Wednesday, 01 June 2022 09:32
AHLSTAR peak pumping performance
Responding to our customers’ needs, we have developed additional features for the AHSTAR A pump series, and new options are also now available for demanding industries. In the new ASTM A395 60-40-18 construction, the volute case and case cover of…
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Tuesday, 31 May 2022 11:00
Valmet launches Valmet Mobile Maintenance application to streamline maintenance personnel’s and production operators’ work
Valmet launches Valmet Mobile Maintenance (VMM) to make maintenance data available at any time and to create smoother workflows in mill maintenance operations. VMM is a mobile application for both iOS and Android devices. The application is designed to streamline…
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Tuesday, 31 May 2022 10:52
ABB supports Sun Paper’s new Beihai mill with automation, electrification and motors order
Sun Paper, in close collaboration with ABB, has successfully launched another pulp mill, at the new Beihai location in Guangxi, China. ABB has installed three sets of its flagship distributed control system (DCS) ABB Ability™ System 800xA®, two sets of…
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Wednesday, 25 May 2022 10:54
Metsä Group’s and Valmet’s 3D fibre product demo plant is now operating
The operations at Metsä Group’s and Valmet’s 3D fibre product demo plant in Äänekoski has begun. At the end of 2020, Metsä Group’s innovation company Metsä Spring and Valmet announced they would be investing a total of approximately 20 million…
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Wednesday, 25 May 2022 10:27
Pulp plant decarbonizes by switching to electric drying
Vafos Pulp, a Norwegian producer of unbleached pulp for cardboard manufacturing, will switch its energy-intensive drying process from oil to electricity, greatly reducing the plant’s carbon emissions. The company will replace a nine megawatt (MW) oil-fired boiler with electric heaters,…
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Wednesday, 25 May 2022 09:20
Big savings of starch with the help of Voith's Papermaking 4.0 solutions – successful digitalization project with Saica
The results are clear: Just a few months after Voith's comprehensive digitalization solutions were commissioned at PM 9 in El Burgo, Saica Group's investment in the Papermaking 4.0 package has already paid off. The Spanish paper manufacturer produces around 430,000…
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Tuesday, 24 May 2022 10:09
Körber Business Area Tissue’s R&D presents a new folding head capable of changing the product’s cut off
MTC ITF Change is the new machine for the production of interfolded products that is able to change the cut-off format of the product simply by replacing the cassette Körber Business Area Tissue is introducing to the market MTC ITF…
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Tuesday, 24 May 2022 10:05
Valmet and Circa to partner in the industrialization of sustainable biochemicals production
Valmet has signed a Heads of Agreement with Circa to industrialize the production of sustainable biochemicals at Circa’s small-scale ReSolute plant in France and future large-scale production plants. Valmet will offer the main machinery and equipment and actively contribute to…
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Tuesday, 24 May 2022 09:37
Sulzer to exit the Russian market
The Sulzer Board of Directors has decided to initiate the process of exiting the Russian market. The sales process will begin with immediate effect and follows Sulzer’s announcement earlier in the year that it had already significantly reduced business activities…
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Tuesday, 24 May 2022 09:15
Part of Valmet’s factory in Jyväskylä, Finland is beginning to return to normal operations
Operations in the areas unimpacted by the fire that broke out on May 7 at Valmet’s Rautpohja factory in Jyväskylä, Finland, will start returning back to normal from the beginning of this week (week 21). It is believed that returning…
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Monday, 23 May 2022 10:23
Improved sustainability performance at Nordic Paper in Säffle
Nordic Paper has achieved a significant improvement in environmental performance at its plant in Säffe, Sweden. The improvement is primarily a result of a restructuring work carried out during last year. Emissions of oxygen demanding substances to water from the…
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Monday, 23 May 2022 09:32
BIO-LUTIONS partners with PulPac - sets up large-scale Dry Molded Fiber production
The German Clean Tech Startup BIO-LUTIONS and PulPac, the Dry Molded Fiber pioneer, are natural allies in their objective to replace single-use plastics globally. Together with machine suppliers they have developed a Dry Molded Fiber production line, set to start…
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Monday, 23 May 2022 08:42
New TAPPI Standard T582 – High Shear Capillary Viscosity of Coating Color on Paper and Paperboard – Now available!
Understanding coating color rheology is a key for the coating color quality control, development and coater runnability optimization. Rheology characteristics are especially significant in high-speed industrial coating applications such as blade-, film- and curtain coating. Complex deformations of coating colors…
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Friday, 20 May 2022 10:40
The new Valmet Press Roll Cover PL leads to energy savings in tissue production
To broaden its offering for tissue machines, Valmet launches a new polyurethane roll cover, Valmet Press Roll Cover PL. The roll cover’s wear-resistant material and adaptive structure are developed to cope with the harsh operating conditions in tissue production, thus…
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Wednesday, 18 May 2022 08:23
Toscotec to supply a wet end rebuild to Cartiere di Guarcino in Italy.
Specialty paper manufacturer Cartiere di Guarcino selected Toscotec for the rebuild of PM2 at its Guarcino paper mill near Frosinone in Italy. The project is scheduled for December 2022. The rebuild consists of the modification of the paper machine’s forming…
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