Valmet is the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. Our 12,000 professionals around the world work close to our customers and are committed to moving our customers’ performance forward. Valmet’s net sales in 2015 were approximately EUR 2.9 billion. Valmet’s head office is in Espoo, Finland and its shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki. Valmet’s Pulp and Energy business line provides technologies and solutions for pulp and energy production as well as for biomass conversion. Valmet’s energy solutions include e.g. biomass based energy boilers, their rebuilds and environmental solutions. In addition, Valmet continuously develops new biomass conversion technologies.
Valmet’s Energy technology research and development focus on the utilization of fluidized bed technology in boilers, gasifiers and fast pyrolysis reactors. The main research areas are; expanding biomass utilization in the fluidized bed boilers, increasing the boilers’ flexibility to support power grid variations and introducing new technologies to measure the boiler atmosphere and process conditions.
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