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Walk into almost any pulp mill or paper factory in the world and there is a good chance the machinery forming the sheet was built by Valmet. The Finnish company, headquartered in Espoo and tracing its roots to 18th-century ironworks, is a global leader in pulp, paper, and energy process technology, with roughly 19,000 employees and about €5 billion in annual revenue. Valmet sells complete production lines — fiber lines, paper machines, tissue machines, board machines — plus automation systems and a huge installed base of service contracts. Its strength is the rare combination of process know-how and controls: the company's measurement and quality-control systems let a paper machine run at very high speeds while holding moisture and thickness within fractions of a percent. The practical value for buyers is lifecycle: a Valmet paper machine can run for 40 years, and the company's service organization is structured to keep it running — which is why most of its revenue actually comes from services and rebuilds rather than new lines.
Also known as: Valmet
