Stora Enso Upgrading Varkaus Mill to Meet Demands for Renewable Packaging Board

 

Stora Enso Oyi, Helsinki, Finland, is implementing Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) technologies as part of a modernization and optimization effort at its paper mill in Varkaus, Finland, to help the company meet rising demands for renewable packaging board. Stora Enso is the largest pulp, board, and paper producer in Europe, and one of the largest in the world. HPS, Morris Township, New Jersey, USA, is a supplier of automation and control technologies to the paper industry and its technology can be found in more than 2,000 sites worldwide. 

"Stora Enso's business objective is to produce and deliver the highest quality paper and board products in the world, and Honeywell's portfolio of technologies will help them reach this goal safely, reliably, and efficiently," said Ali Raza, VP, HPS. "We have worked with Stora Enso for about 40 years and I am pleased that Honeywell can help them modernize this facility."

The Stora Enso project coincides with conversion of the facility to produce kraftliner, a virgin-fiber-based containerboard. Globally, the company produces a number of products, including about 5.6 million metric tons of chemical pulp, 10.9 million tons of paper and board, and 14 billion sq. ft. of corrugated packaging.

Upgrades to the Varkaus mill include:

• Migrating the plant from its previous control system to Honeywell's Experion® PKS (Process Knowledge System), which unifies people, processes, assets and business needs by having one unified architecture for process control, safety systems, and automation software.
• Experion Process, Machinery and Drives (PMD) controllers, which use a single, consistent set of engineering tools for lower capital costs and more cost-effective execution of production line and plant-wide control.
• Uniformance® Process History Database (PHD), which helps users make better and faster decisions with superior data management, higher data security and reliability, and lower total cost of ownership.
• Safety Manager, which integrates process safety data, applications, system diagnostics and critical control strategies, and executes defined safety applications in a fully redundant architecture.
• OptiVision® Manufacturing Execution System (MES), an advanced order-to-cash solution designed to help pulp and paper companies and flat sheet manufacturers address critical issues determining profitability.
  

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