Valmet wins Rl orders

Valmet wins Rl orders

HELSINKI (Reuter): Finnish paper machine engineering company
Valmet Oy said in a statement on Wednesday it would supply two
paper machines worth one billion markka to Asia Pacific Resources
International Holdings (APRIL).

"The paper machines will be delivered to Indonesia in 1997 and
1998," it said.

The annual capacity of the two machines will be about 650,000
tons of uncoated woodfree paper, Valmet said.

The machines -- with a design speed of 1,500 meters per minute
and a width of 8.65 meters -- will be situated adjacent to the
Riaupulp mill in Indonesia. "(They) are part of APRIL's strategy
to utilize existing pulp producing capacity," it said.

The first will start up in December 1997 and the second in
autumn 1998, Valmet said.

The paper machines will be manufactured in Rautpohja and
Jarvenpaa in Finland. Stock preparation would be done in Tampere
and air systems in Pansio. A part of the shoe press would be
supplied from Karlstad, Sweden, it said.