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Valmet IQ quality control system at Metsä Tissue’s Mänttä mill

"The new scanner and measurements operated right from the word go and we were back in production."

Valmet IQ - The smart way forward in quality management

For pulp and paper producers, the business environment has never been tougher. To meet the demands for ever more competitive and efficient production Valmet introduces a totally product family concept for on-line quality control and monitoring of the paper making process.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Enforcing new sustainability requirements

In 2015, Valmet communicated its Sustainable Supply Chain policy and the requirements set therein to all its active, around 9,000 suppliers globally.

Raw material savings with refining rebuild - JSC Arkhangelsk PPM

JSC Arkhangelsk PPM, the biggest containerboard manufacturer in Russia, has recently invested significantly as they strive to increase capacity, product quality, cost efficiency and sustainability. OptiFiner Pro refiners helped the Novodvinsk mill to meet its targets with an upgraded stock preparation system.

Towards improved environmental efficiency

In 2015, Valmet took steps towards improved environmental efficiency in all production facilities. Our focus was on rationalizing the production footprint, upgrading existing processes, and applying best available technologies. In this article, Valmet’s Global HSE manager, Victoria Larsson comments a few topical questions.