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In the spotlight: Fernando Carroquino of SAICA Paper

Fernando Carroquino, Industrial Director of SAICA Paper, shares his thoughts about the challenges containerboard makers are facing, especially from energy efficiency, lightweight and sustainability points of view.

Value-added roll maintenance

“New roll modernization designs help to save not only downtime but also energy costs", says Ed Vandeveire, Head of Agreements for North America.

High dewatering capacity boosts biopellet plant efficiency

“With FeedMax, solids content in is now 50%, and out it’s at 40%, and that contributes a lot to our strong belief that bioenergy will play an important role in Swedish energy production,” says Henrik Palmlöf, Project Leader, Hedensbyn Bioenergikombinat.

New Valmet is ready to serve!

For a couple of weeks' time now the customers of Metso’s former Pulp, Paper and Power businesses have been dealing with a new, independent company, bearing the renowned, time-honored name of Valmet. The new company was born on December 31, 2013.

Steinbeis PM 4 increases its production capacity

"We are very pleased with the fact that the OptiDry Vertical dryer achieved the guaranteed drying capacity so fast and that the start-up was so easy."

OptiCleaner Pro maximizes fabric lifetime atPalm Wörth in Germany

Jürgen Kosse, Mill Manager for Palm Wörth: “We are very satisfied with the OptiCleaner Pro dryer fabric cleaner. It has operated well and given very good cleaning results".

Stora Enso expands its cooperation with Valmet's service centers in Sweden

Stora Enso's mills in Skoghall, Kvarnsveden, Fors and Skutskär are covered by Valmet's roll grinding agreement.

Innovations add safety and usability

The safer a machine is to operate, the fewer accidents there will be. The more usable it is, the more it will produce. Safety and usability play an increasingly important role in Valmet’s innovative paper and board manufacturing line engineering today.

QCS Maintenance: Uptime plus extra value by On-site Expert

A European mill has found that Valmet’s in mill expert service can improve papermaking performance.

What are autonomous mills and how will they change mill operations?

In the last few years, more and more companies have included moving toward autonomous operations in their strategic objectives. But what is an autonomous mill and how will higher levels of autonomy affect the role of operators in the future?