TAPPIcon 2026

Welcome to TAPPIcon 2026 to meet your Valmet contacts and hear the latest in pulp, board and paper.

You will find us from stand 325 during the exhibit hall open hours. 

In addition you can hear from our experts in the technical seminar:

• Monday, April 27

  • 11:24 – 11:32 AM New technology showcase: Electrifying coating air dryers for safer operation and lower emissions / Jim Czenczek, Valmet

  • 4:00 – 4:30 PM Circular Strategies for Sustainability: 4-Step Approach to Improved Resource Efficiency in Board and Papermaking / Paavo Hirvonen, Valmet 

  • 4:30 – 5:00 PM Mill Automation – Dewatering and Moisture Management: Adaptive Vacuum Control for Optimized Felt Dewatering / Petteri Halme, Valmet 

• Tuesday, April 28

  • 9:00 – 9:30 AM Tissue Process Optimization, Safety & Innovation: Increasing Post Press Solids Using Available Waste Heat for Productivity Gain and Energy Savings / Alfredo Sarli, Valmet

  • 2:00 – 2:30 PM Deciding What's Best: The Metrics You Should Strive For: Day-to-Day Optimization Using TAPPI TIPS / Daniel Boren, Valmet

  • 2:30 – 3:00 PM Paper Machine Measurement and Control: Paper Color Control: Adaptive Modeling and Predictive Strategies for Optimality and Robustness / Calvin Fu, Valmet; Seyhan Nuyan, Retired (formerly Valmet)

  • 4:40 – 5:10 PM Unstick the Process: Advances in Stickies Control: Stickies Mitigation by Laminar Design Screen Wire / Joni Miettinen, Valmet