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Laying the cornerstone at the Arauco Sucuriú project site
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Laying the cornerstone at the Arauco Sucuriú project site

On April 9, 2025, a laying of the cornerstone event was celebrated at the Arauco Sucuriú project site, in Inocência, Mato Grosso do Sul state in Brazil. This marked end of earth moving phase and the official start of the construction phase of the largest single-phase pulp mill in the world.

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Do you know how to keep your wash press in perfect shape throughout its entire lifecycle?
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Do you know how to keep your wash press in perfect shape throughout its entire lifecycle?

Valmet is the one-stop-shop for all wash press related services regardless of the brand – be it spare parts or consumables, services such as shutdown planning, roll reconditioning, or maintenance services, or various upgrade or improvement projects boosting performance, safety or sustainability.

Chemical pulping Cooking and fiber line TwinRoll press Pulp Washing Spare parts Mechanical pulping Spare parts Washing Availability / reliability Lifecycle management
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
Switching to remote gear in bleach plant upgrade
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Switching to remote gear in bleach plant upgrade

Phoenix Pulp and Paper’s bleach plant upgrade project faced challenges, as the pandemic restrictions ruled out onsite support. Thorough planning and close collaboration based on trust enabled the project to be successfully implemented on plan and on schedule with remote arrangements.

Board and paper Pulp Water and wastewater Cooking and fiber line Chemical pulping
Long-term collaboration and repeat orders result in win-win for both partners
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Long-term collaboration and repeat orders result in win-win for both partners

Valmet and Holmen Iggesund have worked very closely since 2004 on successive projects to modernize the mill’s two fiberlines and increase uptime and resource efficiency. The collaboration is continuing with the installation of wash presses for the bleach plant on Fiberline 3.

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Valmet and Suzano – a successful journey together
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Valmet and Suzano – a successful journey together

In 2011, Valmet was selected to supply the main technology for pulp production and recovery at Suzano’s mega mill project near the city of Imperatriz in the north of Brazil. In 2013, the mill was completed, and the first bales were produced. Today, we celebrate a decade of continuing successful collaboration.

Pulp Chemical pulping Chemical recovery Evaporators Lime kiln Recovery boilers White liquor plant Pulp drying Wood handling
Co-operation and scaling up accelerating sustainable development of the textile industry
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Co-operation and scaling up accelerating sustainable development of the textile industry

Gathering over 100 textile industry experts, Nordic Textile Fibre Day explored the latest developments in man-made cellulosic textile fibers and textile recycling. Scaling up from pilot phase to industrial production, funding the investment and development and close co-operation between different companies and start-ups are seen essential to transform the textile industry towards more sustainable way of working. Read more from the article.

Refining and deflaking Chemical pulping Process technology Innovation Beyond Circularity Textiles Pulp Stock preparation Refining
Strong teamwork brings success to SCA Obbola
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Strong teamwork brings success to SCA Obbola

SCA’s increased production capacity project at their kraftliner mill in Obbola, Sweden, is nearing completion. Close collaboration and good dialogue between the SCA and Valmet teams have delivered positive results.

Chemical pulping Chemical recovery Lime kiln White liquor plant Cooking and fiber line Pulp Pulp Evaporators
Important milestones reached at the bioproduct mill project in Kemi
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Important milestones reached at the bioproduct mill project in Kemi

The project is progressing according to plan and on schedule. The mill’s start-up is scheduled in the third quarter of 2023.

Pulp Pulp Chemical pulping Chemical recovery Wood handling Pulp drying Cooking and fiber line Baling Evaporators Gasification
Successful start-up at Sun Paper’s Beihai Mill in China
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Successful start-up at Sun Paper’s Beihai Mill in China

Bright news from Sun Paper’s Beihai mill in China. At noon on the 6th of December 2021, Sun Paper’s new fiber line was successfully started up and produces bleached pulp.

Pulp Chemical pulping Chemical recovery Recovery boilers Cooking and fiber line Continuous cooking Cooking TwinRoll press Pulp Washing Mechanical pulping
Valmet supplied pulp mill rebuild at Mercer's Stendal mill started up
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Valmet supplied pulp mill rebuild at Mercer's Stendal mill started up

The rebuilt technology areas - batch cooking, pulp drying and lime kiln cooler -  have successfully started up step by step, now with a new level of environmental performance at Mercer’s Stendal pulp mill in Germany.

Pulp Chemical pulping Chemical recovery Lime kiln Cooking and fiber line Batch cooking Pulp drying Airborne Dryer
Special transportations for Metsä Fibre’s Kemi bioproduct mill travelled through downtown Kemi
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Special transportations for Metsä Fibre’s Kemi bioproduct mill travelled through downtown Kemi

Nine Valmet Continuous Cooking digester and ImpBin components were transported to the Kemi bioproduct mill site though downtown Kemi in late October – early November, 2021.

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