IBS Paper Performance Group addresses these challenges with a coordinated portfolio that reduces waste, stabilizes processes, and supports reliable daily operation, whether the focus is efficiency, quality, or both.
IBS PAPERTECH GMBH and PAPERTECH INC. operate within IBS PPG, aligned in technology, standards, and engineering support worldwide. Across the group, digital intelligence, mechanical expertise and comprehensive service enhance quality, productivity and OEE without adding operational complexity.
Elevate production with machine vision
Papertech brings proven machine vision expertise to IBS PPG, empowering tissue producers to run stronger, smarter operations with dependable inspection systems, actionable diagnostics and AI-powered capabilities that unlock deeper performance insights.
- WebInspector® (WIS) and WIS Upgrades: Full-sheet defect detection delivers clear imaging and automated classification for fast, reliable quality insights. We offer both AI-enhanced and standard solutions to meet our clients’ unique requirements and operational needs. Our upgrade solutions also retrofit existing WIS beams with the latest technology, eliminating the need for full system replacement.
- WebVision® (WMS) with WebLED and WebLED-NIR: Identifies break causes from forming to finishing. WebLED-NIR improves visibility in steam intensive areas such as steam box and hood sections, enabling clearer images and more reliable analysis.
- iSTOP+®: The first digital solution for determining the web position in machine direction (MD) at the winder, supporting cleaner runs, fewer breaks, and lower maintenance with measurable gains in winder stability.
Together, these solutions enable earlier defect detection, reduced downtime and proactive break prevention by identifying and addressing issues before they escalate, while adapting to changing grades and operating conditions.
Stronger edges, smoother runs, superior tissue
Beyond inspection, IBS PPG addresses a major source of waste and breaks: the sheet edge and trim zone. Creping doctors, high pressure showers, flake free heavy wet strength broke preparation, double doctors, guiding systems, trim handling, steam boxes and reel changing solutions improve stability by:
- Controlling moisture in MD and CD more consistently.
- Maintaining cleaner roll and surface conditions.
- Keeping the sheet aligned through critical zones and strengthening edge stability for longer, more reliable runs.
Reel changing remains one of the most demanding production steps. IBS PPG supports mills with reliable reel change and handling systems backed by experienced service teams, making the process more controlled and less operator dependent. The result is fewer breaks, reduced trim loss, and more stable daily production.
To further support sheet quality, IBS PPG offers the patented iFIBER for stock preparation. It efficiently homogenizes stock, resists impurities and helps produce a flake free sheet when repulping wet strength broke.
In addition, for better felt conditioning and tissue solutions, IBS Group introduced pressMASTER, which is included in the product range delivered within the Group.
Sustain performance with expert services
IBS PPG provides complete lifecycle support to keep systems performing at their best, including maintenance and optimization of camera systems even from other providers, giving mills one experienced partner across platforms.
Support includes:
- Preventive and predictive maintenance.
- On-site diagnostics and efficiency audits.
- Remote monitoring, software tuning and rapid troubleshooting.
- Operator training, technical instruction and OEE workshops and modernization programs that extend equipment life without major capital spend.
This service network helps ensure performance gains continue long after commissioning.
Improve performance today, be prepared for tomorrow
For more than five decades, IBS PPG has supported papermakers with technologies used on major paper machines worldwide. With specialized brands, patented developments and proven field experience, the group brings practical expertise to tissue performance at scale.
Together, Papertech’s machine vision leadership and IBS PPG’s product and service capabilities help tissue mills improve performance today and prepare confidently for tomorrow.
