Automation Solutions business area

Automation Systems business area is part of the Process Performance Solutions-segment. See also the Valmet's Industrial Internet -video and the Automation Solutions at a glance -video below.

The Automation Solutions business area offers industrial automation solutions and services to process industries globally. The main solutions are Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Quality Management Systems (QMS), analyzers and measurements, and automation services.

Valmet’s automation solutions are designed to maximize the profitability and sustainability of customers’ businesses. This is achieved by improving production performance, quality management and energy and material efficiency.

We have delivered nearly 5,000 automation systems and more than 100,000 analyzers and measurements. More than 1,200 power plants worldwide feature Valmet’s process automation.

The most important geographical market for the Automation Systems business line is EMEA, and the second largest area in terms of net sales is North America. Almost half the business consists of services. 

Approximately 10-20 percent of the business line’s net sales are generated when automation is sold as part of Valmet’s technology delivery in the Biomaterial Solutions and Services segment. The remaining 80-90 percent are generated from sales to existing global installed base.

See also Process Performance Solutions presentation from slide 40 onwards from Capital Markets Day 2025.

Automation Systems key figures

Net sales* in EUR million

Percentage (%) of Valmet’s net sales

Orders received*, EUR million

Percentage (%) of Valmet's orders received

*2016-2020 figures have not been restated and include internal orders received and net sales

Market drivers

 

Industry

Market position* 

Market size* 

Market Drivers

Pulp & Paper

#1-2

26%

 

 

~ EUR 16 billion

 

 

 

• Aging machines and installed automation systems
• Investments in new pulp and paper production lines and industrial decarbonization
• Demand for raw material savings, process efficiencies and sustainability
• Demand for Industrial Internet-based solutions driven by customer digitalization
Energy and Gases

#1-2

14%

Marine & Other

#1-2 in Marine, niche player in other process industries

Refining & Chemicals

#1 in gas chromatography, iche player in DCS

Metals & Mining

Niche player in DCS

*As in CMD 2025 materials