STORA ENSO VEITSILUOTO MILL ORDERS ANDI® SYSTEM THEIR PM3 LINE

SESCA DELIVERS AN ANDI® PROCESS ANALYSIS AND DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM TO THE PM3 PRODUCTION LINE AT STORA ENSO VEITSILUOTO MILL

Sesca Solutions delivers an ANDI® Process Analysis and Diagnostics system to the Stora Enso Veitsiluoto Mill to cover the whole PM3 production line. The system will be commissioned in April 2008.

The ANDI® system helps to detect production bottlenecks and speeds up defect analysis and correction in case of potential machine and equipment malfunctions.

The system delivery will cover the production and control data collection system and the related monitoring and event reporting application for the PM3 slitter, as well as the data collection from the PM3 DCS roll handling and conveyor control systems.

“As a brand-independent supplier we can offer our customers a single monitoring solution to the systems of different machinery and equipment suppliers, as well as to the monitoring and reporting of performance and condition”, says Jari Keränen, Business Manager at Sesca Solutions Ltd.

“The ANDI® makes the PLC-based control systems’ data visible to the production and maintenance personnel in real time.
At the same time, the paper machine’s process and machine control data is collected from the DCS to a history database. This gives the possibility of a longer process/machine history view, and it also enables ANDI Analyzing Module add-ons for the paper machine.
The ANDI® delivery to Veitsiluoto is the second delivery to Stora Enso within a short period of time”, Keränen continues.

Further information: Jari Keränen, Business Manager, Sesca Solutions Ltd, tel. +358 40 548 3324 or e-mail jari.keranen@sesca.com.

Stora Enso Veitsiluoto Mill is the fourth largest integrated paper mill in Europe. It produces office papers and coated magazine paper on four paper machines. The annual capacity of the mill is approximately one million tons of paper, as well as about 200,000 m³ of sawn wood products. The mill’s annual wood consumption totals approximately 2.6 million m³. The mill employs about 1,400 people.

Stora Enso is an integrated paper, packaging and forest product company producing newsprint, magazine paper and fine paper, consumer board, industrial packaging and wood products. In 2006, Stora Enso’s sales totalled EUR 14.6 billion. The Group has some 44,000 employees in more than 40 countries on five continents.

Sesca Solutions Ltd is part of Sesca Group. The company operates in the fields of process industry and energy production with special competence in industrial electrification and automation, project management and cost planning, as well as consulting and management of industrial electrification projects.

Sesca Group provides and integrates software and automation systems and related services in the fields of telecommunication technology, energy production and process industry. The Group employs approximately 650 people in Finland, Sweden, Estonia, the Czech Republic and Romania. In 2007, the company’s turnover was approximately EUR 32 million. The company headquarters is located in Vaasa, Finland. www.sesca.com