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| Poyry awarded contract in Russia Poyry's Forest Industry business group has signed an agreement with JSC (Joint Stock Company) St. Petersburg Cardboard and Printing Plant, (SPb KPK), for the rebuild of their board machine at the plant in Kommunar, Gatchina area in Leningrad Region. The services comprise partial basic and complete implementation engineering for the rebuild of the BM 1 production line (PL BM1) as well as construction supervision services to be provided by several Poyry companies in Finland, Poland and Russia. The services will be provided in 2006-2008. Poyry's partner ZAO Giprobum Engineering will be responsible for local permitting and adaptation engineering. The objective of the project is to improve the basic quality indicators of coated packing paper grades Atlantika and Neva to correspond to their European equivalents GD-2 and GD-3. Additionally, the project aims at increasing the BM's capacity from 110 000 t/a to 190 000 t/a and reducing operating costs. The rebuilt board machine is scheduled for start-up in June 2008. The main owners of JSC St. Petersburg Cardboard and Printing Plant are Ilim Pulp Enterprise and the German company Knauf. The project is a major undertaking for JSC St. Petersburg Cardboard and Printing Plant. In value terms, the rebuild engineering contract is their largest engineering project ever. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Construction News :: home page |