Valmet's strategy

Lead the Way

Reflecting on Valmet’s 225-year legacy is nothing short of inspiring, and now, we’re ready to take it to the next level. With our strategic renewal complete, we’re not just continuing our legacy — we’re elevating it with sharper focus, greater ambition, and new momentum. Our new strategy, ‘Lead the Way’,  is a bold commitment to shaping a more dynamic, customer-centric future. It empowers us to push boundaries, drive innovation, and deliver even greater value across the entire customer lifecycle.

Thomas Hinnerskov, President and CEO

Purpose

Our purpose is to transform industries towards a regenerative tomorrow.

Strategy

We have two focused segments:

1. Biomaterial Solutions & Services where our strategic mission is to advance circularity through the following strategic priorities:

Seamless lifecycle approach to grow in services and technology
Continuous innovation with customers, leading the way towards circularity
Relentless drive for product cost competitiveness

2. Process Performance Solutions where our strategic mission is to unlock resource efficiency through the following strategic priorities:

Leading lifecycle value, reliability and customer experience
Customer-focused innovation and strategic portfolio expansion
Growth in high-quality technologies and digital capabilities in mission-critical solutions

Strategy fundamentals

Customer success

Using leading technology and innovative solutions to deliver real value our customers can count on

Lifecycle commitment

Growing and serving our leading installed base sustainably supported by advanced digital solutions

Global competitiveness

Competing worldwide with lower product costs and excellent operations

Accountability

Operating as a high-performing, empowered team close to customer needs and opportunities

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Sustainability at Valmet

Valmet’s sustainability strategy is deeply embedded in its core business operations and is structured around three main pillars: environmental responsibility, social responsibility, and governance.

Valmet's organization and management

Valmet’s Board of Directors and the President and CEO will be responsible for the management of Valmet. Valmet’s Board of Directors will seek to ensure that good corporate governance practice is applied within Valmet.

Moving forward together

Explore our "Customers' voice" as we share some of the aspects that our customers especially value in our collaboration and way of working: how our customer promise comes to live.

Research and development

The aim of our research and development work is to create new technologies, products and services that address customer needs and help respond to some of the most important global megatrends.

Valmet's history

Valmet has over 225 years of industrial history. You can familiarize yourself with Valmet's journey by reading stories from our history timeline.