Valmet signs two-year automation service agreement with FPC Tissue in Chile

CHILE – Valmet has strengthened its footprint in Latin America with a new two-year automation service agreement with FPC Tissue Spa, aimed at enhancing the performance, reliability, and product quality of the company’s TM 1 tissue machine at its Chilean mill.

The agreement will provide FPC Tissue with continuous support across process control, lifecycle management, and proactive performance optimization.

This is expected to help the mill maintain stable output, reduce variability, and ensure consistent product quality in an increasingly competitive tissue market.

“Partnering with Valmet through this service agreement is a strategic step in ensuring the reliability and efficiency of our tissue production,” said Marco Monsalvez López, Operations Manager at FPC Tissue.

“With Valmet’s expertise and proactive support, we can maintain high product quality and optimize performance across the entire line.”

Oscar Olivares, Regional Sales Manager for Automation Solutions at Valmet, emphasized the importance of collaborative lifecycle support.

“By combining Valmet’s technologies with our expertise, we can enhance the performance and reliability of mission-critical solutions,” he said.

“Our local team, together with our global network, is dedicated to supporting our customers throughout the entire lifecycle.”

Valmet recorded the agreement in its third-quarter 2025 orders received. The value of the contract was not disclosed.

This latest partnership follows a series of automation-focused investments by Valmet across global paper and packaging markets.

In August, Klingele Paper & Packaging’s Weener mill in northern Germany selected Valmet to deliver an advanced automation package designed to reduce surface starch consumption, cut energy use, and improve mill efficiency.

The integrated system includes the Valmet Fiber Furnish Analyzer, Valmet Advanced Process Controls, and Valmet PlantTriage, all connected to Klingele’s existing Valmet DNA, Quality Control System, and Paper Lab.

Together, the technologies create a closed optimization loop that constantly collects and analyzes data to refine key variables across the production line.

“The total solution will create an optimisation loop which continuously collects and analyses data to refine key process variables,” said Martin Grundmann, Senior Sales Manager, Automation Solutions at Valmet.

Klingele’s operations manager Johannes Reiners added that reducing surface starch use will also lower water and steam requirements, improving both cost efficiency and environmental performance.

The mill produces 270,000 tonnes of corrugated base paper annually using recycled feedstock.

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