Metso to replace PM1 QCS at Norske Skog Golbey

JYVASKYLA, Finland, Aug. 25, 2008 (Press Release) - Norske Skog has selected Metso Automation to supply a PaperIQ Plus quality control system for PM1 at its Golbey mill in France. The 867 cm trim width newsprint machine will have a state of the art Metso scanner equipped with IQSensors for basis weight, moisture, laser caliper, ash, formation and color with opacity and brightness. The delivery includes Metso Automation's multivariable CD control strategy, IQWebCD, for weight, moisture and caliper interfaced to existing profilers, together with IQWetendMD model predictive control to stabilize the wet end. Machine direction controls also include IQColorMD color optimization controls using full-spectrum technology.

PM1 started newsprint production at Golbey, then a Greenfield site, in 1992.. A second machine added in 1999, makes Norske Skog Golbey a top competitive mill with a total capacity of nearly 600,000 tonnes per year. The mill is strategically located in the Vosges area, within easy reach of major European cities and close to important raw material supply areas. The major raw material is waste paper.