Forward Talks Podcasts
Tune in to hear Valmet's professionals and visiting industry experts discuss topics like megatrends, sustainability, innovations and digitalization to give you new ideas and food for thought.
Eyes on the target with service design
Today, we drill into the grassroot level of service design. Service design is all about doing: building things and communicating things. It’s about finding the right balance between feasibility viability and desirability in the solution we’re working on. Discover with us what service design is at a concrete level and how to use it from strategy building to individual product development. Join us in expanding your view to cover the solution’s entire life cycle.
Co-creating customer value and innovation with design thinking
How can design thinking be used and measured more strategically, and how do we implement it? Listen to some fascinating case examples from our guest speaker Timo Tiainen, representing Kone Corporation, and Valmet’s own design expert Mari Airio, and find out why design thinking matters, regardless of the business context.
Cybersecurity in remote connections
Are we secure? The world is changing – remote services are necessary in today’s world between industry and the services provider. Cybersecurity requirements are therefore also growing faster than ever. We gathered three experts in the field at the same table for a topical discussion about cybersecurity in remote connections.
Decarbonizing with technology
How can the making of pulp and paper become carbon neutral? In this episode, Pirita Mikkanen, Vice-President of Energy at Metsä, and Janne Pynnönen, Head of R&D at Valmet, discuss when and how this can become a reality: What is the role of technology in reducing emissions and what kind of technologies will enable such reductions even more in the future.
Toward carbon-free energy
What is causing most CO2 emissions in industrial operations and how to remove fossil emissions from industrial operations? In this episode we will discuss how Valmet and Gasum are collaborating to move toward carbon free energy and other carbon lowering initiatives their companies are taking.
Making an impact with recycled stainless steel
How to create a global low carbon supply chain? Tune in to find out how recycled stainless steels can make an impact in reducing carbon emissions across the value chain!
How to move the pulp and paper industry toward carbon neutrality?
What is carbon neutrality? What kind of targets and measures are needed to achieve carbon neutrality in the pulp and paper industry?
How to maximize value of agreements for all parties?
Well prepared agreements create the basis and trust for good cooperation between the parties. Contract design and data management are an essential part of a good agreement process. It is also good to understand the key friction points when planning agreements.
Good customer experience at the heart of lifecycle services
Great customer experience is definitely a differentiating factor when customers select their partners. In this podcast we hear what good customer experience means to Juan Constabel, Operations Manager for CMPC.
Market outlook in pulp and paper industry
Markets have been going through a lot of changes such as the effects of the Covid pandemic on paper production. In this first episode of 2021, we will talk about the new megatrends and analyze what we can expect from different paper grades in 2021.
Wood-based fiber - new opportunities
The growing demand for sustainable materials in packaging as well as in textile materials calls for new innovations in wood-based fiber products. Listen in and be updated on wood-based fiber product innovations and achieving sustainability targets.