Jun 16, 2008. /Lesprom.com/. Andritz received an order from Sodra, Sweden to supply a new evaporation plant for the pulp mill in Varo and a new screening system for dryer No. 5 at Monsteras pulp mill. Total order value is over Euro 30 million. The new evaporation plant, which will be supplied by Andritz’s Finnish subsidiary Andritz Oy, will replace the three existing evaporation lines and will further improve energy efficiency at Varo. The evaporation plant is an important part of the pulp mill’s recovery process. Through this investment, bark with an energy content of 200 GWh/a will become available for sale, which corresponds to a reduction of fossil carbon dioxide emissions by 75,000 tons per year. The evaporation plant will also produce very clean condensates that can be reused in other processes of the pulp mill. This investment is part of a total investment program in the amount of approximately Euro 50 million at Varo to boost energy efficiency to top levels and to make the mill virtually independent from fossil energy. “At the same time, the investment strongly enhances the mill’s productivity,” says Sodra purchasing manager Beatrice Kampe-Nikolausson. The start-up of the new equipment is scheduled for the autumn of 2009.