Press Releases

Copelme (Compañía Papelera de Industria y Comercio Mendoza S.A.) has renewed its confidence in Valmet by investing in a new Perini MyGo line to increase production capacity, currently at 95%, at its historic Cochabamba plant in Bolivia. Integrating Perini MyGo will allow Copelme to boost its monthly production volume by 25%, raising it from 50 million to around 62-63 million ...

Buckman, a US-headquartered global specialty chemical company with over 1,350 associates world-wide, announces that it has achieved a Platinum Medal rating from EcoVadis, a global leader in business sustainability assessments.The platinum rating places the company in the top 1% globally of more than 130,000 companies.The EcoVadis assessment evaluates 21 sustainability criteria across four core themes: Environment,Labor & Human Rights, Ethics ...

International technology group ANDRITZ has received a major orderfor a tissue production line from Juthor Paper Manufacturing Co., part of Middle East Paper Co.(MEPCO) Group, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Start-up is scheduled for 2026. The value of the order willnot be disclosed.The line will be equipped with the latest ANDRITZ technologies from stock preparation to the reelto ensure low energy ...

Georgia-Pacific is investing $90 million at its Crossett, Arkansas, mill to continue growing its retail consumer tissue business. The investment at the Crossett mill will add 50 new jobs and will increase converting capacity for high quality bath tissue, including Georgia-Pacific’s valued Angel Soft® brand. Initial production from this investment is expected in 2026. By the end of this project, ...

Following a successful rebuild of the dryer section supplied by Toscotec, Ranheim Paper &Board restarted PM5 at their facility in Norway. The two-phase project was completed onschedule, and PM5, which has been in operation since 1960, is now efficiently producinggreyboard and coreboard with basis weights ranging from 220 to 500 gsm. Rebuild targets fully achievedThe target of increasing the production ...

International technology group ANDRITZ has developed the PrimeDry HotAir Box, an innovative solution that enables tissue producers to reduce energy consumption and CO₂ emissions while increasing machine efficiency.Designed to address the energy-intensive nature of tissue drying, the PrimeDry HotAir Box recovers aportion of the hot, wet exhaust air from the drying hood for reuse in the process.The exhaust air is ...

Following its rebuild and start-up in October 2023, PM 4 at DS Smith’s Viana Paper Mill reached final acceptance. The rebuild has increased production from 400,000 tons to 430,000 tons of kraftliner and high-performance top kraftliner per year, at a design speed of 1,200 m/min. This improves the plant’s overall efficiency and further strengthens its position as market leader in ...

Casmatic B23, an evolution of the best-selling CMB 202, is designed for secondary packaging of roll products such as toilet paper and paper towels. Although it does not replace the primary packaging, the solution creates an outer bag that isolates and preserves the packages, ensuring superior safety during transport and storage. The new model features high performance, a modular design ...

Algerian tissue producer WAFA Group has partnered with Toscotec for the turnkey supply of a newAHEAD tissue line (PM1) at their Ain Oussara facility, south of Algiers. The project is planned for2026. The AHEAD machine has a sheet trim width of 2,850 mm and an annual production capacity of over40,000 tons. Designed to deliver superior drying efficiency with the lowest ...

Valmet will supply a Valmet IQ Quality Control System for corrugator to Inter Eastern Container Co., Ltd. in Prachinburi, Thailand. The order was included in Valmet’s orders received of the second quarter 2024. The value of the order will not be disclosed. The delivery will be completed in December 2024. “We trust Valmet’s solution and have a good partnership with ...