Recovery
Recovery
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Stationary cooler for Stendal lime kiln
Mercer Stendal pulp mill is located in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The mill was started-up in 2004 originally designed for producing 520,000 tonnes of bleached softwood pulp per year and is today able to produce 740,000 tonnes per year after several large optimization projects.
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Tailoring lignin
Produced goods are in many cases based on fossil-based materials, which means that they offer opportunities for renewable alternatives. Lignin is a strong candidate. And to make lignin even better, Valmet develops new processes that tailor it. Here’s some of the current examples of possible high value uses of tailored lignin.
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Lime kiln camera helps Stora Enso Oulu Mill to see the flame
A new lime kiln rebuild, part of a recent extensive paper machine grade conversion at the Stora Enso Oulu Mill in Finland, included a Valmet Visible Thermal Imaging System.
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Getting more from less in pulp production
Global megatrends are driving toward carbon neutrality, resource efficiency and circularity, thus increasing the demand for renewable materials. Already today the modern pulp mills meet most of the sustainability goals including carbon neutrality – but we can do more to meet the future needs.
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Valmet partners with GORE-TEX Professional to provide smelt protection solution to pulp and paper producers
Valmet has entered into an agreement with GORE-TEX Professional to be the exclusive and sole distributor of GORE® PYRAD® Vulcan Smelt Protective garments.
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Special transportations for Metsä Fibre’s Kemi bioproduct mill travelled through downtown Kemi
Nine Valmet Continuous Cooking digester and ImpBin components were transported to the Kemi bioproduct mill site though downtown Kemi in late October – early November, 2021.
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Valmet completes two important milestones in progress of ARAUCO's MAPA project
After almost three years of construction, and with the considerable challenges imposed by the global pandemic, the ARAUCO Mill Modernization and Expansion (MAPA) project reported 87.7% progress in its works in September. The MAPA project includes major improvements in existing line 2 and the installation of a new production line 3.
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Project star: Evaporation and White liquor plant
Delivery includes first biomass gasification plant in South American pulp mill
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Creating value added from lining
Stora Enso, which has the strategy of being the Renewable Materials Company, is leading the way in developing new qualities of kraft lignin. This renewable raw material has big potential to substitute for less environmentally friendly polymers in a wide range of applications.
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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.