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Success of the new fiber measurement optics in Japan

Several Japanese customers have been taking the advantage of the new Valmet Fiber Image Analyzer (Valmet FS5) utilizing the latest fiber optics technology.

Accurate consistency measurement helps Panjapol Paper Industry to meet their quality targets

Panjapol Pulp and Paper Industry (PPI), a respected kraft paper manufacturer in Thailand, continues to rely on Valmet’s consistency measurement technology.

Keeping pace with growth in renewable fuels

The renewable share of the total energy use is predicted to rise up to 15% by 2040. Automation in renewable fuel production should be ...

The Advantage DCT concept crosses borders

Last year Valmet’s tissue business passed several important milestones; tissue machine number 200 was sold to China. A total of 50 Advantage DCT tissue lines have been sold worldwide since the launch in 2005, and seven customers have bought two or more machines.

Valmet’s technology helps to reduce emissions in UK

Valmet handed over a new biomass boiler plant and flue gas treatment for RWE Innogy UK’s Markinch combined heat and power plant (CHP). The new plant helps Tullis Russell paper mill reduce its fossil fuel emissions and significantly contributes to Scotland’s ambitious renewable energy targets.

Measurement forms the basis for energy efficiency

The amount of energy used to manufacture the same paper grade may vary between mills by as much as 30%. This can amount to a difference of EUR 2.5 million in the annual electricity bill. Saving energy is a sensible way of lowering production costs while protecting the environment.

6,600 kilometers from Finland to India

Re-locating an entire pulp production line from one corner of the world to another is a sizeable venture. Ballarpur Industries proved that it can be done successfully by combining the right resources.

OptiConcept M –Setting new standards

Economy of total investment, personnel safety, easy machine usability and reduction of environmental load were the key targets guiding the development work of a group of experts responsible for new paper and board making concept, OptiConcept M.

Northern efficiency

PM 5 in Stora Enso's Veitsiluoto mill in Kemi, northern Finland, is able to produce more than 700 tonnes of LWC paper per day. In 2011, the company decided to invest in the line's runnability and efficiency. As a result, the number of production breaks and the amount of broke were significantly decreased.

Results through performance agreements

Valmet’s performance agreement is a mill-wide development program targeted at perfecting the customer’s production line. Following this systematic development approach, Valmet improves and maintains the customer’s competitiveness.