The start up era

Name: From blueprints to breakthroughs – Valmet’s tissue story begins
Uploaded: 2025-05-06T13:00:06Z
Duration: 1 min 26 s
Description: Step back to the 1970s and discover how early innovations like calculators and blueprints laid the groundwork for Valmet’s 50+ year journey in tissue technology. Watch episode 1 of our anniversary series.

Duration 1:26

In the 1970s, calculators, drawing boards, and handwritten blueprints were considered modern technology, and they were essential tools that helped shape the path forward. A machine rebuild in Sweden marked the starting point of a 50+ year journey of delivering tissue machine technology to the world that is still continuing!

2025 marks the year we're celebrating more than 50 years of delivering tissue technology to the world. This is episode 1 in our special series about our history, and the milestones along the way.

The story continues....

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