Voith Group, founded in 1867 and headquartered in Heidenheim, Germany, is a global technology company specializing in drive systems, hydropower solutions, and papermaking technologies. The company's diverse portfolio includes industrial services, automation technologies, and digital applications, serving industries such as energy, paper, raw materials, and transportation. Voith is committed to innovation and sustainability, focusing on the development of technologies that promote energy efficiency and resource conservation. With operations in over 60 countries and a workforce of approximately 22,000 employees, Voith continues to set standards in various industrial markets through its advanced engineering solutions.
At the end of April, Voith unveiled a completely new disruptive concept for paper manufacturing in collaboration with hygiene and healthcare company Essity.
The project aims to create a comprehensive digital map for papermaking processes, capturing energy, material, CO2 flows, and footprints at sub-process and sub-product levels.
Huawon started PM 16 in Ma'anshan, Anhui Province, using Voith solutions to produce eco-friendly décor base paper, strengthening its market position both domestically and internationally.
Saica partners with Voith to install OnEfficiency.Strength digital solution for starch conservation and CO2 emissions reduction at El Burgo de Ebro and Nogent-sur-Seine sites.
Voith announces the opening of a new OnPerformance.Lab (OPL) site in São Paulo, Brazil, South America. With this expansion, Voith strengthens its regional footprint and expands its service, optimization and consulting activities. The new OPL site is specifically designed to support paper manufacturers in automation, digitalization and achieving their sustainability goals.
The leading full-line supplier Voith today launched the new InfibraFiner at the ZELLCHEMING trade fair, adding a state-of-the-art, innovative and sustainable product to its BlueLine product family.
SCA is successfully utilizing Voith's digital and automation solutions with the aim of optimizing the production efficiency of its new XcelLine PM 2. Last year, the leading full-line supplier Voith successfully commissioned the paper machine at its Obbola site.
Voith has commissioned DS Smith to rebuild its PM 4 at its Viana site in Northern Portugal to increase production capacity and efficiency. The mill produces 400,000 tons of kraftliner and top kraftliner per year.
Voith delivered effective commissioning trainings for the November 2022 start-up of the world’s largest kraftliner machine, SCA’s PM 2 in Obbola, Sweden.
The hybrid trade fair will provide a platform for forward-looking process and product technology innovations for the paper, pulp and fiber-based industries.