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Palm Aalen PM 5 – a sustainable investment for the next 50 years

PM 5 at the Papierfabrik Palm Aalen-Neukochen site in Germany is the world’s widest high-capacity containerboard line. It is an investment for the next 50 years and has been producing high-quality and sellable board since the start-up in July, 2021.

Valmet and Metsä Group celebrate the inauguration of 3D fiber product pilot plant

Valmet and Metsä Group celebrated the official inauguration of 3D fiber product pilot plant in Äänekoski, Finland on August 22, 2022. The investment project was decided in fall 2020 and the operations at the pilot plant began in May 2022. The pilot plant was inaugurated by Petri Honkonen, Minister of Science and Culture, Ilkka Hämälä, President and CEO of Metsä Group and Pasi Laine, President and CEO of Valmet.

Varel: significant capacity increase with Valmet’s winding technology

Papier- und Kartonfabrik Varel is reaching for an annual production capacity of one million tons of corrugated board during the next few years. To further improve the performance of its PM 4, it invested in Valmet’s state-of-the-art winding technology.

Improving product quality and saving energy with Valmet IQ at Zhejiang Jingxing Paper in China

The moisture profile 2-sigma improved more than 60%, and the sheet dryness increased over 1.5%. The energy consumption level greatly decreased as a result.

Rebuilding for better packaging

“A company that makes the world beautiful” with packaging – Ajin P&P’s slogan becomes even more true now that the company’s smart factory plan has just been approved by the Korean government.

A new start with an OCC grade conversion at Burgo Verzuolo PM 9

In 2020, Burgo's Verzuolo converted their existing paper machine to OCC board grades. This meant high-quality grades with minimal virgin fibers and low operating costs. Everyone involved was very pleased with the results.

Reliable and accurate retention measurement at Stora Enso Skoghall

With Valmet RM3 Stora Enso Skoghall has optimized it's chemical usage and now has a better understanding of what is going on in all five wet ends.

Retention measurement for a secure start-up

Four Valmet RM3 sensors were supplied to Stora Enso Varkaus to measure wet end consistencies with the exclusive ability to monitor both total and true ash consistency from the process for active fines retention management.

Valmet’s multinip calender: finalist in engineering contest

Valmet’s OptiCalender Multinip has been selected as a finalist in Finnish Engineering Contest. OptiCalender Multinip is a major invention that revolutionized traditional multinip calendering technology with a simple mechanical solution. The invention was made in 1993 and stands the test of time. Over the years, Valmet has so far manufactured and sold calenders based on the invention worth an estimated EUR 1 billion.

QCS replacement boosts linerboard quality, productivity at Smurfit Kappa Ania BM 3

If a new system can deliver a boost in quality and an increase in productivity or lower costs at the same time, it’s an ideal situation. That’s exactly what happened at Smurfit Kappa’s Ania board mill, when the mill replaced an aging system on BM3 with Valmet IQ.