Mondi Partners with Tieto, Metso to Boost Production Efficiency at Syktyvkar Mill

Mondi, South Africa, has partnered with Finland-based Tieto and Metso to increase the efficiency and profitability of pulp and paper production at its Syktyvkar Mill in Russia. Tieto and Metso provide the mill advanced control and optimization systems for its fiberlines. By improving overall operation of the fiberline, Mondi will boost the yield, chemical consumption, and production capacity of Syktyvkar's three lines, leading to significant reductions in operating costs and improving productivity.

Process areas for the advanced control and optimization system at Syktyvkar include its three continuous digesters, three brownstock washing lines, two oxygen delignification lines, and two bleach plants. The Tieto part, Tieto Integrated Paper Solution TIPS, applications include budgeting, order entry, production, and process and quality management integrated into mill-level reporting.

The flexible optimization options from Metso for each application are continuous digester, washing optimizer, oxygen delignification optimizer, and bleaching optimizer. Coordinating these various applications maximizes the overall benefit for Mondi for fiberline optimization. These applications join the almost four hundred pulping and recovery advanced control applications Metso has installed globally.

The Mondi Group is an integrated packaging and business paper producer with operations in 28 countries and around 23,400 employees. Tieto is an IT service company in Northern Europe, with about 18,000 employees.

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