Valmet has received an order for the Valmet DNAe Distributed Control System (DCS) as a part of the ongoing modernization project at Mercer’s Peace River pulp mill in Alberta, Canada. The order includes the Valmet DNAe Distributed Control System with mill-wide automation infrastructure and pulp dryer automation, including an upgrade for the Valmet IQ Quality Control System (QCS). The value of the order will not be disclosed.
Valmet and Mercer International entered a long-term distributed control systems and digitalization partnership in 2022, with the aim to build a common DCS platform for Mercer’s global sites to accelerate Mercer’s digital transformation.
Mercer International Inc. is a global forest products company with operations in Germany, the United States, and Canada with a consolidated annual production capacity of 2.1 million tonnes of pulp, 2.3 million cubic meters of lumber, 210,000 cubic meters of cross-laminated timber, 45,000 cubic meters of glulam, 17 million pallets and 230,000 metric tonnes of biofuels.
Valmet has a global customer base across various process industries.
