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Looking back on 2020: how we supported Save the Children’s work in India

Last year was extremely challenging all over the world and the effects of COVID-19 have also been present in Valmet’s social responsibility work.

Augmented reality – the new era in mill maintenance

VR, AR, MR, XR… Does it feel like the virtual world is difficult or even pointless to enter? If the answer’s yes, now’s the time to do something about it. Virtual tools are making a breakthrough in the industrial environment, bringing possibilities never seen before.

What can we learn from the energy industry about mill-wide optimization?

Although making mills and plants fully autonomous is still a strategic target for many pulp and paper companies, some industries are already seeing positive concrete results from large-scale autonomous operations.

Transparent communication improves workplace wellbeing

Workplace wellbeing has a positive impact on employee productivity, but too often the wellbeing actions in the company are not visible enough.

Continuous improvement is about making minor enhancements every day

How to make quality happen? Most often, the secret of quality lies not in major activities but in minor changes made in daily operations.

In the end, digitalization has a lot to do with people

Moving toward more autonomous mills or plants will highlight rather than neglect the importance of operators’ capabilities. Operators will need to be able to understand how the whole system works, as they will have more extensive tools at their disposal.

My role in sustainability: Creating valuable products from waste streams

When I think about sustainability, I always wonder whether the responsibility of being sustainable is more personal or professional responsibility. From my point of view, it is both, and therefore my personal and professional life choices are always filtered out through a lens called ‘sustainability’.

The data is there – are you bold enough to hop on board?

The pace of product development is ever accelerating, fueled by factors such as the rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI). As the tools for processing a huge amount of data nowadays exist, manufacturing companies are be able to take a quantum leap and make quick step changes. A massive amount of data is already available – waiting to be harnessed for value creation.

The perfect is the enemy of the good

In the spring of 2013, I was asked to start planning IT for a new company. At that point, the company did not yet have a name. Metso had just announced that it would start preparing a demerger into two independent listed companies.

My 20 years in Corporate Training: 5 Lessons Learned