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Valmet is the leading global developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. We aim to become the global champion in serving our customers.

Valmet continues its holiday season tradition to support selected global humanitarian organizations and projects. Every year Valmet's employees globally vote for the donation target, and this year the support goes to Médecins Sans Frontières - Doctors Without Borders.

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Valmet Pulper Feed System

Valmet’s modularized pulper feed system is flexible and offers a suitable solution for any paper, board or tissue mill. It increases safety, availability and productivity while reducing lifecycle costs.

New Valmet Pulp Dryer Fold-up Hatches Changing the game

Valmet’s new pulp dryer fold-up hatches have proved a game changer for Stora Enso’s Imatra Mills: The previously risky operation of pulp dryer hatches has become easier, faster and safer.

Increased pulp production with the Valmet IQ Steam Profiler

8% increase in pulp machine production made possible by a Valmet IQ Steam Profiler improving drying capacity!

Board and paper

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Kruger's grade conversion rebuild to linerboard

Kruger converted its newsprint machine in Trois-Rivières, Canada to produce recycled high-strength liner. PM10 has reached its runnability, capacity and quality targets with outstanding results and steady start-up curve development.

Remote support smooths out the start-up of Bohui’s new BM6

A giant was born when Bohui started their new containerboard machine BM 6 – the widest and largest of its kind in Asia. From the initial start-up all the way to the conversion to printing paper production, the onsite processes and machine optimization have been supported by global experts from Valmet’s Performance Center.

Varaka Kagıt entrusted its quality to Valmet Paper Lab

The SEKA Balıkesir plant has started to run again. The name of the factory has been changed to Varaka Kagıt, and the optimization works have been going on since April 2019. The first Valmet Paper Lab in Turkey started to run along with the first machine with 1000 tons per day capacity commissioned in the first stage of the investment planned in two stages.

Tissue

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What does a sustainable business mean?

Everyone is talking about sustainability - suppliers, producers, authorities, environmental agencies etc. But what does sustainability really mean? Does it mean the same to all of us? Often it is used synonymously with words like “green”. But “green” does not say anything about a product or process etc. being sustainable or not.

How tissue is made

Do you know that tissue furnish consist of 99% water when it leaves the headbox? And that it is winded up as dry paper 1,5 seconds later? That correlates with a speed of 120 km/hour!

Selecting the right Yankee

Over 100 years since it was invented, the Yankee dryer is the heart of tissue mills around the world. But while the essence of the Yankee remains the same, today’s dryers differ greatly from those of a century ago, with technical developments that have improved reliability, efficiency and performance. These modern advancements also mean that tissue producers have more options to choose from than ever before.

Energy

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Winning with outsourcing

Uni Viridas delivers fuel and sells heat and electricity from their biomass power plant in Babina Greda, Croatia. Everything else is looked after by Valmet. This successful cooperation was continued with the operation and maintenance contract’s extension in early 2019.

Partners expand Valmet’s global presence

An efficient partner network enables more customers to move their performance forward with Valmet DNA automation solutions.

Powering growth

For 25 years, Cikarang Listrindo has set the pace for Indonesian industrial development by supplying its customers with high-quality electricity. Its most recent Babelan plant runs with Valmet’s circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler technology and plant-wide automation, providing stable and reliable supply.

Other industries

New Danish ferry M/S Hammershus leads the way with top technology

Valmet's marine automation technology helps speed new ferry m/s Hammershus on its way

Marine business creating environmentally sustainable solutions

Work in the marine industry is meaningful with Valmet's automation and flue gas cleaning technologies.

At the Edge of innovation

Celebrity Edge, the first Celebrity Cruises Edge Class cruise ship in service, showcases the latest in safe, reliable and sustainable sailing. At the heart of the ship is the Valmet DNA distributed control system, providing fully redundant onboard automation.

Sustainability

Valmet´s seasonal donation to Médecins Sans Frontières - Doctors Without Borders

Valmet continues its holiday season tradition to support selected global humanitarian organizations and projects. Every year Valmet's employees globally vote for the donation target, and this year the support goes to Médecins Sans Frontières - Doctors Without Borders.

What does a sustainable business mean?

Everyone is talking about sustainability - suppliers, producers, authorities, environmental agencies etc. But what does sustainability really mean? Does it mean the same to all of us? Often it is used synonymously with words like “green”. But “green” does not say anything about a product or process etc. being sustainable or not.

Video: Valmet’s sustainability engagement program for selected key suppliers in China

Valmet is continuously supporting its suppliers’ sustainability operations. In 2018, Valmet launched a sustainability engagement program for selected key suppliers in China.

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