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Pulp Paper & Logistics


“The bioproduct mill doesn’t use any fossil fuels and it supplements Finland’s total share of renewable energy by more than two percentage points,” says Bertel Karlstedt, president of energy and pulp business at Valmet


of construction and has been recently appointed to SVP of production for pulp business at Metsä Fibre, says: “Valmet’s commitment to safety was noticed at an early stage. It showed also during the project through the resources Valmet appointed to the site. The accidents during the project were typically slips and


trips. Our lost time accident rate was below 14 per million working hours, which can be categorised as a good result in a project like Äänekoski.” Merikallio adds: “Safety was


well managed and resources were well placed. For example, at the very demanding recovery boiler construction site with


“The project was big, international and divided into hundreds of smaller contractor agreements. Our co-operation with Valmet with the open book project model worked well,” says Timo Merikallio from Metsä Group


a lot of contractors, Valmet managed to work without any serious injuries. The attitude towards safety issues is the most important thing. With the right attitude, most accidents can be prevented, and Valmet demonstrated their ability to steer and handle health, safety and environmental issues well.”


Optimising performance with Valmet’s automation Metsä Group chose Valmet to deliver the key process technology and the mill-wide process automation system and related analysers. The Valmet DNA automation system is the backbone of the entire mill and includes a secure back-up system


The Äänekoski mill uses a comprehensive automation system with Valmet DNA and analysers September/October 2018


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