Optimize process and increase energy efficiency with Valmet’s Lime Kiln Optimizer
Metsä Group's Äänekoski bioproduct mill, located in Central Finland. It produces 1.3 million tonnes of softwood and birch pulp annually. Valmet's Lime Kiln Optimizer has been implemented in 2022, resulting in significant process optimization and increased energy efficiency at the mill.
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BioCMPC project - A major upgrade of Guaíba mill’s line 2
CMPC acquired the Guaíba mill, located in southern Brazil in the Rio Grande do Sul state, in December 2009. The first line was originally built in 1972, and a second production line, Guaíba 2, started up in 2015. In 2021, CMPC decided to significantly invest in upgrading their operations.
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Transforming efficiency and safety through a lower furnace rebuild
HARMAC partnered with Valmet to rebuild its lower furnace, improving combustion efficiency, reducing emissions, and cutting boiler washing time in half. The upgrade resulted in optimized operations, reduced maintenance, and alignment with sustainability goals.
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Economy meets ecology at Mondi Świecie PM 7 containerboard making line
Świecie PM 7 in Poland, which produced its first reel on 2009, is Mondi’s response to the growing trend towards lightweight corrugated case material. In PM 7 economy has been designed to meet ecology: maximum product quality is achieved with minimum environmental impact.
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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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Steam profiler generates energy savings at Smurfit Kappa Nettingsdorf
Smurfit Kappa Nettingsdorf is one of the leading producers for Kraftliner in Europe. Their PM6 has a capacity of up to 450,000 ton/year. Energy efficiency is a key element in their management system in order to improve operational costs and reduced environmental impact. An existing steambox was found to work inefficient, and after careful evaluation of the current process parameters and assessment of improvement potential, Nettingsdorf decided to replace this steambox by state of the art Valmet IQ Steam Profiler. Target was to achieve a significant decrease in specific steam consumption for the paper machine.
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New press section rejuvenates Greif corrugating medium machine
A new OptiPress press section, with matching Valmet clothing included, boosts productivity, improves quality of the corrugating medium and reduces energy consumption at Greif Packaging mill in Riverville, USA.
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MM Kolicevo BM 3: quality, runnability and efficiency improved with coater section rebuild
All the targets for the coater section rebuild project were achieved at the Mayr-Melnhof Kolicevo's BM 3 in Slovenia. In the rebuild, a multilayer curtain coater and a blade coater were installed, which improved quality, runnability and efficiency.
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Cartones Ponderosa strengthens its competitive advantage
Mexico’s leading producer of folding boxboard invested in curtain coating and air impingement drying technology to improve board quality, lower costs and boost productivity.
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Segezha Pulp and Paper Mill and Valmet’s shared journey forward
Segezha Pulp and Paper Mill has a Valmet co-operation service agreement for maintenance and remote control of the Valmet Breast Roll Shakers (earlier FormMaster) on both of its paper machines PM 9 and PM 10. The service agreement has increased the reliability of the mill ensuring that the paper they produce remains of high quality.
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