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Insights 30.10.2024 Article

Enabling the energy transition with flow control solutions

As the power generation industry embraces the energy transition, Valmet is leveraging its extensive expertise with industrial gases to provide innovative flow control solutions. With a deep understanding of emerging technologies like green hydrogen production and carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), Valmet’s Flow Control business line is well-positioned to support the shift towards sustainable power generation practices.

Flow control Sustainability / CO2 reduction Digitalization Energy efficiency Automation Power-to-X Energy Process performance Quality

Insights 22.10.2024 Customer story

Melitta drives sustainable growth with automation

Melitta Group is a family-owned global leader in coffee and household products. It recently completed a major upgrade in its coffee filter paper production by replacing the previous automation system with Valmet DNA. The company partnered with Valmet to modernize their distributed control and quality control system, with a focus on improving production efficiency, sustainability and internal collaboration.

Automation Customers' voice Upgrades and rebuilds

Insights 18.10.2024 Customer story

Rauma pulp mill adopts Mill-Wide Optimization

Valmet Mill-Wide Optimization is helping Metsä Fibre become even more data driven at their pulp mill in Rauma. Forward-looking production trends help the team coordinate activities to improve production and sustainability.

Automation Customers' voice Digitalization Industrial Internet Industrial Internet for Pulp Process optimization Pulp

Insights 09.10.2024 Article

Turn change into success by optimizing your energy process

A blog by Petri Köykkä, Director, Process Performance Services explains how you can turn change in the energy market into success by optimizing your energy process. Two key benefits stand out: making more money out of more markets and achieving a fast return on investment.

Automation Process performance Energy efficiency

Insights 26.09.2024 Article

Beyond Circularity: Collaborative R&D for automated and digitalized industry

Automated and digitalized industry and services is one of the streams of the Beyond Circularity R&D program and ecosystem.

Beyond Circularity Automation Digitalization Innovation Sustainability / CO2 reduction

Insights 23.09.2024 Article

Aiming for net-zero with every decision – VPK Group’s grade conversion in Alizay, France

After successful collaboration in converting their Strasbourg mill in 2013, VPK again trusted Valmet with their grade conversion project in Alizay. Their paper machine now produces recycled lightweight containerboard grades with less emissions.

Grade conversions Container board Forming Headbox Pressing OptiPress Center Drying OptiRun cylinder drying Runnability systems Tail threading

Insights 17.09.2024 Article

The absolute necessity of reaching net-zero

Tuuli Kaskinen, CEO at Climate Leadership Coalition (CLC), explains why it’s crucial for manufacturers to reach net-zero, and what opportunities the green transition brings. As the largest non-profit climate business network in Europe, CLC believes that the transition to a sustainable world can be economically beneficial, viable and financeable.

Automation Beyond Circularity Sustainability / CO2 reduction Automation

Insights 01.09.2024 Article

Navigating the control system upgrades: How are they done on ships?

Upgrading a Damatic XD system to Valmet DNA is typically carried out in stages. The first stage involves upgrading the user interfaces, the system communication network, and the process controllers and gateway stations. The second stage then focuses on upgrading the I/O level. Let's explore each stage in this blog by Per Lie Syvertsen.

Automation Automation services Upgrades and Lifecycle Automation Upgrades and rebuilds Automation

Insights 20.08.2024 Customer story

Increasing quality and efficiency with Valmet’s automation and quality control at Mondi Ružomberok PM19

The Mondi Ružomberok mill, situated in the picturesque Liptov region of Slovakia, is a flagship facility in the Mondi network. The mill’s new production line, PM19, produces kraft top white, in a range spanning from 100 gsm to 200 gsm and an annual capacity of 300,000 tons – unmatched in Europe. This innovation along with increased production quality and efficiency was brought about through full automation integration, that only Valmet could provide.

Automation Automation system Distributed control system Quality management Quality control system (QCS) Availability / Reliability Performance Productivity Runnability Automation

Insights 13.08.2024 Article

Energie AG Umwelt Service in Austria optimizes its district heating network with Valmet DNA Advanced Process Control

The successful project makes the city of Wels more sustainable and efficient while securing its heat and energy supply.

Process optimization District heating optimization Boiler optimization Steam turbine automation Automation for energy Waste-to-energy Automation Energy

Insights 08.08.2024 Customer story

Achieving quality leap in self-adhesive labelling with Valmet IQ Moisturizer

Smith & McLaurin, a leading manufacturer of pressure-sensitive labels, tickets, and tag materials based in the UK, made a key investment in 2023 to elevate its product quality and production efficiency to a new level by replacing conventional steam moisturizer with Valmet IQ Moisturizer.

Automation Quality management Profilers Moisturizer Laminating and extrusion coating Automation

Insights 11.07.2024 Customer story

Ajin P&P boosts production excellence with Valmet IQ Moisturizer and Centerline Advisor

Ajin P&P has integrated Valmet's IQ Moisturizer and Centerline Advisor solutions into its PM2 and PM3 to enhance production processes and meet evolving customer needs.

Moisturizer Quality management Profilers Automation Digitalization Industrial Internet Industrial Internet VII applications Industrial Internet for Board and Paper Production capacity