Pöyry awarded implementation engineering assignment for BillerudKorsnäs' board machine project in Sweden

23 December 2016

BillerudKorsnäs has awarded Pöyry with the detailed mill engineering services assignment for the new board machine project in their production site in Gruvön, Sweden, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

The assignment includes detail engineering services for all disciplines as well as field engineering, to be carried out between 2016 and 1Q 2019. The total investment cost is SEK 5.7 billion ($620 million) including the construction of a new board machine at the Gruvön production site and rebuilds in the existing pulp mill.

The new machine will become one of the most cost efficient in the world with a capacity of approximately 550 000 t/a of liquid packaging board, cartonboard, food service board and liner.

BillerudKorsnäs is a leading supplier of renewable fibre-based packaging materials and solutions.

Pöyry is an international consulting and engineering company.

 

Source: lesprom.com