Discover Valmet's milestone achievement—the first Smelt Spout Robot in North America installed at Pixelle mill, Spring Grove, PA. This collaborative and technically advanced solution enables efficient port cleaning for Pixelle without boiler modifications.

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APP Jingui BM2: Moving towards a low-carbon operation

In 2021, APP Group successfully started up their new Jingui BM2 machine. The Valmet-supplied technology used in BM2 helps the company meet its goals for low-carbon operations. Part of the delivery was an Enzymatic Starch Cooking ZE unit.

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Asia Symbol PM 13: Advancing to a new high

In 2022, Asia Symbol Guangdong Paper (ASGD) started up their new PM 13 machine. The project took just 17 months and started up on schedule in March 2022. Just four months later it reached a speed of 1,610 m/min.

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Real-time measurement and consistency control that can withstand harsh conditions

Facing challenges in achieving accurate and reliable consistency measurements, Modern Karton, Turkey, turned to Valmet for a solution that could withstand harsh conditions. By implementing Valmet OCR (Optical Consistency Measurement) in PM4, the mill achieved significant improvements in their consistency control processes.

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Retention measurement for a stable wet end and optimized paper quality

Opal Packaging, Australia, is using Valmet Retention Measurement in their BM9 to measure and control headbox and white water consistency, while optimizing their chemical consumption and paper quality.

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GSPP PM3 - sustainable containerboard production in Malaysia

In 2021, GS Paperboard & Packaging (GSPP) started up their PM 3 board machine at their Selangor site in Malaysia. It produces testliner grades from 100 percent recycled raw material and is equipped with the most modern Valmet-supplied papermaking technology.

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Greenpac PM 1: remote support solved energy consumption increase in dryer section

As a part of continuous remote monitoring & optimization service Valmet Performance Center supported Greenpac remotely to identify and solve energy consumption increase issue in the dryer section.

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Metsä Fibre's Kemi bioproduct mill

Metsä Fibre's new bioproduct mill in Kemi, Finland will have an annual pulp production capacity of 1.5 million tonnes and in addition produce various other bioproducts. The new totally fossil fuel free mill is scheduled to start-up in the third quarter 2023.

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Valmet Cooking Liquor Measurement for Chemi-Mechanical Pulping

At Metsä Board Kaskinen, Finland, the chemi-mechanical pulping process needs a precise measurement for monitoring alkalinity levels in the wood chips impregnation circulation stage but so far reliable inline process measurement has not been available. The solution was Valmet Cooking Liquor Measurement with the newly developed customized recipe.

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Valmet Brown Stock Quality Analyzer in Hokkaido Mill-Asahikawa, Nippon Paper

Valmet Brown Stock Quality Analyzer has started up successfully at Hokkaido Mill-Asahikawa, Nippon Paper, Japan. Hokkaido Mill purchased it for its batch digester operation, producing soft wood pulp.

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