Articles
Welcome to learn more about Valmet's technology and services offering! This section includes articles that highlight customer cases and success stories around the world, stories about Valmet's innovations and products, as well as give food for thought.
For those interested in helpful tips and practical methods for maintaining and finetuning your processes and equipment, we offer Up & Running articles that are intended to help you keep your paper, board, tissue and pulp machines up and running.
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Articles
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EWK Umwelttechnik GmbH operations have been incorporated in Valmet
EWK Umwelttechnik GmbH has been incorporated in Valmet GmbH. The company's operations are now part of Valmet’s Pulp and Energy business line’s Environmental Systems technology unit.
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New sizer roll cover boosts performance at Palm Wörth
Palm Wörth installed a Valmet Sizer Roll Cover CF on their BM6 containerboard machine to improve its performance. The new roll cover has a running interval of more than 200 days, leading to higher machine availability and better paper quality.
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Ranheim Paper & Board invested in an efficient heat recovery system leading to 14% savings in energy consumption
Cold working environment and quality issues led Ranheim Paper & Board to invest in Valmet’s heat recovery system OptiAir Recovery. As a result, the mill achieved savings in energy and a significant increase in production.
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Cleaner plant upgrade increases paper quality by dramatically reducing sand content in pulp
Drewsen produces many high-quality grades of paper. When their existing cleaners weren't meeting their standards, they turned to Valmet for help.
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Common ways an OEM partner helps mills achieve their goals
Maintaining a strong relationship with a trusted OEM partner lets producers learn from the industry’s manufacturing legacy and keep operations moving forward.
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Valmet rebuild enables Metsä Tissue to reduce their carbon footprint
The rebuild of Metsä Tissue’s PM 10 recently started up in Mänttä mill in Finland and has proven to increase the production capacity by 15% and improved product quality and energy efficiency.
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Forming OEM partnerships to optimize pulp mill performance
As an OEM, Valmet has the resources and expertise to identify root causes of existing system limitations, and develop realistic paths to optimize performance.
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TT-Line’s future-oriented ferry with Valmet’s automation
TT-Line’s Green Ship concept releases fewer particles into the air and reduces CO2 and NO2 emissions. Valmet’s modern automation Valmet DNA and power management system will optimize the energy demand on board.
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The knowledge-sharing advantage of strong OEM partnerships
Managing the loss of expert insight and the need for succession planning challenges manufacturers today, particularly those in the pulp and paper industries.
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Drying Section Performance Agreement aims for increased safety and sustainability
Did you know that the drying section consumes as much as 70% of all energy needed in the tissue-making process and therefore is a tissue mill’s major source of CO2? Or that the huge Yankee cylinder taking care of the drying process is a pressurized vessel filled with hot steam, causing a safety risk if not maintained appropriately?