Company Profile

Valmet Oyj Company Profile

Pratik Shirsath Published 09 Apr 2026 Updated 09 Apr 2026

Company Profile

Valmet Oyj Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area, and Competitors

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Description

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Company Name

Valmet Oyj (Neles Oyj)

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Website

www.valmet.com

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Established Date

2013

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Headquartered

Finland

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Market Position/ History

Valmet Oyj was founded in 2013 and its head office is in Espoo, Finland.

In July 2021, Valmet and Neles agreed to merge.

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Sales Area

Worldwide

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Manufacturing Location

26 Production Sites globally

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Ticker

HEL: VALMT

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No. of Employees

more than 19,000 employees

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Competitors

Emerson Electric Company

The Flowserve Corporation

Schlumberger NV.

Crane Company

KITZ Corporation

IMI plc

KSB SE & Co KGaA

Bray International Inc

Spirax Sarco Limited

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CEO

Pasi Kalevi Laine

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Ownership Type

Public

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Contact Information

Keilasatama 5 / PO Box 11

FI-02150 ESPOO, FINLAND

Tel: +358 (0)10 672 0000

Business Segment or Overview

Valmet Oyj is a developer and supplier of process technologies, automation systems, and services for pulp, paper, energy, and many other industries. 

The Services segment provides customers flexible and fit-for-purpose services throughout the lifecycle to improve process performance and reliability. The Services segment consists of the Services business line. The Automation segment delivers flow control technologies, services, and automation solutions, ranging from single measurements to mill- or plant-wide process automation systems. The Automation segment consists of the flow control and automation systems business lines. The Process Technologies segment provides technology solutions for pulp and energy production, as well as for biomass conversion and emission control, complete production lines, machine rebuilds, and process components for board, tissue, and paper production. The process technologies segment comprises the pulp, energy, and paper business lines.

Industrial Valves Product Types Specification

Product

Product Description

Ball Valves

Neles top entry rotary ball valve, series T5

Neles T5 series top entry rotary ball valves are designed to meet the requirements of chemical, petrochemical and refining industries. Valves equipped with unique trunnion mounted Stemball, and capability to use Neles Q-trim technology anti-cavitation and noise attenuation trims, makes the valve series suitable in wide range of demanding heavy duty control applications including anti surge and blow down services.

Neles R- series segmented ball valve for on-off applications

New Neles segmented ball valve for on-off applications combines the material efficient control valve design with the high capacity and proven performance of Neles on-off valve seating technology. Standard units are equipped with cylinder or manual actuators and intelligent on-off valve controllers to ensure excellent and reliable isolating performance

Neles soft seated trunnion ball valve, series 6D

Neles series 6D is an API 6D certified (cert. no. 6D-2173) full bore trunnion supported piggable modular ball valve. The valve incorporates industry proven technology for body, ball, stem, stuffing box and seat designs. Packed with features, these valves can deliver long lasting performance in isolation service.

Neles modular seat supported ball valve, series X

Neles series X modular ball valve, incorporates robust stem to ball connection in seat supported models. Application based seat selection assures valves are capable of delivering long lasting tightness. Valve series meets modern industry requirements concerning safety and emissions.

Neles high pressure modular ball valves, series XH

Neles high pressure ball valves equipped with well-known valve technology including application-based seat selection, material and coating technologies, robust bearing construction. These features ensure long lasting service life even in the most demanding applications in oil and gas processing.

Neles PB series PFA lined ball valve

Neles PB series PFA lined ball valve is a full-bore design to minimize pressure loss and provide maximum flow capacity. The flow port and internal parts are fully covered with PFA for excellent corrosion resistance.

Butterfly Valves

Jamesbury Wafer-Sphere butterfly valve, series 800

Jamesbury Wafer-Sphere high-performance butterfly valves combine unique off-center disc, proprietary seat design and Xtreme sealing technology. Tight, long-lasting sealing, and yet light and low-cost design makes it a good alternative to gate valves and other heavier rotary-type designs.

Jamesbury butterfly valve, series WSRR

Its industry leading high-performance product.

Emergency shutdown valves

Reliable intelligent emergency shutdown (ESD) valves and actuators with Neles ValvGuard™ intelligent valve controllers improve your plant safety cost-efficiently. At Valmet, we have combined our know-how of valves, actuators, safety standards (IEC61508/61511), applications, system operability and partial stroke test devices with intelligent prediction tools. Diagnostic information is presented understandably to enable planned maintenance of potentially failing valve assemblies before they have a chance to impact the process or safety.

On-off valves

Intelligent, reliable on-off Neles valve solutions for general and high-cycle applications will help to reduce the life-cycle costs. Our valve solutions provide long lasting tight shut-off with fast and safe operation together with reduced fugitive emissions. Neles shut-off valves combined

Pratik Shirsath
Pratik Shirsath serves as a Research Analyst at Cognitive Market Research & Consulting, where he focuses on the Machinery & Equipment, Manufacturing, and Construction sectors. His work centers on delivering stra…

Profile Details

  • Published 09 Apr 2026
  • Last Updated 09 Apr 2026
  • Reading Time~5 minutes
  • CoverageSWOT, Financials, Key Employees, History

Table of Contents

    • 1.1 About Valmet Oyj
    • 1.2 Key Facts
    • 1.3 Key Employees
      • 1.3.1 Key Employee Biographies
    • 1.4 History
    • 1.5 Locations & Subsidiaries
      • 1.5.1 Head Office
      • 1.5.2 Other Locations & Subsidiaries
    • 2.1 Company Overview
    • 2.2 Business Segments
    • 2.3 R&D Overview
    • 2.4 Brands
    • 2.5 Key Company Statistics
    • 2.6 Key Financials (2015–2019)
    • 2.7 Share Holder Analysis
    • 2.8 Regional Presence
    • 2.9 Services Offered
    • 3.1 Strengths
    • 3.2 Weaknesses
    • 3.3 Opportunities
    • 3.4 Threats
    • 3.5 Key Competitors
    • 4.1 Company Metrics
    • 4.2 Key Investors
    • 4.3 Recent Funding & Valuation
    • 4.4 Historical Funding & Valuation
    • 5.1 Acquisitions
    • 5.2 Partnerships
    • 6.1 Latest News & Announcements
    • 6.2 Strategic Initiatives
    • 7.1 Summary of Findings
    • 7.2 Strategic Recommendations

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