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The highly durable CalPanther calender roll cover works with all paper and board grades

M-real Kirkniemi is pleased with the performance of Valmet's CalPanther composite calender roll cover, especially its durability.

Proven by tests: Valmet Black Belt has highest impact strength

The most important property of a shoe press belt, used in paper and board machines, is its toughness, in all probability. Tough material survives in even the hardest and fastest impact situations. In tests made at Tampere University of Technology, Valmet Black Belt showed the best impact resistance compared to other belt designs.

Tune up your profiles and runnability with iRoll Sizer

PM 2 at the Stora Enso Anjala mill offers a good example of how the iRoll Sizer, Valmet’s intelligent roll for the sizer, can help to solve runnability challenges and optimize coat weight profiles.

New Valmet is ready to serve!

For a couple of weeks' time now the customers of Metso’s former Pulp, Paper and Power businesses have been dealing with a new, independent company, bearing the renowned, time-honored name of Valmet. The new company was born on December 31, 2013.

Precise roll grinding with 3D roll shape measurement

Every customer has their own particular dimensional tolerances for board and paper machine roll grinding. A fast, reliable and accurate 3D grinding process is vital to meet those specific needs. Valmet’s experts take advantage of the latest 3D technology to guarantee precise profile and roundness shapes.

In the spotlight: Fernando Carroquino of SAICA Paper

Fernando Carroquino, Industrial Director of SAICA Paper, shares his thoughts about the challenges containerboard makers are facing, especially from energy efficiency, lightweight and sustainability points of view.

World-class tissue making in Bajio, Mexico

Kimberly-Clark’s Bajio mill in Mexico houses four tissue machines, a de-inking plant, several converting lines and a staff of just over 1,000 people. Their most recent tissue machine installation, an Advantage DCT 200 line, started up in 2014.

QCS Maintenance: Uptime plus extra value by On-site Expert

A European mill has found that Valmet’s in mill expert service can improve papermaking performance.

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.

Augmented Reality Re-defines Predictive Maintenance

Visualizing mill repairs through wireless measurements, smart phones, smart glasses and cloud computing will revolutionize maintenance prediction and lower costs.