If you would like to do your degree project at Holmen please get in touch with one of our contacts for degree projects (the same as open applications).
Doing your degree project at Holmen involves delving deeply into a particular issue – and hopefully coming up with an answer. You may even come to the conclusion that Holmen is the employer for you.
Examples of project areas
Processes and machine technology:
Identifying detrimental substances in the paper machines
Material balances in sub-systems
The impact of the cellulose fibres and fibre processing on specific product properties
Optimising/developing processes, methods and products
Comparisons between analysis methods and/or analysis tools
Replacing plastic coatings on paperboard with bio-based barriers
Cutting fibre loss
Putting residual products to new uses
Environment:
Treating biosludge
Studying the degradability of residual chemical additives
The impact of process chemicals on quality, productivity and the environment
Finance, logistics and IT:
Developing relevant key indicators
Calculating profitability per product and paper machine
Profitability models for innovations
Optimising stock turnover and purchasing procedures
Production planning
Supplier assessments
ICT
Business systems
Energy:
Examining energy savings
Optimising control technology, e.g. quality control
Follow-up/optimising/supervision of statistical process monitoring
Heat balances in sub-systems
