Feb 07, 2007. /Lesprom Network/. Metso Paper will supply Oji Paper Co., Ltd. in Japan with a large paper making line. The new 350 000 tonnes per year PM 1 light-weight coated paper production line will be constructed at Oji Paper’s Tomioka mill located in Anan City on Shikoku island. Start-up is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2008. The total value of the order is more than Euro 100 million. The OptiConcept paper machine will have a wire width of 10.2 m and a design speed of 2 000 m/min. It is an all on-line machine, featuring the first on-line multinip calender in Japan. The delivery also includes two winders, various auxiliaries, process systems, air systems and site services. Oji has production facilities in Asia, Europe, North America and New Zealand. In 2005 the company had sales of Euro 8 billion and a personnel of close to 20 000. The Japanese paper and board industry, which currently ranks number three in the world with its 31 million annual tonnes, has recently made major investments in new capacity. Within the past eight months, four new, large papermaking lines have been announced in the country, with Metso Paper selected as the main supplier for three of them: Nippon Paper’s Ishinomaki mill PM 6, Hokuetsu Paper Mills’ Niigata PM 9, and Oji Paper’s Tomioka PM 1. Metso Paper has been actively present in the Japanese pulp and paper market - widely considered as one of the world's most demanding - for 30 years, first in co-operation with Sumitomo Heavy Industries, and since the beginning of 2007 as an independent company, Metso Paper Japan Co., Ltd. Metso Paper is the global market leader and a forerunner in pulp and paper technology. The company has its own operations and production in 28 countries. In 2005 Metso Paper had a net sales of Euro 1.7 million and a personnel of 8 200. The largest market areas are Europe, North America and Asia.