Improved energy efficiency saves SCA Hygiene costs and provides a better environment

11/25/2002 4:05 AM EST

Improved energy efficiency saves SCA Hygiene
costs and provides a better environment

Vattenfall has improved energy efficiency at SCA Hygiene Products GmbH
in Mannheim. This collaboration, which is expected to provide both
financial and environmental benefits, is now entering the second phase:
operation and evaluation.

In the first phase Vattenfall identified some ten energy saving
measures, and five of these have now been implemented. These relate to
condensate recycling (November 2001), utilisation of secondary heat for
pre-heating the water in the process, and improving the efficiency of
the evaporation plant (June 2002).

The implemented measures provide savings by recycling the condensate and
reducing the consumption of natural gas. The latter has been achieved by
using recycled low-grade heat instead of steam produced using natural
gas. The value of these savings amounts to EUR 750,000 per year.

SCA Hygiene Products GmbH in Mannheim manufactures hygiene products and
raw materials for such products. The agreement with Vattenfall on
improving energy efficiency was concluded in January 2001. Vattenfall
has worked on an incentive basis to identify profitable savings measures
and to design, install, and finance these measures.

"These improvements in energy efficiency have significantly reduced the
production costs. They are also helping to improve the environment, as
natural gas combustion is being replaced by the recycling of low-grade
heat," says the business project leader, John Murray. "Vattenfall has
also contributed implementation resources to the project and this has
relieved the load on the customer's organisation."

Vattenfall is collaborating on a similar project with SCA Packaging
Munksund.

From Vattenfall's Press Office, telephone: +46 8 739 50 10.

For more information, please contact:
John Murray, business project leader, Vattenfall AB Mega, telephone +46-
70-664 54 66.