Board and paper articles
Board and paper articles
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Customer needs drive innovation
Customer needs and global megatrends have been the driving force of Valmet’s product development throughout the company’s 220 years of industrial history. Resource efficiency and open innovation connect Valmet’s product development and customers. New leaps in development are aimed at the Industrial Internet and digitalization. Read more on how Valmet's R&D helps customers to move their performance forward.
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Valmet investing in the future by upgrading its pilot machines
Valmet upgrades its pilot machines in 2018 to support paper, board and tissue customers in moving their performance forward. The upgrades increase the flexibility of the pilot trial possibilities even more.
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Greenpac turns data to value
Greenpac Mill turned their paper machine data into a valuable asset and use it to prevent production losses with Valmet’s Industrial Internet applications. With the help of Performance Center experts, they predict machinery failures and avoid unplanned shutdowns.
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Differentiation through premium fine paper quality
Indonesia is a growing market for papermakers. APRIL has tapped this potential by investing in a new OptiConcept M uncoated fine paper line at the company’s Kerinci mill in Riau province.
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Greif’s on-time and under-budget rebuild project
A new OptiPress press section, with Valmet clothing included, boosts productivity, improves quality of the corrugating medium and reduces energy consumption at Greif Riverville Mill in USA.
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Hands-on quality in Stora Enso’s Beihai Mill
Stora Enso’s packaging board is truly a team effort: the result of focused production practices, reliable technologies, a passion for quality control and full supply chain traceability, and the quest for perfect printability and convertability. It all comes together at the Beihai mill site in China.
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Goals achieved with coater section rebuild in Mayr-Melnhof Kolicevo
All the targets for the project were achieved. Runnability is better than before, and the efficiency is better, too,” says Rok Sustar from Mayr-Melnhof Kolicevo in Slovenia. A multilayer curtain coater and a blade coater started up after a very short shutdown period in the summer of 2015. A supply system for the two layers of the curtain coater was also installed.
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Kotkamills - A unique board machine to make new, innovative board products
Kotkamills in Finland converted its paper machine into a unique board machine. The new machine was designed for a wide variety of products. “It is the most elegant board machine ever - it is just beautiful".
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Solving problems with a service attitude
Ji’an Group’s coated white-top liner machine PM 3 opted for a Valmet FormMaster breast roll shaker to improve the formation. "Valmet’s service attitude was superb, and the end result is excellent", says Young Lu, Vice President of Production of Ji’an Group.
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The success story of Valmet Hirun Web Stabilizer P continues
Improved sheet runnability and paper quality at Holmen Paper Braviken Mill.