Metsä Fibre’s Kemi bioproduct mill in Finland was successfully started up. The material, environmental and energy efficient mill will not use any fossil fuels, and it will produce two terawatt hours (TWh) of renewable electricity per year. Valmet’s technology and automation contribute to sustainable operation and high-quality end-product.
The new mill is located at the same site with an old pulp mill which was decommissioned. After the start-up the production process will be fine-tuned for full-scale production, which will be achieved within approximately one year from start-up.
Valmet’s delivery covers the full production process from wood handling to baling as well as flow control solutions and mill-wide automation systems. Annual pulp production capacity will be 1.5 million metric tons and in addition the mill will produce various other bioproducts.
“The start-up of the mill is an important milestone for us and now our joint effort towards next milestones continues. I’m looking forward to see how the most significant investment in the history of the Finnish forest industry will achieve its full production capacity," says Jari-Pekka Johansson, Director of the bioproduct mill project at Metsä Fibre.
“By combining Valmet’s innovative process technology, automation and services we have delivered a solution representing leading sustainability performance with minimized emissions. As an example, energy efficiency is improved with steam integration between evaporation and digester, and with new pulp drying features. The advanced mill-wide automation system and integrated industrial internet applications help to optimize the mill’s production efficiency,” says Sami Riekkola, Pulp and Energy Business Line President at Valmet.
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