KBR Awarded Recovery Boiler Installation Contract by ANDRITZ Inc.

KBR (NYSE: KBR) today announced it has been awarded a contract for the partial demolition and the rebuild of two process recovery boilers by ANDRITZ Inc. (ANDRITZ). The work is to be performed at Packaging Corporation of America’s (PCA) linerboard mill in Counce, Tenn.

KBR will partially demolish two existing boilers at the facility and provide the labor and materials necessary to install the new equipment of ANDRITZ’s High Energy Recovery Boiler (HERB) system. In addition to demolition, KBR will install the new boiler equipment including: pressure parts, primary, secondary and tertiary air systems, auxiliary equipment as well as associated feedwater, steam and black liquor piping. Work on the project began in March 2011 and will be completed in the fourth quarter of 2011.

“As a new customer of KBR, we are proud ANDRITZ has selected our boiler group to execute this important demolition and installation for PCA,” said David Zimmerman, President, KBR Services. “Among the leaders in large process recovery boiler construction in the Southeast, KBR has the know-how and resources necessary to deliver its services safely, on time and within budget for both PCA and ANDRITZ.”

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