Metso Supplying Machine Rebuild for UK Company

Metso Paper will supply equipment for board machine rebuilds to St Regis Paper Co., at its Kemsley and Wansbrough mills in the United Kingdom. The delivery also includes a support package for plasterboard production development. The total value of the contract will exceed 7 million Euros (US$8.5 million).

The Kemsley rebuild includes three new headboxes, one of which is equipped with a dilution control system for profile control, modernization of the fourdrinier wire section, as well as approach flow screens for the short circulation system. The 6-metre-wide machine produces plasterboard and testliner. The modification will be completed by the middle of next year.

For the Wansbrough mill in Watchet, Somerset, Metso is installing a dilution controlled headbox, a shaker for the breast roll, as well as a screen for the dilution circulation system. The new equipment will be installed early next year.

St Regis Paper is the UK's largest manufacturer and recycler of paper. St Regis operates at six mill locations and has the capacity to make more than 1 million metric tons of paper every year.