HELSINKI, Finland, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Metso Panelboard will
supply equipment for a continuous particleboard production line to LESNA TIP
Otiski Vrh d.d. in Slovenia. The deliveries will begin in the third quarter of
2005, and the start-up is scheduled for early 2006. Lesna's total investment
is about EUR 20 million, more than half of which goes to the Metso order.
Metso Panelboard's delivery will include the equipment and automation for
the main production line from dry flake silos to the end of pressing line.
Metso Panelboard will also be responsible for the erection of the new line. At
full operation, the annual production capacity of the line will be
approximately 330,000 cubic meters.
LESNA TIP Otiski Vrh d.d., part of the Prevent group of companies, is one
of the main particleboard producers in Slovenia. The board is used in
furniture and construction industries. The new production line will replace
the old pressing line at Lesna TIP's plant in Sentjanz pri Drawograd,
Slovenia.
Metso is a global technology corporation serving customers in the pulp and
paper industry, rock and minerals processing, the energy industry and in
selected other industries. In 2004, the net sales of Metso Corporation were
approx. EUR 4 billion, and it has some 23,000 employees in more than 50
countries. Metso's shares are listed on the Helsinki and New York Stock
Exchanges.
For further information, please contact:
Kari Simolin, Vice President and General Manager, Metso Panelboard,
Particleboard and OSB Division, tel. +358 20 482 9616
Juha-Pekka Tuovinen, General Manager, Sales, Metso Panelboard,
Particleboard and OSB Division, tel. +358 20 482 9004
Eeva Makela, Vice President, Investor Relations, Metso Corporation,
tel. +358 204 84 3253
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CONTACT:
Kari Simolin, Vice President and General
Manager, +358-20-482-9616, Juha-Pekka Tuovinen, General Manager,
Sales, +358-20-482-9004, both of Metso Panelboard, Particleboard
and OSB Division; or Eeva Makela, Vice President, Investor
Relations of Metso Corporation, +358-204-84-3253
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