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Valmet rebuild enables Metsä Tissue to reduce their carbon footprint

The rebuild of Metsä Tissue’s PM 10 recently started up in Mänttä mill in Finland and has proven to increase the production capacity by 15% and improved product quality and energy efficiency.

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Drying Section Performance Agreement aims for increased safety and sustainability

Did you know that the drying section consumes as much as 70% of all energy needed in the tissue-making process and therefore is a tissue mill’s major source of CO2? Or that the huge Yankee cylinder taking care of the drying process is a pressurized vessel filled with hot steam, causing a safety risk if not maintained appropriately?

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Valmet and ICT France celebrate together – 15,000,000 km of tissue paper produced in ten years

Valmet and the tissue paper manufacturer ICT have been collaborating closely for 10 years. When ICT’s mill in Pannes, France, reached an important milestone earlier this year, 10 years of production on its PM31, Valmet was there to share the joy.

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Release the full potential of tissue production

With Valmet’s energy-efficient and sustainable solutions for tissue machines you can achieve better reel, winder and press section performance. Additionally, you can reduce broke in the tissue reel and do press nip optimization. Read more about our comprehensive offering that includes roll grinding, polyurethane roll cover, roll service agreements for tissue production.

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Deliver instant results by replacing a traditional shoe press with Valmet’s Advantage ViscoNip press

Investing in the right components can be essential for elevating the results. Records have shown that by replacing a traditional shoe press and instead investing in the Valmet Advantage ViscoNip press can make a huge difference - from one day to another.

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Dialogue with data is all about people

At Valmet Performance Center (VPC), the collection of data and tissue production improvements have a direct correlation. But it’s the shared knowledge from the people behind that really makes it happen. We visited the VPC for Tissue in Karlstad to find out how this all comes together in reality.



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Debottlenecking of paper machine and tissue machine at Orient Paper Mills

The mill was not able to run the tissue and the paper machine at desing speed due to vibrations. The issues were resolved successfully and paved the way for a performance agreement to improve production and efficiency improvement of the two machines.

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Refiner segment solution for tissue broke flakes at OKI Pulp and Paper in Indonesia

PMP (Paper Machinery Producer) is a global provider of tissue, paper and board technology and services for heavy industries. They turned to Valmet as they struggled with white spots from tissue broke.

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Yankee Dryer Internal Upgrade Increases Drying Efficiency at von Drehle Corporation in North Carolina

Read how von Drehle and Valmet teams partnered together to update the Yankee internal equipment with a new Valmet double long straw design

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World tissue production record at Aktül Kagit in Turkey

Aktul started their first Valmet machine in 2011 and the second in 2016. Today their third Advantage DCT machine is on its way. But already in 2015, they reached their first production record on TM1, of 74,000 tons in one year. Read about how they managed to beat their own record with TM1 again as the shining star.

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Smooth start-up of four Valmet Hybrid machines at Vinda in China

Vinda is a leading supplier of hygiene products in Asia. To improve their market position they have invested in four Hybrid machines to produce ultra-premium quality tissue different products at a significant lower energy costs than other mature structured tissue technologies.

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Rapid start-up of second Advantage DCT line at Velvet CARE in Poland

Great teamwork and well proven technology paved the way for the super-efficient startup of the new Advantage DCT line at Velvet CARE’s Klucze mill in Poland.



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Improve safety and refining performance with Valmet Refiner Segments – Pro safe

Reduce refining intensity and extend the life of disk refiner segments, while also providing a safer way to operate. Valmet Refiner Segments – Pro safe are 75% lighter than traditional cast disk refiner segments and can move refining performance forward. Let Valmet be your co-driver for success!

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Tissue Talks LIVE: Absorption from high yield pulp

What is high yield pulp and how can it be used in tissue making? Jens Hallendorf from Rottneros, our Tissue Talks partner, will tell us more about it!

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Tissue Talks LIVE: The many usages of Microfibrillated Cellulose - MFC

The goal of this Tissue Talks speaker is to “bring the next great opportunity to the paper industry”. And by working with a team of Valmet experts and researchers in collaboration with University of Maine, his vision has a good chance to become reality. David Cowles, Global Market Development Manager, Nanotechnologies at Valmet, is the right person to guide us through what micro fibrillated cellulose is and the many different ways it can be used.

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Tissue Talks LIVE: Pulp made from bagasse for tissue making

Mr. Pawan Agrawal from Naini Group is sharing his experience with pulp based on bagasse, the residue that remains after sugarcane stalks are crushed and their juice extracted.

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Tissue Talks LIVE: Wheat Straw

Columbia Pulp saw an environmental problem in the neighborhood and managed to turn it into a sustainable product. Let’s hear their story!

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Reach your targets through successful collaboration

Together we customize the agreement to your needs such as access to experts, high quality products & services, financial stability, or performance.

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