News and stories about services for pulp, tissue, paper and energy

Valmet hosts inaugural Roll Maintenance School in Mexico, showcasing customer excellence through training

May 16, 2025

Valmet’s first Roll Maintenance School in Mexico brought together 40+ participants for hands-on training and bilingual learning—highlighting our growing commitment to customer support across Latin America.

Celebrating 25 years of achievements and shared purpose in Beloit, Wisconsin

May 15, 2025

Discover how Valmet’s 2000 acquisition of Beloit Corporation’s paper machine service business helped build a foundation for strong OEM expertise in North America.

DS Smith and Valmet team up for maintenance excellence

May 9, 2025

In 2024, DS Smith signed a multi-year maintenance agreement with Valmet, ensuring a smooth maintenance establishment for the PM 3 as well as developing well-planned maintenance operations for the entire mill.

Valmet introduces revolutionary protective garments to improve boiler operation safety

May 8, 2025

Discover Valmet's new Smelt Protective Garments designed to improve safety for pulp mill personnel working around chemical recovery boilers. These innovative garments offer protection against heat, burn, and corrosive injuries, ensuring comfort and visibility for users. Learn more about the features and certifications of these groundbreaking protective garments.

Ensuring board quality with multiple coating stations in JK Paper Limited BM 5

May 5, 2025

JK Paper Limited invested in a new coated board making line BM 5 at their Songadh mill in India. The 4.25-meter-wide board machine, which started up in 2021, produces folding boxboard and solid bleached board. Despite the delays and challenges caused by the global pandemic, now, three years later, the results are good: the quality of the board has been excellent, and the efficiency of the mill has improved.

Metsä Group Punkaharju mill reduces dust emissions with an ESP upgrade

May 2, 2025

Metsä Group’s Punkaharju Kerto LVL plywood mill's power boiler went through an electrostatic precipitator upgrade in 2024.

LEIPA’s Schrobenhausen mill: Valmet Black Belt fulfills all the requirements for a high-quality shoe press belt

Apr 29, 2025

A high-quality shoe press belt is characterized by optimum dewatering performance, high mechanical stability, long service life and energy efficiency. At LEIPA Georg Leinfelder GmbH’s Schrobenhausen mill in Germany, Valmet Black Belt has met all the expectations.

Olvi installs Valmet’s electrostatic precipitator (ESP)

Apr 28, 2025

The installation of Valmet Electrostatic Precipitator (ESP) brings improved reliability and performance in emission control for Olvi Group.

Video: Automation upgrade accelerates sustainable growth at Melitta

Watch the video: Melitta partnered with Valmet to modernize their distributed control and quality control system, with a focus on improving production efficiency, sustainability and internal collaboration.

How we live sustainability at Valmet – Environmental efficiency through services

Every day, Valmet’s Field Services Professionals around the world work with our customers to ensure continuous operational and environmental efficiency of their production processes. Meet our Senior Service Specialist Carlos!

Save energy without major investments

Hear from Warren Bian at Valmet Performance Centre in China how one of our customers has achieved energy savings through optimization of steam and gas consumption, without major investments.

Safer and quicker top slitter exchange in Japan

Mar 17, 2025

A paper producer in Japan is enhancing their off-machine coater with Valmet Quick Change Slitter Holder. This upgrade aims to boost operational efficiency and safety standards. Key targets include improving cutting quality, reducing slitter changing time, extending blade lifetime, and increasing operational safety.

Longer lifetime with Valmet Top Slitter Blade

Feb 4, 2025

The customer's target is to extend the lifetime of the top slitter blade. As a result, they installed Valmet Top Slitter Blades with superior slitting quality. The lifetime increased fourfold, from 7 days to 29 days.

Increased roll lifetime with Valmet Press Roll Cover PL-V

Jan 30, 2025

A tissue producer in Southeast Asia faced challenges in increasing the lifetime of their suction touch roll cover. Initially, the customer was using a blind-drilled rubber cover. To enhance roll performance, extend its lifespan, and ensure excellent end product quality, a new solution was required.

Maintenance-free with reliable lifetime of Valmet Clothing Guide Valve

Dec 23, 2024

Pindo Deli - Perawang Mill Blok 4 in Indonesia faced the challenge of high maintenance costs due to the short operational lifetimes of their conventional clothing guide valves. To address this, they implemented the Valmet Clothing Guide Valve. This solution resulted in lower costs with interchangeable spare units, less maintenance with common functionality, reduced wear on machine clothing, and minimized failure risk.

Short lead time of Valmet Calender Roll Cover CL-EC

Nov 29, 2024

PT. Riau Andalan Paperboard International, part of the April Group, offers a wide range of pulp, paper, and board products from their Kerinchi mill. They requested Valmet with manufacturing the Valmet Calender Roll Cover CL-EC (Extreme Conditions) within 28 days, despite the challenge of limited spare rolls and shells. Valmet successfully manufactured the roll cover at their Cikarang Service Center within 22 days, ensuring high quality and fulfilling the customer’s request.

Increased sizer roll cover running time with Valmet support

Oct 25, 2024

PT. Tjiwi Kimia PM11 in Indonesia is a high speed coated fine paper line with significant annual production, where uninterrupted reliable running time is of the utmost importance. Cover change interval can be one limiting factor. The mill chose the Valmet service experts from Cikarang to aid in taking a step forward in sizer cover running time, forming a winning team together.

Hanchang Paper Yangsan mill: Effective wax removal with Valmet Hydrocyclone

Oct 7, 2024

Hanchang Paper´s Yangsan mill in Korea chose Valmet Hydrocyclone SLP RC to improve the wax removal in their OCC line. Valmet´s technology was selected for its effectiveness in removing light weight rejects. Results showed significant reduction in wax, leading to fewer sheet breaks and zero wax-related claims.

Energy savings and improved runnability – dryer fabric service agreement with Siam Kraft

Jun 5, 2024

Valmet and Siam Kraft Industry Co., Ltd.'s PM16 at the Ban Pong mill in Thailand have a service agreement for dryer fabrics. The two-year contract, covering 2022 to 2024 ensures energy savings and enhanced runnability of the machine's dryer section.