North America

Market characteristics

• Mature market with large aging installed base creating service and automation demand, as well as demand for renewals and rebuilds
• Continued customer focus on availability, reliability, operating costs, including energy and environmental savings in mills
• Rebuild and new capacity demand in board and tissue grades. Capacity closures in printing papers. Rebuild and upgrade demand in pulp
• Flow Control demand in renewable energy and gas, metals and mining, and other process industries, while expanding service by installed base management

Valmet's position

• Leading position in pulp and paper process technology
• Well-established position in the services and automation business

Valmet in North America

• 3 R&D Centers
• 29 service centers
• 17 production units
• 11 sales offices
• 2,040 employees

(source: Valmet's Annual Review 2022)