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Producing products for the future
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Producing products for the future

Denmark’s Meliora Bio AsP has restarted the former Inbicon plant in Kalundborg, which had been idle since 2014. The completely modernized facility is now making advanced second-generation bioethanol, innovative food ingredients, and lignin products.

Biofuels and biomaterials
Valmet DNAe awarded as the world’s first fully web-based DCS with ISASecure SSA cybersecurity compliance
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Valmet DNAe awarded as the world’s first fully web-based DCS with ISASecure SSA cybersecurity compliance

“We believe that building security into the very foundation of our systems is the most effective way to protect our customers in today's evolving threat landscape", says Jukka Ylijoki, Vice President for R&D, Automation

Automation Automation system Distributed control system Biofuels and biomaterials Board and paper Chemical Energy Food and beverage Gas processing Industrial gases
Reducing the OPEX of lignin production
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Reducing the OPEX of lignin production

Valmet’s Lignin Mill concept ensures a comprehensive approach to the pulp mill’s chemical and energy balance, enabling a reduction in the operating expenses of lignin production.

Pulp Biofuels and biomaterials Value adding processes Lignin extraction Sulfuric acid plant
Pulping and biorefinery piloting from lab tests to industrial-scale production
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Pulping and biorefinery piloting from lab tests to industrial-scale production

Pulping and biorefinery companies can benefit from utilizing Valmet’s piloting capabilities, ranging from comprehensive laboratory-scale to industrial-scale trials, to test new raw materials or pulping and biomass pretreatment processes, for example.

Pulp Pulp drying Mechanical pulping Chemical pulping Biofuels and biomaterials
Positive results for Valmet BioTrac Technology in Italian project
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Positive results for Valmet BioTrac Technology in Italian project

Valmet has worked in close cooperation together with Hera Group and Ayrion to develop an innovative prototype based on the Valmet BioTrac pretreatment technology. It is part of the Life Steam project* with the ambition to effectively pretreat green waste before sending it to anaerobic digestion. After months of intense work, the project is coming to an end and is showing good results.

Biofuels and biomaterials
New BFB Boiler delivers significant savings
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New BFB Boiler delivers significant savings

Having commissioned Boiler 5, a Valmet BFB Boiler that runs on sludge and paper rejects, WEIG saves fuel and waste disposal costs, as well as generating more energy. A long-term service agreement with Valmet also ensures optimal operation.

Energy Biofuels and biomaterials BFB Boiler Air emission control Services Maintenance Customer industries
Optimizing with Valmet DNAe
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Optimizing with Valmet DNAe

Hera S.p.A uses the new Valmet DNAe automation system with Valmet’s pretreatment BioTrac biotechnology to run their testing facility for processing green waste and boosting the circular economy.

Automation Biofuels and biomaterials Process industries New value streams Productivity Raw material efficiency Automation Beyond Circularity Process performance Process technology
Not only for pulp and paper: Innovative new products based on wood and straw resources
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Not only for pulp and paper: Innovative new products based on wood and straw resources

Intense research is going on in many countries to use biomass more effectively, with terms such as bioeconomy and biorefinery becoming more well known every day. One example is to use the chemical building blocks contained in wood- or agro-residuals as the basic raw chemicals for the plastic industry, replacing oil-based chemicals.

Biofuels and biomaterials
Beyond Circularity: Turning biomaterials and waste into valuable products
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Beyond Circularity: Turning biomaterials and waste into valuable products

The target of the 'Biorefining / value adding to waste' stream is to develop technologies for turning biomaterials and waste into valuable products and replacing fossil-based raw materials. It's one of the streams in Beyond Circularity, Valmet's ambitious R&D program and ecosystem.

Beyond Circularity Sustainability / CO2 reduction Innovation Biofuels and biomaterials Pulp
Inauguration of Meliora Bio´s biorefinery, in Kalundborg, Denmark
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Inauguration of Meliora Bio´s biorefinery, in Kalundborg, Denmark

Meliora Bio AsP of Denmark has now successfully restarted the former Inbicon plant in Kalundborg that had been idle since 2014. The completely modernized facility is now making advanced, second-generation bioethanol, innovative food ingredients and lignin products.

Biofuels and biomaterials
Collaborating for the future of biomass conversion
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Collaborating for the future of biomass conversion

ORLEN Południe S.A., Poland’s leading biofuels and biocomponents manufacturer, is investing in the production of second-generation bioethanol in Poland. Valmet is delivering a comprehensive biomass pretreatment, energy and automation solution for the project

Biofuels and biomaterials
Unlock the secret to success with UX design
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Unlock the secret to success with UX design

UX design is recognized as being important but is often misunderstood. We take a closer look at what it entails and how it can benefit the process industry.

Automation Automation system User Interface Board and paper Pulp Tissue Energy Biofuels and biomaterials Chemical Construction
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