Shutdown management services for pulp producers

We plan, execute, manage, and develop maintenance activities according to your needs

Shutdown management services include planning, coordination and execution of shutdown projects. We offer transparency in both planning and execution phases with cost and schedule management. We also provide safety planning for the whole shutdown process to identify risks and handle resources efficiently.

Minimized downtime

Improved safety and reduce risks

Right skills and competences

Cost effectiveness

Optimized planning and management of a maintenance shutdown can reduce the outage time by

up to 30%

We provide safe and successful shutdown management based on long-term global experience, with services that include:

Planning and scheduling
HSE assessments and continuous updates
HSE supervision
Procurement management, including evaluation of supplier bids and support negotiations
Full site management
Quality assurance and quality control
Reports with findings and recommendations for future improvements

Extensive experience running pulp mill shutdowns

Benefits of an outsourced shutdown:

Minimized downtime
Cost and schedule management
Safety planning for the whole shutdown - Maximized safety
Transparency in planning and execution phase
Improved risk identification and mitigation - Minimized risks
Right skills and competences
Faster start-up and revenue generation

We have extensive experience running pulp mill shutdowns

over 100

shutdowns executed annually around the globe

Questions?

Whether it’s a single process survey, equipment maintenance, shutdown management or full maintenance, don’t hesitate to contact your closest Valmet Service Center for guidance.

Annual clock and maintenance shutdown planning cycle

You can concentrate on your business and secure the best possible condition of your critical production equipment. We plan and implement annual/major shutdowns professionally and you avoid cost and schedule overruns.

We have a unified way to serve to ensure repeated high performance throughout ever shutdown

Working safely
Listening to you
Being responsive and committed
Delivering what has been agreed.

Tail cutting solutions for board and paper machines

References and articles

Safety in shutdown management

Safety is essential in shutdown management. Valmet is committed to improving the health, safety and environmental performance of its operations and of the industries it serves.

Trust is earned every day. On site and remotely.

Valmet Field Services rely on mutual understanding.

More intelligent maintenance with big data analytics

By analyzing big data from a production line, it is possible to increase maintenance efficiency, improve availability and optimize maintenance costs.

Daily maintenance the Valmet way

Sharing know-how improves winder performance

Today’s winding processes are highly automated with fewer operators and maintenance people involved. To enable even better winder performance, Valmet has developed a new way to systematically work together with the customers.

Maintenance planning ensures availability

In a major mill or plant investment project, the cost of maintenance planning is just a drop in the ocean. However, it pays for itself many times over through high availability and better results.

Increased efficiency through maintenance

Faced with tough competition, papermakers are seeking maximum profitability and optimum production efficiency in their operations. One success factor is a reliable predictive maintenance culture. Whatever the maintenance need or strategy is, Valmet provides optimal maintenance solutions and services for it.

Results through performance agreements

Valmet’s performance agreement is a mill-wide development program targeted at perfecting the customer’s production line. Following this systematic development approach, Valmet improves and maintains the customer’s competitiveness.

Sappi Kirkniemi relies on Valmet

The pulp and paper industry faces major challenges in improving the economics of their operations. Papermakers are seeking new ways to concentrate on core business of making paper. Kirkniemi mill has taken advantage of Valmet’s skills and expertise to maintain critical machinery and secure production line availability.

A vote of confidence in performance-based mill maintenance

Saica has contracted Metso Mill Service (MMS)* to be the sole provider of maintenance services, from the recovered paper conveyors to the new reel warehouse, at its new 400,000 tpy Partington, UK mill, near Manchester. The concept focuses on a machine performance and productivity model which has been partially tested in Spain. *Valmet as of January 1, 2014