Valmet Services for board and paper making

Long term collaboration pays off in many ways

There have been many fruits of the collaboration of Saica Paper and Valmet over the past seventeen years. Today, Saica Paper takes pride in its world-class maintenance operations in Spain.

Pick-up roll running time extended from four to 14 months

Hamburger Hungaria was troubled by short running times, an unscheduled downtime and extensive maintenance on its PM 7 pick-up rolls. Since the installation of a new Valmet pick-up roll and roll upgrades, the running time has more than tripled.

New sizer roll cover boosts performance at Palm Wörth

Palm Wörth installed a Valmet Sizer Roll Cover CF on their BM6 containerboard machine to improve its performance. The new roll cover has a running interval of more than 200 days, leading to higher machine availability and better paper quality.

Lightweighting and the right fiber strength for your coated board production

Every product needs packaging – strong enough to protect its contents and visually attractive enough to tempt the buyers. As a producer of coated board, you need to ensure both the appearance and function of your end products.

Hard news for boardmakers

As a pioneer in ceramic coatings, Valmet has gathered its decades of experience to introduce a new generation of ceramic roll covers for lead rolls. In containerboard machines, these hard and extremely durable coatings ensure longer run time and better reliability.

Sharpening competitiveness by boosting competence

Training is an essential part of Valmet’s long-term customer relationships and helps to ensure that customers get the most out of their equipment, systems and processes. Securing skilled workforce is also elementary for competitiveness.

A digital leap in Field Services

The new mobile application @Field connects Valmet’s more than 1,100 Field Services professionals. It unifies how we work and further improves the customer experience.

Board and paper experts are at the heart of Valmet Performance Centers

Our Valmet Performance Center (VPC) in Jyväskylä, Finland, provides remote support to paper and board making customers all around the world. We talked to some of our VPC specialists to find out more about the expertise they can offer.

Navigator Paper Figueira PM1: People make the success

A regular annual headbox service is the key to the old headbox’s good condition at the Navigator Paper Figueira PM1 in Portugal, which was started up in 1991. A long and trusted maintenance relationship ensures that every detail is taken care of systematically.

Shared values – shared targets – shared partnership

The shared values of safety, sustainability, quality and respect for others have taken Klabin and Valmet a long way forward. Their nine-year partnership in shutdowns continued with their successful annual maintenance shutdown at Klabin’s Monte Alegre paper mill in 2019.

Asia Symbol (Shandong) Pulp & Paper Co: All for one

Outsourcing of maintenance operations to Valmet has proven a powerful combination for Asia Symbol (Shandong) Pulp & Paper Co: both parties can focus on what they know best. This cooperation is fueled by the fact that they truly work as one team.

Metsä Board Simpele: Valmet Fold-up Wall for closed hood

Watch the video to learn how Metsä Board Simpele rebuilt the hood of the BM 3 board machine and installed the Valmet Fold-up Wall to enhance the mill’s working environment and safety. Unlike traditional hoods, the Fold-up Wall can be adjusted to any desired height during web breaks and fully opened during shutdowns, providing excellent access to the dryer section. Its design enables faster cooling of the hood, making tasks like roll changes easier to perform.

How we live sustainability at Valmet – Environmental efficiency through services

Every day, Valmet’s Field Services Professionals around the world work with our customers to ensure continuous operational and environmental efficiency of their production processes. Meet our Senior Service Specialist Carlos!

Valmet Training Simulator - Improve productivity and operators' competence

Valmet Training Simulator is an exact digital copy of your processes and controls so you can train your operators in a real-life environment for nearly any imaginable scenario.

Valmet Training Simulator - Improve productivity and operators' competence at board or paper mills

This video explains why Valmet Training Simulator offers the best way to keep your board or paper mills personnel competence at the highest possible level.