Research and development

Valmet’s R&D work is based on customers’ needs, such as increasing production efficiency, improve competitiveness, maximize value of raw materials, widen raw material base, provide high-value end products, and developing new innovations and technologies.

Currently, Valmet has three focus areas in its R&D work:

• To ensure advanced and competitive technologies and services, Valmet develops cost competitive, leading process and automation technologies and services.
• To enhance raw material, water and energy efficiency, Valmet combines process technology, automation and services to reduce raw material, water, and energy consumption in its customers’ production processes.
• To promote renewable materials, Valmet develops solutions to replace fossil materials with renewable ones and to produce new high-value end products.

Valmet has successfully commercialized its techological innovations. Valmet has, for example, sold 27 OptiConcept M board and paper machines, and 13 Advantage NTT tissue machines. Valmet has also delivered 2 LignoBoost lignin separation plants.

Positive trend in orders received of new products:

• EUR 462 million in 2013
• EUR 529 million in 2014 (Automation business line not included)
• EUR 653 million in 2015
• EUR 751 million in 2016
• EUR 692 million in 2017
• EUR 1 080 million in 2018
• EUR 987 million in 2019

Product is new 5 years after launch in capital business and 3 years in services business.

Figures for 2013 are carve-out figures. 

Valmet's Research and Development centers on map

Valmet's research and development work is carried out predominantly in Finland and Sweden within the business lines’ technology and R&D organizations. In addition, research and development takes place together with a network made up of customers, research facilities and universities.