Finland-based SharpCell is one of the newest airlaid manufacturers in the world. They take pride in their consistent quality and reliable delivery of airlaid products for wiping, hygiene and personal care products, table top applications, household cleaning applications, baby care, and feminine hygiene.

To ensure consistent quality and trouble-free production processes, they have chosen Wedge for analyzing their process data. With Wedge, all process data can be utilized fast and easily to ensure zero waste, zero emissions, and minimal use of resources at all times.

“Wedge is a powerful piece of data mining software and a useful tool for understanding our production process on a more detailed level. The visualizing process and quality data help us widen our understanding of the current status of where we are on all organizational levels. Wedge is also a great asset in troubleshooting, and a tool for minimizing process variance. All this is supporting us in our main target, which is to be quality leaders in the airlaid segment.” says Production manager Eero Ollila, SharpCell.

Forest company giant UPM has opened a new factory in Paso de los Toros, Uruguay with the capacity to produce 2.1 million tons of eucalyptus pulp annually. The mill incorporates the latest and best technology available and represents the very best in modern factories. It is energy efficient with minimal environmental impacts and optimized maintenance.

Wedge is Trimble’s process data diagnostics system that will help UPM Paso de los Toros to achieve and then maintain the highest standards of performance by enabling faster and better data-driven decision making. Trimble’s Wedge will result in reduced waste, mitigated risks and increased productivity at the new mill. 

Choosing Wedge as its main tool for process diagnosis and monitoring was easy, since UPM’s first mill in Uruguay, Fray Bentos, has been using Wedge since 2019 and the results have been convincing. It is seamlessly integrated with the different systems that provide process data throughout the factory and is actively and widely used by operators, engineers, supervisors and process coordinators. UPM Fray Bentos also uses Wedge at the management level, with dashboards that summarize important steps in the process.

Trimble Wedge is sponsoring the MIAC 2023 which is the number one event for the paper and packaging making industry in Italy. MIAC will take place in Lucca, October 11-13, 2023.

At MIAC you can meet our process data analytics experts Jürgen Missel, Matti Häkkinen, and Teemu Möykkylä to discuss if Wedge could be the system for your process improvement.

MIAC also offers an excellent opportunity to learn from your peers. We recommend you not to miss Eugenio Ciucani’s (Holmen Iggesund Paperboard) presentation, “Online data analysis for process optimization”. The practical presentation is taking place on Friday October 13 at 11:50 at the MIAC Conference Room.

Did you know that Wedge also works great for the metal and mining industries? We will attend the Digitalisation in mining Europe event in Stockholm, Sweden on 29-30 August. Welcome to discuss how we can help you make better use of your process data.

Teemu Möykkylä, Matti Häkkinen and Jürgen Missel are looking forward to meeting you!

We would like to welcome you to join us at ZELLCHEMING-Expo in Wiesbaden, Germany June 20-22, 2023.

Zellcheming is the trade fair to learn the latest developments in the European paper, pulp, and fiber industry and the perfect platform for professional exchange between technology users and suppliers.

We invite you to take the great opportunity to meet our industrial data analytics experts Jürgen Missel, Matti Häkkinen, and Teemu Möykkylä to discuss if Wedge could be the system for your process improvement.

Don’t miss Matti Häkkinen’s presentation Combining CD-cross Profile Measurements with Process Data on Tuesday 20 June at 11.30 a.m.

Formica Group, the world’s largest manufacturer of high-pressure laminates (HPL), selects Trimble’s industrial data analytics system Wedge to improve its Formica IKI Oy plant performance in Kolho, Finland. 

“We have raised the bar on sustainability. Surrounded by a group of material technology companies, giving us access to tools and technology, we are confident we can accelerate our sustainability improvement trajectory. Major improvements have been made during the last couple of years. As part of the path toward carbon neutrality, we have invested in measuring our process performance, and with Wedge, we are able to take the most out of it in process optimization and development,” says Jani Kattilakoski, Plant Manager of Formica IKI Oy Kolho.

IKI-manufactured high pressure laminate consists of layers of wood-based fibers and usually one decorative paper on the surface. Impregnated with thermosetting resins, the papers are collated and compressed into a single, homogeneous sheet under high pressure and temperature. The resulting laminates provide a high-performance surface with excellent durability and scratch resistance but maintaining flexibility to allow the creation of curves and shaped surfaces. 

We are pleased to invite you to TAPPI webinar we sponsor on Thursday, October 27, at 11 am (ET). The topic is the always interesting Data-Driven Decision Making with Process Analytics – Making sense of big data in the pulp and paper industry presented by Dr Peter Hart from WestRock. The webinar is hosted by one of our Wedge specialists, Leigh Kinne.

The event is free and does not require TAPPI membership; registration is required.

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Glencore Nikkelverk, one of the largest nickel refineries in the western world, has selected Trimble’s Wedge industrial data analytics system to improve its process plant performance. 

“Nikkelverk refinery has a high automation level and modern process information system and we are continuously generating a lot of valuable process data.  Integrating Wedge to our plant systems opens a new era of process optimization, troubleshooting disturbances, and development. This certainly represents a great example of our ongoing digitalization efforts,” said Kai Johansen, Chief Information Officer at Glencore Nikkelverk.

Wedge is powerful data-mining software that provides users with tools to visualize process and quality data, cleanse the data, compensate for process delays, analyze data, and diagnose dependencies and root causes. Wedge can be used widely at industrial plants; from site managers to process operators.

“The Wedge system has a lot of potential for our plant’s performance improvement by making the analytics work easier. It also enables a completely different level of process data utilization with current resources. One of the gains we expect from this is decreased chemical usage per tonn Ni produced, which is good for both our economy and our environmental footprint,” said Eirik Djuve, Process Metallurgist, Glencore Nikkelverk.

With customers in over 20 countries,  Glencore Nikkelverk is the first to deploy Trimble’s Wedge in Norway.

We would like to welcome you to join us at AVEVA PI World in Amsterdam May 16-19, 2022.

AVEVA PI World offers a great opportunity to network and learn from the extensive AVEVA and PI System communities. AVEVA have acquired OSISoft, so you might know it better by that name.

At AVEVA PI World you will have a great opportunity to meet our industrial data analytics experts Jürgen Missel, Matti Häkkinen, Teemu Möykkylä, and Jari Suihkonen to discuss if Wedge could be the system for your process improvement.

Trimble Wedge is sponsoring the TAPPICon event which is an in-person event for the paper making industry. TAPPICon will take in place in Charlotte, North Carolina April 30 – May 4, 2022.

We are also excited to announce that WestRock will be presenting peer-reviewed findings about Trimble Industrial Data Analytics (Wedge) at TAPPICon May 3, 8:00-10:00 during the Paper Fundamentals track. The presentation is under title: “Determining Operating Variables Which Impact Internal Fiber Bonding Using Wedge Statistical Analysis Methods”.

Looking forward to meeting you at TAPPICon!