The opening ceremony of Teknosavo’s premises was finally celebrated last week. The different groups were widely represented from official representatives of the city of Savonlinna and customers to service providers. At the same time, our Agents around the world met and discussed the development of the industry and technology. The conclusion was – Teknosavo’s competitiveness is stronger than ever. The requirements of sustainable development drive the market, and Teknosavo’s tested solutions fit this perfectly. 
 
The program of the opening ceremony event included speeches, classical music and good food. Many of the guests also visited the FiberLaboratory located next to Teknosavo. Visit there was also an interesting moment for many of the guests.

Link to the Live Stream

When complete, Metsä Group’s bioproduct factory in Kemi will be the most efficient wood processing plant in Europe. The new production facility has decided to invest in Teknosavo’s technology by choosing the WoodSmart™ measurement system for its factory. The solution enables precise monitoring of the wood debarking process, high-class purity of the material used in the process, and minimal raw wood loss. These factors are important for the customer because the investment has focused especially on material efficiency. WoodSmart™ increases the capacity of the debarking line reduces quality differences between work shifts and improves the work ergonomics of the line.

The Metsä Fiber factory coming to Kemi is the largest investment in the history of the Finnish forest industry. The factory operates completely without fossil fuels. Teknosavo’s WoodSmart™ brings significant energy savings to the factory, which strives for maximum energy efficiency. The modern bioproduct factory will be completed in the third quarter of 2023. It produces 1.5 million tons of pine and birch pulp per year.

Our office building was completed at the Technology Center in Noheva, Lypsynniemi, Savonlinna, according to schedule. In Noheva, we have more than a thousand square meters of business premises for production, testing and office use. Since the beginning of September we have been operating in the new premises.

We were looking forward to meeting our customers and partners in the new premises for a nice opening, but due to the coronavirus situation, we had to postpone the opening ceremonies of the office building to a time after corona. With these precautions we want to ensure the health of everyone and not endanger the activities of our customers, partners or our own staff.

The new opening date will be announced as soon as the time is confirmed.
We hope to see you soon!

The telephone numbers and e-mail addresses of our contact persons remain unchanged. Our new address is: Vipusenkatu 15, 57200 SAVONLINNA

Swedish Södra Cell Mörrum mill ordered WoodSmart at the end of March 2023. The delivery included debarking optimization system for two debarking lines. One debarking line is typically used for hardwood (birch, aspen and beech) and the other is typically for softwood. WoodSmart includes five measurements for each line, and based on these measurements, the deicing conveyor speed, drum speed and drum gate position are controlled for optimized debarking results.

The equipment was delivered to the mill in June 2023 and installed right after the delivery. The capacity measurement was commissioned right after delivery because July and August were capacity reference periods using manual control.

The commissioning of the complete system was made in September and October 2023. During this time there was also training for the operators, maintenance personnel, and super-users. The training as well as documentation was in Swedish language. The take-over of the system was soon after this. After this, WoodSmart has been controlling and optimizing the debarking process basically 100% of the time. The results show increased capacity, smaller wood losses and chip bark content within the limit value specified in the contract.

The project key persons at Mörrum mill were Gert Svensson and Martin Skyvell. They have very positive comments about the project:”We have had a very good collaboration with Teknosavo during this project. They understood the needs of our specific mill and if changes appeared during the project, they were very collaborative in solving these. Teknosavo project team came well along with the Södra personal. Due to tight and reoccurring short meetings during installation and commissioning of the system we assured good progress in the project. Södra Cell Mörrum project team are satisfied with the outcome of this project so far and looking forward to continuing collaboration in the future.”

Södra Cell’s Martin Skyvell and Gert Svensson have been working with Teknosavo on debarking optimization project.

The project manager on Teknosavo’s side is Timo Alasuvanto. According to Timo, the co-operation has been going very well. The people at the mill have been very helpful and Timo has enjoyed working at the mill. Of course, the project has required flexibility from both parties because the work was performed during normal production. Only some stops were needed, mostly during the installation of the equipment. “During my stay at the mill, I felt like I was a Södra Cell employee, even though sometimes it was a bit difficult to understand the local Swedish dialect”, Timo said.

The project included a lot of work with the operators as they are the ones using WoodSmart. The operators have been satisfied with WoodSmart and do not have to manually follow the debarking process as intensively as before. They also said that because of more steady material flow, the number of stops has decreased.

The project continues with and service contract including remote work and service visits.

Teknosavo had delivered ChipSmart3D chip analyzer to Mörrum mill in 2016. The analyzer has been in operation since then. Annually it analyzes about 36 000 chip samples every year. This means an average of 4 samples every hour of the year. The results are chip size distribution (according to SCAN-CM 40:01), bark content, moisture, and brightness.

Södra Cell’s Mönsterås mill is also using WoodSmart and ChipSmart3D in their chip manufacturing process.

Mörrum mill in Southern Sweden produces softwood paper pulp (capacity 300,000 tpy) and hardwood dissolving pulp (capacity 170,000 tpy)