New value-adding processes

Turning side streams to value-adding products

In modern pulp production, operating sustainably is a continuous goal – pulp producers around the world are aiming for closed circles and are working towards having production side streams reused and harnessed. By working closely with our customers and placing heavy emphasis on R&D, we continuously expand our offering with new solutions. This allows us to help you utilize different production side streams for value-adding processes like lignin extraction and sulfuric acid production - making sure both your process efficiency and profitability remain high.

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Valmet LignoBoost XS: Concept development and experience with first plant delivery

This article is a summary of a paper which will be presented at the International Chemical Recovery Conference ICRC in Brazil in 2021.

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. The equipment enabled the detailed analysis of Valmet’s specialists without their presence being necessary.

Major upgrade at Södra Cell Värö

Södra Cell's Expansion Värö 2.0 plan will increase the capacity to 850,000 tonnes per year. The increase is taking place in two steps, with the first aiming to reach 780,000 tonnes per year by 2022.

The SCA Obbola: Partnering in technology, service and automation

The SCA Obbola mill in Sweden has an impressive track record of success in the pulping industry. Upgrades in technology, the utilization of Advanced Process Controls and support from Valmet’s evaporation service help the mill achieve its production goals for renewable packaging material.

Klabin’s massive Puma II project makes history with Eukaliner 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.

Sappi Cloquet: New MC ozone mixer - when less becomes more

Challenging the conventional approach of using two ozone mixers for pulp bleaching was worth it. As the first company using the new MC ozone mixer technology, Sappi Cloquet’s mill can now benefit from lower investment, maintenance and power consumption costs – and all this with only one mixer.