This is the third order placed with Caverion for the same site. The combined value of the pipe delivery publicised now, the pulp tower agreement announced in June 2015, and the recent agreement on pipe deliveries for the high-pressure and turbine area is approximately Euro 45 million.
The project execution involves material deliveries, prefabrication and installation of process pipes for the pulp mill and evaporation plant at the bioproduct mill.
Most of the prefabricated pipes made from stainless steel will be manufactured at Caverion's Leppävirta workshop, while carbon steel pipes will be manufactured at the Ylivieska workshop. The site will employ up to 220 Caverion personnel for around one year.
Project work will commence immediately, prefabrication of pipes will begin in May, and the first installations will take place at the end of May. The project will be complete in April 2017. Andritz is managing the technical execution of the project.
Metsä Fibre, a producer of bioproducts and bioenergy, is part of Metsä Group, a Finnish forest industry group.
