Water management

Successful market expansion through grade conversion rebuild – Cascades Containerboard Packaging – Bear Island

Dec 10, 2024

Article: Cascades selected Valmet as their partner for a strategic market expansion project in southeastern U.S. An old newsprint machine was acquired and converted to produce lightweight, high-quality, 100% recycled linerboard and corrugating medium for the North American market.

4-steps to resource efficiency: Quantify and discover the improvement potential for optimizing your production process

Apr 16, 2024

In our previous article about energy efficiency, we determined four steps with which, with our customers, we can improve their production line’s energy use. After completing benchmarking, the first of the four steps (see Figure 1 below), we have determined with the customer where their mill currently sits in terms of resource efficiency compared to the customer’s other mills or competitors. Let’s broaden those 4-steps to cover other resources besides just energy, as savings in water and raw mate...

Liansheng Pulp and Paper: big success with PM 1 carton board and PM 3 high-grade fine paper lines

Feb 27, 2024

Living up to expectations, Liansheng’s PM 1 carton board and PM 3 high-grade fine paper production lines have been recognized as a success not only by Liansheng, but also by their customers.

Guangdong Shanying: dedicated to intelligent, low-carbon manufacturing

Dec 13, 2023

With their new PM 52 and PM 53 lines, Guangdong Shanying aims to meet their low-carbon goals while setting industry benchmarks for intelligent manufacturing. Close cooperation with Valmet has enabled rapid start-up and exceptional efficiency.

Asia Symbol PM 13 advances to a new high

May 25, 2023

The construction and start-up of Asia Symbol Guangdong Paper’s (ASGD) PM 13 represents a new success. The project took just 17 months and started up on schedule in March 2022. Just four months later it reached a speed of 1,610 m/min.

Valmet introduces a new environmentally efficient solution for starch cooking

May 10, 2023

As part of its climate program, Valmet is committed to developing new process technologies to enable 100 percent carbon neutral production for its customers by 2030.

A 15-year collaboration has made Valmet an all-round developer for Liansheng Paper

Aug 12, 2021

During the past 15 years, Liansheng Paper has been deepening its cooperation with Valmet through several equipment deliveries to its sites in Changtai, Longhai and Zhangpu.

Yuen Foong Yu Paper pursuing the goal of zero waste

Apr 16, 2019

Three decades of cooperation between Yuen Foong Yu and Valmet continued in 2017 with a new OptiConcept M board-making line starting up successfully. The long-term cooperation is based on shared values and a focus on sustainability.

Successful market expansion through grade conversion rebuild – Cascades Containerboard Packaging – Bear Island

Dec 10, 2024

Video: Valmet was chosen as the selected partner by Cascades for their strategic market expansion project in southeastern U.S. They acquired an old newsprint machine that was converted to produce lightweight, high-quality, 100% recycled linerboard and corrugating medium for the North American market.

VPK Group’s grade conversion in Alizay

Sep 24, 2024

Watch the video to find out more on how VPK Group successfully transformed their Alizay mill in France. Originally producing fine paper grades, the mill’s paper machine has been rebuilt to produce recycled lightweight containerboard grades with less emissions. Cooperation has been the key to success.

Towards even more sustainable board and paper making

Oct 11, 2021

Sampo Immonen, Senior Manager Line R&D, discusses sustainability and carbor neutrality as key drivers when innovating new solutions. Focus of the discussion is how to reduce CO2 emissions in paper making.