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From OCC to board and beyond

Today’s board makers aim for stable production and consistent end-product quality. At the same time, the increasing variety of recycled raw materials in OCC lines makes this more difficult. How can you control the production process despite these variations?

A perfect project realization by APP and Valmet teams joint efforts

Since the first tissue machine’s successful startup on June 26, 2021, Valmet has completed the delivery and startups for 18 IntelliTissue machines and 2 DCT200 machines for APP Rudong mill by December 30, 2022. The last of these twenty machines, dubbed TM26, churned out its first jumbo roll just before the end of the year 2022.

Second Advantage DCT 135 machine to Crecia-Kasuga in Japan

Valmet and Kawanoe Zoki are once again collaborating in delivering a tissue production line to Crecia-Kasuga Co., Ltd in Japan. The new Advantage DCT 135HS machine will add 40.000 annual tons capacity to the Fuji mill.

Do you know how to keep your wash press in perfect shape throughout its entire lifecycle?

Valmet is the one-stop-shop for all wash press related services regardless of the brand – be it spare parts or consumables, services such as shutdown planning, roll reconditioning, or maintenance services, or various upgrade or improvement projects boosting performance, safety or sustainability.

Ceramic coating technology significantly enhances production efficiency: A case study from a mill in Central China

In the paper industry, equipment stability and production efficiency are crucial for the sustainable development of mills. A paper mill in Central China specializing in machines producing low-basis weight products recently encountered a series of challenges, including frequent web breaks, sticky pulp accumulation on the center roll surface, and a short doctor blade life. The mill partnered with Valmet to address these issues and enhance both production efficiency and equipment stability. This collaboration yielded significant improvements, demonstrating the effectiveness of ceramic coating technology in overcoming operational hurdles.

Discover how Valmet Sizer Roll Cover CF improves sizer operational efficiency

Ningbo Asia Pulp & Paper’s PM 2 started operations in 2014, with a designed operating speed of 1,400 m/min. It mainly produces white cardboard and liquid packaging board. As the global benchmark machine for white cardboard production, the current maximum operating speed has surpassed 1,500 m/min.

An audit reveals equipment condition for maintenance planning

Do you know how your stock preparation equipment and rolls are really doing? Valmet audits provide a quick, economical and effective way to check whether your assets are performing at their best and to take action to optimize them.

Digitalization driving the development of remote maintenance services

In recent years, advances in connectivity, big data and digitalization have often promised to bring significant benefits to industry. Now, with the Valmet Industrial Internet, we are using data to deliver a better kind of maintenance service, as well as performance optimization services.

Valmet’s new premium calender covers – the ultimate high performers

Wear and impact resistance, as well as reliability, are entering another level with two newcomers to the Valmet Calender Roll Cover CL product family. In addition to graphical papers, they are suitable for specialty papers, as well as container and packaging boards.

Valmet repairs Kipaş Kağıt’s board machine in earthquake-hit Turkey

Many of us remember the two devastating earthquakes and numerous aftershocks that hit southeast Turkey and Syria in February this year. In addition to more than 50,000 fatalities, countless homes, schools and businesses were damaged or destroyed. At Kipaş Kağıt’s mill in Kahramanmaraş, the machine hall and board machine PM 1 were severely harmed.