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Valve management service provides production reliability for maintenance shutdowns at Outokumpu’s steel plant

The Outokumpu steel plant is an impressive sight next to the Gulf of Bothnia in Tornio. Despite being Outokumpu’s largest plant, it is very compact with everything close by. The plant produces stainless steel, and its history dates back to the 1960s. Its cooperation with Valmet has spanned decades. “Cooperation has always been key,” says Aleksi Korteniemi, Category Manager, Outokumpu.

Advantage NTT working well in Mexico

Both the operations and sales people at Papel San Francisco in Mexico are happy with their Advantage NTT textured tissue machine from Valmet.

Recausticizing filter fabrics on top of the game

Innovative filter fabrics are the result of demand in the pulp industry. When a pulp mill customer invests in recausticizing equipment, Valmet’s filter fabrics are most probably doing the dirty work.

LuleKraft is well prepared for the IE directive

As of January 2016, all existing large combustion power plants in the EU area will have to abide by the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED). One of the forerunners in Sweden in fulfilling the new emission monitoring and reporting requirements is LuleKraft AB in Luleå.

Summary of Valmet's sustainability progress in 2015

In 2015, Valmet progressed systematically with its sustainability agenda. We continued our strong focus on ensuring responsible supply chain practices, improved operational safety and realized a significant increase in employee engagement. As a token of our strong overall sustainability work, Valmet was selected to the Dow Jones World Sustainability Index as being among the 317 most sustainable companies in world for the second year in a row.

Down with NOx emissions

Helen Ltd has reduced the already low NOx emissions from its Salmisaari B power plant in Helsinki, Finland, with Valmet’s efficient Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system that employs urea instead of ammonia.

Optical measurement technologies project started

Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation, Tekes is funding so far the biggest joint project on optical measurement in Finland. The research parties are Valmet Automation, VTT and Tampere University of Technology with several small and medium size companies. The Terävä project parties are motivated by the potential new business areas especially around quality controlling for web-like products as well as within medical, food, packaging and electronics industries.

Valmet discusses smart water management in Slush

As part of the Slush evening for circular and clean solutions, Valmet participated a panel discussion arranged by the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra. The discussion revolved around smart water and marine solutions.

Valmet acquires tissue rewinder business from Massimiliano Corsini srl

On August 6, 2015, Valmet's acquisition of Massimiliano Corsini srl's tissue rewinder business was completed. The acquired company mainly supply rewinders for tissue and non-woven machines. The operations employ 33 people and are located in Pescia, close to Lucca Italy and the new name of the company is Valmet Pescia.

Making a big difference to ethylene project engineering

As demand for ethylene rises, so does the need for valve solutions that offer maximum reliability, safety and performance. After safety, uptime is a major determinant of whether an ethylene plant can be sustainably profitable in an increasingly competitive global market.