Alfa Laval delivers cleantech to Indian paper mill

Alfa Laval delivers cleantech to Indian paper mill

Alfa Laval - a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid
handling - has recived an order for a black liquor evaporation plant to West
Coast Paper Mills Ltd in India. The order value is about SEK 60 million.
Delivery is scheduled for 2008. Alfa Laval delivered similar equipment to West
Coast Paper Mills during 2001.

”It is very satisfying that the customer returns and orders products and systems
to make its process even more efficient and at the same time increase the
capacity. It shows the high quality of Alfa Laval's products.”, says Alfa
Laval's CEO and President Lars Renström. ”We have been present in India since
1937 and the rapidly increasing standard of living opens many opportunities for
Alfa Laval within energy, environment and the food industry.” 
The contract contains a black liquor evaporation plant. Alfa Laval's tailor-made
AlfaCond condenser plays a vital role in the system and ensures that 95% of the
condensed water can be recycled.

Did you know that black liquor is a by-product obtained from cooking of fibrous
raw material used in paper mills? It can be re-used as fuel in the mill's boiler
to produce steam or power after being concentrated in an evaporation plant. This
optimized process - with recovery of caustic and power generation - is
pollution-free, thus greatly reducing the environmental impact.


About Alfa Laval 
Alfa Laval is a leading global provider of specialized products and engineering
solutions based on its key technologies of heat transfer, separation and fluid
handling. 
The company's equipment, systems and services are dedicated to assisting
customers in optimizing the performance of their processes. The solutions help
them to heat, cool, separate and transport products in industries that produce
food and beverages, chemicals and petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, starch, sugar
and ethanol. 
Alfa Laval's products are also used in power plants, aboard ships, in the
mechanical engineering industry, in the mining industry and for wastewater
treatment, as well as for comfort climate and refrigeration applications. 
Alfa Laval's worldwide organization works closely with customers in nearly 100
countries to help them stay ahead in the global arena. 
Alfa Laval is listed on the Nordic Exchange, Nordic Large Cap, and, in 2006,
posted annual sales of about SEK 20 billion (approx. 2,2 billion euros). The
company has some 11,000 employees.

www.alfalaval.com


For more information please contact: 

Peter Torstensson 
Vice President, Communications 
Alfa Laval 
Tel: + 46 46 36 72 31
Mobile: +46 709 33 72 31 

Mikael Sjöblom 
Investor Relations 
Alfa Laval 
Tel: +46 46 36 74 82
Mobile: +46 709 78 74 82