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Papeles y Conversiones de México partners with Valmet to optimize machine efficiency with successful press section rebuild

Enhanced performance and partnership: Celebrating the success of the PM 1 press section rebuild with PCM.

Full focus on Tissue at Fadereco

Fadereco in Algeria selected Valmets Reelite T to be able to meet their customers’ demand and avoid bottlenecks in their production. They wanted to invest in a rewinder dedicated to the converters with small reels and that was reliable and easy to operate. Valmet’s Reelite T turned out to be what they were aiming for.

Tissue seminar Abu Dhabi

In Mid-April Valmet organized a tissue technology seminar in Abu Dhabi to celebrate 40 years of presence in Middle East

SCA starts world’s largest softwood pulp line

The world’s biggest production line for bleached softwood kraft pulp is now up and running in Sweden. SCA’s massive Helios project, which involved a complete rebuild of the existing Östrand pulp mill, is a textbook example of how a successful project should be executed.

CMPC Guaíba pulp mill becomes totally odorless

CMPC Riograndense Ltda’s Guaíba pulp mill in Brazil no longer emits any hazardous or malodorous gases into the environment. They are efficiently controlled and destroyed by Valmet’s non-condensable gas (NCG) treatment system – probably the most comprehensive one in the world.

Joining forces for innovation with SAICA El Burgo's new off-line coating machine

SAICA was aiming for improved quality, reduced costs, and responsible fiber use, but it found itself with innovative coated white top liner grades with better properties than they bargained for. This was a result of three partners – SAICA, Valmet and pigment supplier Omya – joining forces.

Valmet continues to invest in its pilot facilities

Valmet’s Paper Technology Center in Järvenpää, Finland, provides the best available paper finishing piloting trials. To be even better and to correspond more accurately to the mill environment, the sizing section at the pilot facility has been updated with new spray beams, rolls, hard roll covers and web heating system.

Automated paper acclimatization, one of the best improvements in paper analysis in recent years

A Northern European containerboard producer has replaced its older automatic paper analyzer with a new Valmet Paper Lab. The mill was looking to have acclimatization in paper analysis to improve both the accuracy and deviation of the measurement.

YFY Group China:Valmet Paper Lab stabilizes quality and reduces costs

China’s Yuen Foong Yu Yangzhou paper mill relies on automated laboratory testing with Valmet Paper Lab to ensure its container board meets the most critical requirements. Key benefits reported by the mill include higher frequency of tests, better repeatability, less manual labor and faster feedback time to the operators.

Mpact Piet Retief trusts Valmet Blade Consistency Measurement

Mpact Piet Retief installed new 4th generation Valmet Blade Consistency Measurements to pulper, dump tank, and chests.