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Collaboration with Save the Children: Ensuring that children get safely back to school in Dungarpur, India

Valmet has supported Save the Children’s Child Sensitive Social Protection Project in Dungarpur, India, where COVID-19 has significantly disrupted children’s education.

“I gained courage and self-confidence and learned social skills”

To celebrate its 220-year industrial history and the centenary of Finland’s independence, Valmet started a unique program for young people in Finland in cooperation with the Children and Youth Foundation.

”Olen oppinut paljon kaikkea elämää varten”

Valmetin 220-vuotisen teollisen historian sekä Suomen itsenäisyyden juhlavuoden kunniaksi Valmet käynnisti yhdessä Lasten ja nuorten säätiön kanssa ainutlaatuisen nuoriso-ohjelman.

Building a winning team in India

The Valmet team in India has been working to develop its team in line with the global ‘Winning Team’ Must-Win. While managers focused on improving managerial and leadership skills, their team members took part in a specially designed training program for non-managers.

Valmet receives Silver Class Sustainability Award 2018 in RobecoSAM’s annual Sustainability Yearbook

Valmet has received a Silver Class medal in RobecoSAM's annual Sustainability Yearbook 2018 for its excellent sustainability performance. RobecoSAM is an investment specialist focused exclusively on Sustainability Investing. The Yearbook showcases the sustainability performance of the world’s largest companies and includes the top 15% per industry.

Valmet receives Bronze Class distinction in SAM Sustainability Yearbook 2020

Valmet has received Bronze Class distinction in SAM Sustainability Yearbook 2020 for excellent sustainability performance. Sustainability Yearbook is a comprehensive publication providing in-depth analysis on corporate sustainability.

Valve expertise secures Naantali power plant’s reliability

The power plant process involves challenging conditions, and the plant must remain on stream continuously. Control valves are a small but important part of the process: they control flow and keep the power plant’s process stable, helping to ensure that the plant operates efficiently. This is why Neles’ valves were chosen for Turun Seudun Energiantuotanto Oy’s (TSE) new power plant in Naantali, Finland.

The road ahead

Neles, nowadays part of Valmet, can pride itself on 65 years of experience in designing and manufacturing flow control solutions for various process sectors. Building on this foundation of knowledge, expertise and insights, the company is ready for the 21st century with exciting developments in renewable energies and more mature sectors such as oil and gas. One telling example is the revamped butterfly valve range that Neles recently introduced.

A record-breaking number of valves and switches installed and supplied in Brazil

Large investments bring impressive benefits to local economy.

How to improve turbine efficiency

In the power and gas turbine market, competition among turbine and compressor manufacturers has become more challenging. Decisions are driven mainly by price and efficiency. Saving costs by selecting the correct application-based control and safety valves has become more important. New valve technologies and new valve designs help increase turbine efficiency and reduce costs while improving safety, for example, by installing a faster pressure relief in the case of a trip in a compressor or a gas turbine compressor.