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Inkeroinen celebrates 150 years of continuous development

Inkeroinen celebrates 150 years of continuous development

The facilities' history is partly shared with Stora Enso, who owns the Inkeroinen board mill, and the Anjala paper mill located next door. Stora Enso was formed when Hans Gutzeit, a Norwegian company founded the Kotka sawmill, Finland's largest steam sawmill in 1872.

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Innovative moisturizer application provides immediate benefits

Innovative moisturizer application provides immediate benefits

The Iggesund Workington board mill in the UK has successfully applied a Valmet IQ Moisturizer in board production to achieve higher production rates especially with higher grammage products.

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Pratt Industries: Light, strong and 100 % recycled

Pratt Industries: Light, strong and 100 % recycled

To respond to market trends and produce containerboard with both outstanding strength properties and corrugated board print surface characteristics, Pratt Industries recently invested in two Valmet OptiConcept M board machines.

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100th order proves flexibility of CFB boilers

100th order proves flexibility of CFB boilers

The more challenging the fuel, the more flexibility Valmet’s circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler shows. It has evolved from a coal-only boiler to combusting biomass and anything in between.

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Increased winder capacity through optimized set change and gluing

Increased winder capacity through optimized set change and gluing

When Steinbeis Papier in Glückstadt, Germany, started to develop papers for high-performance inkjet printing, they needed to make sure their winder was up to the challenge. They turned to Valmet to improve the winder set change time.

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Differentiation through premium fine paper quality at APRIL Kerinci PM 3

Differentiation through premium fine paper quality at APRIL Kerinci PM 3

Indonesia is a growing market for papermakers. APRIL has tapped this potential by investing in a new OptiConcept M uncoated fine paper line at the company’s Kerinci mill in Riau province.

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Valmet and ICT France celebrate together – 15,000,000 km of tissue paper produced in ten years

Valmet and ICT France celebrate together – 15,000,000 km of tissue paper produced in ten years

Valmet and the tissue paper manufacturer ICT have been collaborating closely for 10 years. When ICT’s mill in Pannes, France, reached an important milestone earlier this year, 10 years of production on its PM31, Valmet was there to share the joy.

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Exceeding expectations with OptiAir Recovery mist remediation at Ajin P&P's PM 2

Exceeding expectations with OptiAir Recovery mist remediation at Ajin P&P's PM 2

In 2019, Ajin P&P decided to rebuild its paper machine PM 2 with a target to increase the mill’s production and improve the end-product quality. The rebuild was delivered by Valmet and it included OptiAir Recovery mist remediation to reduce and eliminate mist and enable the increase of heat recovery capacity.

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Sustainable technology for structured tissue

Sustainable technology for structured tissue

The Advantage eTAD tissue making process is a sustainable way to produce structured tissue with high bulk and absorbency.

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Forward to a carbon neutral future  with technology

Forward to a carbon neutral future with technology

At Valmet, we believe technology plays a key role in the transition to the carbon neutral economy.​ Our aim is to enable 100 percent carbon neutral production for our customers and to improve the energy efficiency of our current offering by 20 percent by 2030.

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