Klabin
Klabin optimizes its paper production with AVEVA PI System
Klabin, Brazil's largest producer and exporter of paper and pulp, operates a vast mill collecting data from more than 25,000 assets. Evaluating proposed production changes took hours, hurting operational responsiveness and limiting optimization capabilities. Deploying AVEVA PI System, complemented by AVEVA PI Vision, made it possible to build real-time digital models covering the entire process, from tree harvesting to drying of the finished product. This end-to-end view now gives teams an immediate understanding of performance levers and speeds up decision-making on the ground. The results are particularly telling: Klabin has added 3,400 tons of air-dried production each year and saved nearly $10 million in maintenance costs, durably transforming the industrial performance of one of the flagships of the Brazilian paper industry.
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How does AVEVA PI System model a papermaking process from tree to finished product?
At Klabin, Brazil's largest paper and pulp producer, AVEVA PI System collects data from more than 25,000 assets covering the entire process, from forest harvesting to paper drying. Combined with AVEVA PI Vision, it builds real-time digital models that give teams a comprehensive understanding of performance drivers. This digital continuity is a strategic approach for integrated pulp and paper industries.
Why assess production changes in seconds when it used to take hours?
Before AVEVA PI System, assessing proposed changes at Klabin took hours, which slowed operational innovation. With real-time digital models and PI Vision, teams instantly simulate the impact of a setpoint or process change. This responsiveness unlocks continuous optimization capacity and turns the mill culture into a data-driven environment. It is an accelerator of digital transformation for process industries.
How did Klabin add 3,400 tons of air-dried production per year thanks to AVEVA?
The additional 3,400 tons per year at Klabin comes from the continuous optimization made possible by AVEVA PI System. Real-time models identify room for improvement at each critical stage, from pulping to the paper machine. By combining these incremental gains across a giant industrial mill, the result is a significant impact on air-dried production, without major capacity investment.
What maintenance ROI can a pulp and paper producer expect from AVEVA PI System?
Klabin saved nearly $10 million in maintenance costs thanks to AVEVA PI System and PI Vision. By detecting early signs of degradation across 25,000 assets, the company moved from reactive maintenance to a planned, predictive strategy. Unplanned shutdowns decrease, parts are ordered at the right time, and teams focus on high-value interventions. It is a replicable model for the entire paper industry.
Why should a paper manufacturer centralize its data on a platform like AVEVA PI System?
Pulp and paper is a continuous process industry in which quality and yield depend on hundreds of interdependent variables. AVEVA PI System centralizes these data streams in a real-time repository that every department can use: production, quality, maintenance and energy. For Klabin, this centralization is the very foundation of modern industrial performance and of its ability to transform its operations for the long term in the face of global competition.