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Stora Enso's Kvarnsveden mill first in Sweden to install Valmet Doctor Blade Dual
“Daring to take the plunge and test the new Valmet Doctor Blade Dual wasn’t exactly a difficult choice,” comments Lennart Johansson, Assistant Superintendent for Stora Enso Kvarnsveden’s PM 12.
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A vote of confidence in performance-based mill maintenance
Saica has contracted Metso Mill Service (MMS)* to be the sole provider of maintenance services, from the recovered paper conveyors to the new reel warehouse, at its new 400,000 tpy Partington, UK mill, near Manchester. The concept focuses on a machine performance and productivity model which has been partially tested in Spain. *Valmet as of January 1, 2014
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Mondi Świecie ECO7:Economy meets ecology
“I see Mondi Świecie emerging as the preferred solutions provider for containerboard in Europe. Customers will automatically identify it as the best supplier, and competitors will identify it as the best benchmark,” says Maciej Kunda, CEO of Mondi Świecie SA.
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New technology for PressJade coatings
The novel nanomaterials technology improves the long-term runnability of center rolls and cuts maintenance costs.
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Sintered brake pads for demanding brake applications
Sintered brake pads are the answer to the braking challenges of today’s paper and board machines.
Insights ● ArticleBetter performance, step by step
Holmen Paper teamed up with Valmet in order to support and speed up the performance of PM 11 and PM 12 at Holmen’s mill in Hallstavik, Sweden. "We needed someone who could combine all the challenges we have to improve our production," says Per-Arne Andersson, the production manager.
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Refining rebuild at Savon Sellu
“We believe that the unique refining principle of the OptiFiner Pro gives us an advantage. As a bonus, we use 30% less energy while achieving the same freeness values as before", tells Tapio Laukkanen about the results of a refining rebuild at Savon Sellu.
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WavStar has the “Wow!” factor in Hallsta
“The poor capacity of our disc filters was causing us major problems and we decided to give Valmet’s WavStar filter bags a try. Now that we’ve evaluated the results after the filters have been running for more than two years, we can see the benefits, the major one being in the increased capacity," says Patrik Jansson of Holmen.
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Valmet Customer Days - customers from 35 countries
Over 200 Valmet customers gathered to Stockholm in October. The event focus was on the results of long term cooperation, sustainability, energy and pulp & paper innovations, the benefits of Industrial Internet and Shared Journey Forward.
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Sappi Kirkniemi cuts coating machine (CM 3) drying costs
“Working together with Valmet we improved the energy efficiency of coating machine 3,” says Matti Korhonen, Assistant Process and Quality Manager. “We have been very pleased with the results. We are now using close to 20% less gas-generated energy for drying coating than before.”
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