Press felts for board and paper machines

Valmet inaugurates new machinery for press felt production

Valmet’s press felt production facility in Tampere, Finland is entering a new era. The multi-year investment project including a new weaving loom, a new pre-needling line, a new needling machine, and a new heat-setting machine is being finalized and the machinery gradually commissioned.

Valmet Clothing Days brings people together for inspiration

Valmet Clothing Days is a tradition that gathers pulp, paper, board and tissue makers as well as Valmet’s paper machine clothing specialists together for learning, networking and inspiration. In March 2025, Valmet Clothing Days was organized for the 16th time in Tampere, Finland, with the theme “Let’s renew and succeed together”.

Pioneering bio-based raw materials in press felts

Valmet is determined to lower the carbon footprint of their paper machine clothing. As a result of intensive work, Valmet has launched the first press felt containing bio-based raw materials. Valmet Press Felt EMX M Bioneer is here now. 

Valmet launches a press felt with a lower carbon footprint

Valmet Oyj trade press release, February 25, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. EET

Let’s recycle fabrics!

Valmet produces thousands of tons of paper machine clothing (PMC) and filter fabrics each year. To diminish our environmental impact, we have consistently striven to reduce waste generation and to re-use side streams in fabrics production. Significant steps have also been taken in recycling used paper machine clothing and filter fabrics. 

Valmet Clothing Days: Towards more sustainable papermaking

Valmet’s traditional Clothing Days were organized in Tampere, Finland, for the 15th time in October 2022. In addition to a full-day seminar with interesting presentations on paper machine clothing trends and customer success stories, the participants had the chance to mingle in social events and visit Fabrics’ local production facility.

Excellence grows from dedication

Liansheng Paper and Valmet share a long and extensive technology, services and automation partnership. Their annual fabric agreement ensures timely fabrics service and allows continuous development.

Perlen Papier AG runs a successful trial with 100% Valmet paper machine clothing

At best, long-term collaboration leads to mutual understanding and trust – as has happened between Perlen Papier and Valmet. As a result, Valmet was able supply Perlen Papier’s PM4 a full line of paper machine clothing for a trial run.

A rolling stone gathers no moss

In addition to offering high-quality paper machine clothing, Valmet’s target is to walk along the customer all through their production process. This has been noticed at Schoellershammer PM 5 as well.

Reliable paper machine clothing gives peace of mind for Ittihad Paper Mill

The special relationship between Ittihad Paper Mill and Valmet extends from supporting the establishment of the greenfield plant to delivering the mill’s entire production line. Valmet is also the sole supplier for paper machine clothing for the mill.

Stable performance with Valmet Press Felts

Press felts are key in successfully removing water in the papermaking process. Overall, they play a very important role in the machine’s performance, especially in terms of runnability. In press felts, small things make the difference. Valmet’s press felts are known by their profiling and special treatments.

Valmet promotes sustainability in fabrics business

As part of Valmet´s comprehensive Sustainability 360° agenda, Valmet’s Fabrics unit has created its sustainability action plan. The target is to accelerate the development of more environmentally friendly paper machine clothing and filter fabrics benefitting Valmet´s customers as well as to enhance the reduction of CO2 emissions and energy consumption in fabrics production.