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Arne Asplund Mechanical Pulping Award 2024

The Arne Asplund Mechanical Pulping Award 2024 has been granted Professor Thomas Granfeldt.

Changing the global textile industry for the better

Circulose dissolving pulp is created by using cellulose from discarded textiles. This is then spun into new soft and breathable textile materials like viscose and lyocell. Big brands like Levi’s, Calvin Klein, H&M, and Tommy Hilfiger are already using it and Valmet supplied the technology for the first industrial-scale production line.

The path to mill-wide optimization: Interview with Valmet experts

Improving mill production in both cost reduction and quality control is often compartmental. Tuning individual subprocesses helps, but taking a mill-wide view of optimization shows the true potential. We interviewed Timo Laurila and Matti Selkälä to learn more.

Streamlining operations: Innovations in contaminant removal and automation

Effortless contamination control - Valmet Protection Screen DX transforms mill operations with compact design, automatic purging, and real-time monitoring.

Rewarding university graduates for excellent thesis works

As part of the Finnish forest products engineers’ autumn seminar the Valmet Sustainable Pulping Award was given out to two recent graduates.

Valmet strengthens links with Swedish universities

Valmet is currently collaborating with many universities and has now increased its presence on university campuses further south in Sweden. Tomas Vikström of Valmet was recently appointed part-time Professor at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, working with Fiber Processes and he will teach courses at master and doctoral level.

Commissioning under the midnight sun

At the same time Kemi, and other places north of the Arctic Circle, were enjoying the midnight sun, hectic work continued at Metsä Fibre’s bioproduct mill project site. The project has reached a commissioning phase, which precedes the start-up.

Valmet Fiber Flash Dryer – A flexible and energy-efficient new concept

The demand for CTMP lines in recent years has driven Valmet to further develop its flash drying technology. The result is a flexible and energy-efficient system that can be scaled to the optimal size, using the best heat source at each pulp mill.

The BioCMPC project – A leap in sustainability and operational efficiency

BioCMPC – a major upgrade and modernization project of CMPC Guaíba mill’s line 2 – opens the next chapter in the mill’s story. The investment will result in a major leap in the mill’ sustainability and operational efficiency, and increase their annual pulp production capacity by 350 thousand tonnes.

Turning up the volume of CTMP production at SCA Ortviken

The demand for newsprint and magazine paper in the world has decreased. To adapt to this change, SCA decided to shut down the production of newsprint and LWC at their Ortviken mill and focus on producing CTMP pulp instead.