The Metso-supplied tissue making line of SCA in Mexico came successfully on stream in November 2010, at SCA’s greenfield mill site in Ciudad Sahagún, close to Mexico City. The new PM1 line has an annual production capacity of 60,000 tons of high-quality facial, toilet and towel grades. The new mill will be 100 percent fed by recovered paper and will concentrate production in lightweight papers. SCA has invested approximately 240 million Dollars in the Mexican plant. The tissue market in Mexico is growing by approximately five percent per year.Metso’s scope of delivery comprised a complete turn-key tissue production line. The line is fully Metso-engineered and optimized with regard to energy savings, production efficiency and quality. The scope of supply included a tissue machine, deinking plant, effluent plant, stock preparation system, a mill-wide automation package, and also all other auxiliary equipment and systems needed for the mill. Transport, installation, training, start-up and commissioning were also included in the delivery. The combination of Metso’s wide hardware portfolio and extensive know-how and project services has created a highly competitive production unit.“Within Metso we have the best professionals and very committed people to make such an extensive project as this possible. The installation at the site was finalized timely with high quality and in flawless cooperation with the SCA project team,” says Dan Finnerman, Vice President, Project Management, Tissue business line, Metso.