Pulping and fiber articles
Pulping and fiber articles
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Even better pulp and yield at Smurfit Kappa Piteå
Pulp with higher quality, combined with increased yield from the wood raw material, is now a reality for Smurfit Kappa at its mill in Piteå, Sweden. The cooking process technology from Valmet played an important role in the successful rebuild project.
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Pulping and biorefinery piloting from lab tests to industrial-scale production
Pulping and biorefinery companies can benefit from utilizing Valmet’s piloting capabilities, ranging from comprehensive laboratory-scale to industrial-scale trials, to test new raw materials or pulping and biomass pretreatment processes, for example.
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Success with remote commissioning and start-up support in Ilim Bratsk Evaporation project
Valmet’s and Ilim Group’s expert teams found new ways to collaborate remotely during commissioning and start-up phase of a new evaporation system at the Bratsk mill.
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Valmet BCTMP line proves success at Guangxi Jingui Pulp & Paper
The proven success of the bleached chemi-thermo-mechanical pulp (BCTMP) production line of Guangxi Jingui Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd convinced APP to invest in another Valmet BCTMP line for their mill in Xiaogang, Ningbo.
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Pulp for packaging grades – a growth area
E-commerce sets new records every year, and the long-term trend is clear. E-commerce, globalization, and increasing living standards, environmental awareness are driving the growing need for paper-based packaging.
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Nordic Paper Bäckhammar: Three steps to record performance
Valmet’s new innovative solutions have enabled Nordic Paper Bäckhammar go full speed ahead and reach pulp production levels over 800 admt/d (air dry metric ton per day) while also increasing availability, reducing emissions, and reducing maintenance costs.
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Valmet performed remote start-up of dissolving pulp production at Arauco’s Valdivia pulp mill
In the beginning of June 2020, the dissolving pulp production was started up at Arauco’s Valdivia pulp mill in Chile. In October 2019 Valmet delivered a rebuild of the batch cooking plant and the pulp drying line, which was part of an investment that would allow the mill to produce dissolving pulp. The rebuilt plant was first started up with market pulp. When it was time to start-up the dissolving pulp production it had to be performed from a distance due to the new Covid-19 situation.
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Ground breaking celebration at Amadeus project site
Valmet and its partner Fortes are breaking the ground at LD Celulose’s project in Brazil. The team has in May 2020 celebrated the “first pile in the ground” that will be part of the foundation of the drying machine building.
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All for one
Outsourcing of maintenance operations to Valmet has proven a powerful combination for Asia Symbol (Shandong) Pulp & Paper Co: both parties can focus on what they know best. This cooperation is fueled by the fact that they truly work as one team.
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The power of a shared journey
The partnership between Stora Enso’s Beihai Mill and Valmet has continued since the pulp and board line installations in 2016. Their shared focus on continuous improvement has enabled Beihai Mill to become a benchmark for high-end white cardboard in China.