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100 percent eucalyptus kraftliner

Klabin’s massive Puma II project in Brazil is making history by challenging the conventional thinking that softwood pulp is required to make high-quality kraftliner. Its new OptiConcept M kraftliner machine will produce Eukaliner – the world’s first kraftliner using 100 percent eucalyptus.

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Södra Cell Värö pulp mill

Södra Cell Värö pulp mill is an excellent example of how continuous strategic investments to raise capacity and competitiveness pay off in performance.



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Simulators increase efficiency and reduce operations risks in Klabin Puma II

An important item to ensure safety and equipment performance, as well as the quality of training of operators are the simulators, where operators can be trained in a virtual environment.

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Successful start-up for the fiberline upgrade at Obbola mill in Sweden

The SCA Obbola pulp mill’s upgraded fiberline, was started up in September 2021, according to plan. Valmet’s delivery is part of SCA’s investment project to increase the annual production of Kraftliner in the Obbola mill from the current 450,000 tonnes to 725,000 tonnes per year.

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Valmet Airborne Dryer - Easier and safer than ever to run and maintain, for unparalleled user friendliness

The Valmet Airborne Dryer is designed for maximum user-friendliness, with smart innovations based on proven technology making operation easier and safer than ever before.

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Project Star: Evaporation and white liquor plant delivered

Valmet concluded on September 9th the delivery of the evaporation and white liquor plants in Project Star, the new Bracell’s dissolving pulp mill, located in Lençóis Paulista, state of São Paulo, Brazil. The delivery includes equipment of high technological level, in terms of technical, energy and environmental performance.

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Mill Wide Optimization streamlines decision making (webinar)

Automating decision making at the mill level coordinates process areas to increase production, reduce cost per ton and improve quality of the final product.

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Valmet Airborne Dryer - Reducing costs for both installation and operations

The Valmet Airborne Dryer has been developed to keep customer’s investment and operating costs to a minimum. A key driving principle in the work has been that our customers must achieve the highest possible cost efficiency.



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Overcoming the barriers of the new normal in the remote analyzer startup at Arauco Puerto Esperanza

Arauco Puerto Esperanza acquired a Valmet Fiberline Analyzer and 4 Valmet Filtrate Samplers (Valmet Piston) to replace an old Kappa-i analyzer.

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CMPC achieves historic mark in the recausticizing process in partnership with Valmet

Collaboration between companies reduced the dead load in the process by 34% with the implementation of Advanced Process Controls

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Klabin LignoBoost XS - lignin extraction

The main goal for this project was to provide an effective way to produce lignin, evaluate end markets, and develop the best pathway for a future lignin business.

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Metsä Fibre's Kemi bioproduct mill

Metsä Fibre's new bioproduct mill in Kemi, Finland will have an annual pulp production capacity of 1.5 million tonnes and in addition produce various other bioproducts. The new totally fossil fuel free mill is scheduled to start-up in the third quarter 2023.

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Valmet offers remote support with augmented reality in mill shutdown during pandemic

Valmet provided Industrial Internet solutions for CMPC's shutdown, a mega operation in Guaíba, Brazil, which held for 10 days during pandemic. The augmented reality glasses used during the shutdown helped the field services technicians during the maintenance in Line 2 of the mill.

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Data helps CMPC Guaíba make decisions

Rio Grande do Sul's largest paper mill, CMPC in Guaíba, has installed Valmet Dirt Count Analyzer (Valmet DCD) to evaluate the dirt content and brightness.



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Latest innovations to improve quality and energy efficiency at pulp mills

By using latest innovations, the state of the art pulp mill has excellent energy efficiency, minimized chemical consumption, maximized raw material efficiency and the mill does not need any fossil fuel to run.

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Future pulp mill with new value adding products

Future pulp mills can produce pulp as a main product even more sustainably, and also get more revenue from other value adding products like sulfuric acid, purified methanol, recycled textiles, extracted lignin, black pellets and sugars for various chemical products.

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Suzano Imperatriz Shutdown

Valmet offered technical assistance services in the field with remote support using Valmet Performance Center (VPC), Augmented Reality Glasses and drones.

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Södra Cell Värö pulp mill - virtual tour of the expansion project

Södra Cell Värö pulp mill is an excellent example of how continuous strategic investments to raise capacity and competitiveness pay off in performance.

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Valmet's delivery to Metsä Fibre's Kemi bioproduct mill

Valmet will deliver the full production process from wood handling to baling, as well as automation system for the Metsä Fibre's Kemi bioproduct mill in Finland.

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