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Industry data: paper towels the hygienic choice for hand drying

Hygiene is of course a top concern for tissue makers, and leading research in this area is offering good news for the industry. While trends in hand drying have lately emphasized electric dryers, recent scientific studies have repeatedly shown that traditional one-use towels are far more effective at reducing the spread of bacteria. This data could have a significant impact on consumer demand in coming years.

A pilot for products and people

Meet the team at Valmet Tissue Technology Center in Karlstad who are currently in full speed with various production trials at the pilot machine to further understand and develop the Advantage QRT Technology, but also to increase the knowledge within Valmet.

The future of metallization

The Yankee cylinder is the heart of a tissue machine and its surface is critical to production output and creping quality. Unfortunately, constant exposure to chemicals, wet tissue, internal steam pressure and high surface temperatures leads to surface wear and corrosion.

Valmet’s Sustainability360° Agenda covers water efficiency and closed water cycles

Valmet's tissue mill technology has reduced average mill water consumption by 80% since 1990.

Flow control partner spotlight: SBE Flow Control

Valmet’s channel partner community provides a valuable network to support our flow control customers all over the world. This time, our partner spotlight takes us to India. We interviewed Mr. Bineet Kumar Suman from SBE Flow Control Pvt. Ltd.

WavStar has the “Wow!” factor in Hallsta

“The poor capacity of our disc filters was causing us major problems and we decided to give Valmet’s WavStar filter bags a try. Now that we’ve evaluated the results after the filters have been running for more than two years, we can see the benefits, the major one being in the increased capacity," says Patrik Jansson of Holmen.

Refining rebuild at Savon Sellu

“We believe that the unique refining principle of the OptiFiner Pro gives us an advantage. As a bonus, we use 30% less energy while achieving the same freeness values as before", tells Tapio Laukkanen about the results of a refining rebuild at Savon Sellu.

Better performance, step by step

Holmen Paper teamed up with Valmet in order to support and speed up the performance of PM 11 and PM 12 at Holmen’s mill in Hallstavik, Sweden. "We needed someone who could combine all the challenges we have to improve our production," says Per-Arne Andersson, the production manager.

Mutual benefits from the changing environment

Interview with Laura Puustjärvi, Head of Sustainability at Valmet: The changing business environment creates new opportunities for Valmet and for its customers.

Tissue Making Conference 2014

The Tissue Making Days are pleased to present speakers both from the tissue business as well as from other areas talking about changes in society, in consumer habits and in use of raw material and many other topics.