Metso, a flow control manufacturer with branches in North and South America, has signed a comprehensive framework agreement with Metsä Fibre to supply valve solutions for the world’s first next-generation bioproduct mill in Äänekoski, Finland. Metso’s valve solutions will be used in all of the mill’s process phases. The delivery includes more than one thousand valves and peripheral devices and is one of Metso’s largest valve orders in Finland. Metso also takes care of the spare part services for the mill.
Metso will supply the plant with Neles® ball valves, segment and butterfly valves for on-off and control applications and Neldisc® butterfly valves for manual on-off duty. The control valves are equipped with Neles® ND9000 series intelligent valve controllers, which have the capability for advanced performance follow-up and also enable predictive maintenance planning activities.