For companies, adapting to the data revolution is not an option—it's a necessity. But how are ethics, data quality, and data architecture seen in the equation? What is the modern skill set of data literacy, and what kind of opportunities and challenges does the rapid development of AI bring for businesses? We had the opportunity to sit down and dis…

How can you make the most out of resources for the longest possible time? That’s what the circular economy is all about. But why is circularity essential for industrial businesses, and how can the circular economy unlock companies’ inefficiencies? In this round table discussion, we explore the circular economy concept, its impact on industry, the r…

Today, we drill into the grassroot level of service design. Service design is all about doing: building things and communicating things. It’s about finding the right balance between feasibility viability and desirability in the solution we’re working on. Discover with us what service design is at a concrete level and how to use it from strategy bui…

Design thinking is gradually being connected with co-creating customer value, generating innovation and forecasting the business environment. How can design thinking be used and measured more strategically, and how do we implement it? What can we achieve when the customer is an integral part of the innovation process? Listen to some fascinating cas…

Are we secure? The world is changing – remote services are necessary in today’s world between industry and the services provider. Cybersecurity requirements are therefore also growing faster than ever. We gathered three experts in the field at the same table for a topical discussion about cybersecurity in remote connections. Tune in and hear what R…

How can the making of pulp and paper become carbon neutral? In this episode, Pirita Mikkanen, Vice-President of Energy at Metsä, and Janne Pynnönen, Head of R&D at Valmet, discuss when and how this can become a reality: What is the role of technology in reducing emissions and what kind of technologies will enable such reductions even more in the fu…

What is causing most CO2 emissions in industrial operations and how to remove fossil emissions from industrial operations? In this episode, Victoria Larsson, Head of Health, Safety and Environment, Valmet, and Mervi Leskinen, Portfolio Manager, Gasum Portfolio Services Oy, discuss how they are collaborating to move toward carbon-free energy and oth…

How to create a global low carbon supply chain? In this episode, our host André Noël Chaker and his guests Juha Erkkilä, Head of Group Sustainability, Excellence & Reliability at Outokumpu, and Jani Suomalainen, Head of Supply chain at Valmet, will discuss the initiatives their companies are taking in lowering the carbon footprint in their supply c…

What is carbon neutrality? What kind of targets and measures are needed to achieve carbon neutrality in the pulp and paper industry? How is the pulp and paper industry meeting the global climate targets? In this episode, host André Noël Chaker and his guests Sara Lannerbro, SVP Sustainable Sourcing and Logistics at Stora Enso, and Laura Puustjärvi,…

Well prepared agreements create the basis and trust for good cooperation between the parties. Contract design and data management are an essential part of a good agreement process. It is also good to understand the key friction points when planning agreements. We also see that contract management is becoming a more and more essential competency in …

Una experiencia del cliente excelente es sin duda un factor de diferenciación cuando los clientes seleccionan a sus socios. En este podcast escuchamos el significado de buena experiencia del cliente para Juan Constabel, Gerente de Operaciones de CMPC Biopackaging-Boxboard, Plantas de Maule y Valdivia en Chile, entrevistado por Peter Hernández, Gere…

Great customer experience is definitely a differentiating factor when customers select their partners. In this podcast we hear what good customer experience means to Juan Constabel, Operations Manager for CMPC Biopackaging-Boxboard, Maule and Valdivia Mills in Chile interviewed by Peter Hernandez, Mill Sales Manager at Valmet. With our guests Eero …

Markets have been going through a lot of changes such as the effects of the Covid pandemic on paper production. In this first episode of 2021, we will talk about the new megatrends and analyze what we can expect from different paper grades in 2021. Our guests Alejandro Mata, Director of Europe Packaging & Graphic Paper from Fastmarkets RISI and Juh…

The growing demand for sustainable materials in packaging as well as in textile materials calls for new innovations in wood based fiber products. In this podcast Jarkko Tuominen from Metsä Spring together with Petri Rasinmäki from Valmet - will tell us what is 3D fiber and the new innovations surrounding that. Emmi Berlin from Spinnova opens up the…