Metso’s delivery will include the design and supply of the main equipment for the new fiberline, from cooking to bleaching. The batch cooking plant is to be designed according to the prehydrolysis process, and Twinroll wash presses will be used in all washing positions.The new fiberline will produce around 215,000 air dried tons of chemical cellulose hardwood pulp per year. In addition to the cooking plant and fiberline, which will be new, Metso will also supply equipment for the upgrade of wood handling, evaporation and recausticizing, as well as a new ash leaching system.Sappi produces chemical cellulose with a production capacity of approx. 815,000 tons per year from the Saiccor mill. The Ngodwana mill, located in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa, will convert all of its market pulp production to chemical cellulose. The value of the order to Metso will not be disclosed. /KB