines will be virgin pulp.

In 2006 and 2008, Metso has successfully started up two similar
tissue lines at the HengAn International Group's Anhai mill in Fujian
province.

HengAn International Group Co., Ltd. whose shares are listed on the
Hong Kong stock exchange is a Chinese consumer product company with a
nationwide sales and distribution network. The company's turnover in
2007 was HKD 5.7 billion (approx. EUR 520 million) and the amount of
employees 16,000.

Metso is a global engineering and technology corporation with 2007
net sales of over EUR 6 billion. Its over 27,000 employees in
approximately 50 countries serve customers in the pulp and paper
industry, rock and minerals processing, the energy industry and
selected other industries.
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Further information for the press, please contact:

Anders Björn, President, Metso Paper Karlstad AB, Tissue business
line, Metso Paper,
tel. +46 54 17 13 38, cell phone +46 705 1713 38

Leif Forsberg, Senior Vice President, Sales, Tissue business line,
Metso Paper
Tel. +46 54 17 13 10, cell phone +46 705 17 13 10

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

Metso Corporation


Olli Vaartimo
Executive Vice President and CFO


Kati Renvall
Vice President, Corporate Communications

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