As Papernet previously has reported, Metsä Tissue has signed a 35 million Euros credit agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to finance improvements at its facilities in Poland and Russia.The company is currently carrying out a three-year-development program at Krapkowice mill. In addition to the two new tissue machines, the program also includes a rebuild of PM6, which has a capacity of 17,000 tons per year. The mill's PM5 has been closed down, as well as PM11 in Konstancin-Jeziorna, near Warsaw.The two new machines at Krapkowice mill are both do be delivered by Voith. The first one, PM7, is currently in a start-up phase. The machine will have a capacity of 35,000 tons per year. The second new machine, PM8, will be installed next year and will also have a capacity of 35,000 tons.After the project has been completed, the Krapkowice mill will have a capacity of approximately 90,000 tons per annum. A new converting line will also be installed in Krapkowice.Parts of Metsä Tissue's EBRD loan will be used for a new converting plant in Russia. Metsä Tissue will relocate its converting operations to a new converting and distribution facility in Vorsino, som 55 kilometers away from its existing converting plant in Naro-Fominsk, which will be closed.