Customer case:

Stora Enso Varkaus PM3 grade conversion rebuild

May 17, 2016

Growth in traditional retail and e-commerce is increasing global demand for sustainably produced packaging materials. In 2015, Stora Enso’s Varkaus mill in Finland converted their existing paper machine into a board machine to produce linerboard to better meet the market need for renewable packaging. They chose Valmet as their partner for this challenging rebuild.

Jukka Lyyra, Area Manager of PM and RCF plant, Stora Enso
Having one supplier for technology, automation and fabrics for the start-up makes our lives easier. Besides making start-up smoother, this set-up makes sure that everything works together in an optimized way, including in the tune-up phase. Together with just one supplier, we can improve productivity and quality in a very efficient way.
Jukka Lyyra, Area Manager of PM and RCF plant, Stora Enso

Summary

Location StoraEnso Varkaus mill, Finland
Customer challenge Global decline in paper consumption
Solution

Paper-to-packaging conversion rebuild 

Key technologies:

Valmet also took care of the installation and testing, and provided start-up support and training for the machine start-up. The machine started-up with 100% Valmet fabrics . 

Results Smooth start-up, safe-to-use equipment, lightweighting (lower grammage end products), cost savings
Keywords Board and paper, Automation, Europe, Rebuilds

Technical summary

Grades AvantKraft Brown (kraft liner) and AvantKraft White Top (white-top liner)
Basis weights 80-225 g/m2
Wire width 8 400 mm
Design speed 1 200 m/min
Annual capacity 395 000 t/a