Jaakko Pöyry Tecnologia Ltda, which is part of the Jaakko Pöyry Group's Forest Industry business group, has been assigned by Suzano Bahia Sul Papel e Celulose S/A to provide balance of plant engineering for the new pulp line to be built at the Mucurí mill in Bahia, Brazil. The value of the services is about EUR 19 million.
The second pulp production line at the Mucurí unit will have a capacity of one million t/a of market pulp for export, mainly to Europe, the US and Asia. The estimated total investment including the industrial plant and purchase and development of purpose-planted forests is US$1.3 billion. Start-up is scheduled for the third quarter of 2007.
Jaakko Pöyry has participated in the development of the project during the conceptual and feasibility phases as well as in the basic engineering, and is now providing owner's engineer services in the implementation phase. The current assignment comprises engineering of the interconnections between the packages and the auxiliary plants, the Balance of Plant, within an engineering, procurement and construction management services (EPCM) framework.
The Jaakko Pöyry Group's Forest Industry business group operates under the brand name Jaakko Pöyry. Its net sales for 2004 were EUR 186 million. The Forest Industry business group has offices in 19 countries and employs 2100 experts worldwide.
JAAKKO PÖYRY GROUP OYJ
Erkki Pehu-Lehtonen
President and CEO
Teuvo Salminen
Deputy to President and CEO