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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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Valmet to supply two quality control systems with six scanners to Oji Papéis Especiais in Brazil
Valmet has agreed to supply two Valmet IQ Quality Control Systems (QCS) for Oji Papéis Especiais (Oji Special Paper), in Piracicaba, state of São Paulo, Brazil.
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Valmet starts final phase of works in Bracell’s Project Star
Valmet’s delivery to Bracell's new mill includes an evaporation plant and a white liquor plant. Around 500 special parts were transported in six months for the Lençóis Paulista mill.
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The second Valmet Advantage DCT 100HS tissue machine has successfully started up at Century Pulp and Paper in India
Century Pulp and Paper recently made a successful start-up of their new Valmet Advantage DCT line in the Lalkua mill in India. It is their second Valmet tissue line, but also the first tissue line in India that is equipped with the Advantage ViscoNip press technology.
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Stainless steel care, cleaning, surface prep and passivating
Stainless steel is corrosion resistant and maintains a film of chrome oxide over its surface. Under normal conditions this film is self-healing.
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Improved paper manufacturing with sophisticated paper ash management
Paper ash management is a very important part of the papermaking process. Valmet offers solutions that eliminate the disturbances and keep the final quality on target.
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Developing lead engineers’ competencies in Pulp and Energy business
Three years ago, Pulp and Energy business line launched a global training program to offer the lead engineers a possibility to develop their competences. In 2020 the training program was arranged fully virtually, using online tools and virtual facilitation methods.
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Forming section troubleshooting checklist extends wire life
Wire life below expectations is of major concern to mill management. These tips are presented in a check list format for quick reference if the need arises.
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Converting waste streams into clean energy
The circular economy is about resource efficiency. Materials that cannot be used as raw materials for new products are converted into energy.
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Digitization streamlines gas transport flows
Virtuality brings a special flexibility to gas distribution that is supported by the Valmet DNA Integrated Operations data collection application.
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Clariant progressing with Valmet Pretreatment BioTrac™ for 2nd generation bioethanol production in Romania
Clariant, a focused, sustainable and innovative Swiss specialty chemicals company, is moving closer to start-up of its commercial scale cellulosic ethanol plant in Podari in southwest Romania.