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How Mondi reduced raw material usage and ensured correct sensor measurement for improved yield

Mondi is a global leader in packaging, paper and functional film production, contributing to a better world by producing sustainable by design products. With 24,000 employees across more than 30 countries, Mondi operates an integrated business across the entire value chain, enabling it to deliver a broad range of innovative solutions for both consumer and industrial end-use applications.

Here are two success stories from the coating of functional paper and films:

USE CASE 1

Validating Inline Coating Accuracy to Omit Production Stops

Challenge

Traditionally, coating quality was verified through laboratory measurements, requiring frequent production stops while waiting for laboratory results, leading to regular interruptions. A new inline coating measurement system aimed to reduce these interruptions, but trust in its accuracy was essential.

“Visplore gives us daily alerts on coating overuse and validates inline measurements against laboratory results, helping us reduce material waste and minimise production stops.”

Key Challenges

  • Ensuring inline measurements matched laboratory results

  • Consistent measurement accuracy across all product types and grades

Without systematic comparison, it was unclear:

  • Which products showed deviations

  • If issues were product-specific or sensor-related

  • How often sensor parameters need adjustment

As a result, frequent laboratory checks continued, limiting potential efficiency gains.

Solution

Mondi used Visplore to merge process data from the inline measurement system with corresponding laboratory measurement data. An automated Visplore template, executed via Visplore Automation Server, was set up to:

  • Regularly compare inline and lab coating measurements

  • Quantify deviations per product, grade, and order

  • Detect systematic mismatches rather than isolated outliers

  • Generate reports highlighting deviations between inline and lab measurements

  • Notify engineers and operators when deviation thresholds were exceeded

How Visplore can help you avoid production stops

Visplore detects mismatches between inline and lab measurements, flagging runs that need sensor recalibration.

This automated feedback clarified which products and grades required sensor recipe adjustments.

Results

  • 3% increase in production time

  • Full transparency on alignment between inline and laboratory measurements

  • Targeted adjustment of inline sensor recipes for specific products and grades

  • Increased trust in inline measurements, enabling fewer laboratory checks

  • Fewer production interruptions, improving throughput and efficiency

USE CASE 2

Automated Detection of Excessive Silicone Coating Usage

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Challenge

In silicone coating, each product has a target coating amount to ensure quality. However, in daily production, some products, grades, or individual orders often exceeded these targets.

With high throughput, multiple grades and orders per day, and limited time for analysis, engineers lacked a systematic daily overview of production runs above target. Deviations were detected late, making recurring issues difficult to identify.

Solution

Mondi implemented a monitoring and reporting workflow with Visplore Automation Server, ensuring efficiency and cost savings:

  • Daily production data analysed automatically

  • Precise comparison of actual vs. target coating usage for every product, grade, and order

  • Immediate identification and ranking of production runs with high deviations

  • Automatic actionable reports highlighting excessive coating usage

  • Results delivered directly to process and quality engineers

How Visplore can help you reduce raw material usage

Visplore automatically detects orders that used excess material and sends notifications.

Your team can then take action before the next production run of the same product to get closer to the target value.

These reports pinpoint where intervention is needed, without manual data preparation or analysis. The same setup continuously monitors production and enables engineers to act quickly, reduce excess, and maintain quality standards.

Results

  • +€100K annual raw material savings potential in one plant

  • Daily visibility into material overuse through automated reports

  • Faster intervention for runs exceeding target coating

  • Targeted process adjustments avoiding broad reactive changes

  • Lower coating material consumption without compromising quality

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