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Valmet’s strategy programs win in Excellence in Practice Awards

Valmet’s Forward Strategy and Fast Forward programs have been recognized as the best Organizational Development programs by The European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) in its annual Excellence in Practice Awards (EiP).

Supplier sustainability audit kicks off a cycle of positive developments

"All companies should demand responsible conduct from their suppliers and thus ensure they operate responsibly throughout the value chain. This means hard work, of course, but can really make a difference on our way towards a more sustainable future," says Laura Puustjärvi, Head of Sustainability at Valmet.

Stock preparation taken to new level with Valmet cleaning system

Smurfit Kappa was looking for a replacement cleaner system for its Wrexen Paper & Board mill’s PM3 line. The mill's current cleaners had reached the end of their technical lifecycle, and due to age, had become difficult to maintain. At the same time, the company also realized that it could improve its energy efficiency and the cleaner’s performance. The result was a decision to invest in Valmet’s cleaner technology.

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.

Valmet Bale Conveyor System - Modular and flexible

The new Valmet Bale Conveyor System offers increased performance and significant environmental savings. It makes maintenance easier to predict, and its modular design makes it flexible and easier to transport.

Headbox rebuild for Ahlström Munksjö’s Dettingen

The customers of Ahlström Munksjö’s Dettingen mill in Germany set high expectations of the quality and printability of decor paper used in furniture. The mill’s recent wet end rebuild has further improved paper strength, as well as decreased the grammage deviation.

Valmet investing in the future

Valmet upgrades its pilot machines in 2018 to support paper, board and tissue customers in moving their performance forward. The upgrades increase the flexibility of the pilot trial possibilities even more.

Accurate chip level measuring improves digester performance at Natron Hayat’s mill in Maglaj

A lesson in successful pulping learned when Natron Hayat replaced their Maglaj mill’s current measuring equipment with Valmet Chip Level Indicator.

Valmet and Metsä Spring begin construction of 3D fibre pilot plant

Valmet and Metsä Group's innovation company Metsä Spring begin the construction of the 3D fibre product pilot plant in Äänekoski, Finland. The greenfield pilot plant enables further research and development of the new wood-based packaging solution and its production process.

ShiveClean at APP leads to excellent refiner performance

When Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) decided to install a new BCTMP (bleached chemi-thermomechanical pulp) line at its Guangxi Jingui pulp and paper mill, it turned to Valmet. Since its start-up in mid-2013, the capacity of the line’s refiners and the lifetimes of their segments have reached remarkably high levels, and their energy consumption has been low