# Valmet builds new valve production facility in Sorocaba, Brazil

Valmet is constructing a new facility in Sorocaba, São Paulo, to house a valve production unit and offices for its flow control and automation businesses. The built-to-suit unit will double the size of the existing plant and is expected to be completed in the first half of 2026.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2025-11-27
- Where: Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil
- Value: $7.40M (40.0M BRL)
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: Double the size of the existing Sorocaba plant
- Products: valves, actuators, positioners
- Sectors: [Pumps and Valves](https://endata.com/sectors/pumps-valves.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Valmet](https://endata.com/companies/244.md)

## Sources

- [valmet.com](https://www.valmet.com/news/other-news/2025/valmet-strengthens-customer-service-and-flow-control-solution-availability-with-a-new-facility-in-sorocaba-brazil/), 2025-11-27: "The new valve production unit will be built under the built-to-suit (BTS) model and double the size of the existing plant currently located in Sorocaba."
- [valor.globo.com](https://valor.globo.com/empresas/noticia/2025/11/28/valmet-investe-r-40-milhoes-em-nova-unidade-em-sorocaba-sp.ghtml), 2025-11-28: "A Valmet, empresa finlandesa de tecnologias para indústrias de transformação, vai investir cerca de R$ 40 milhões na construção de uma nova unidade em Sorocaba, interior de São Paulo, ampliando a área produtiva na região de 4,5 mil m² para 8,8 mil m²."
- [cimm.com.br](https://www.cimm.com.br/portal/noticia/exibir_noticia/26947-valmet-investe-40-milhoes-construcao-nova-unidade), 2025-12-03: "A fábrica terá capacidade anual superior a 12 mil conjuntos de válvulas e manterá um estoque de mais de 6 mil itens."
- [valve-world.net](https://valve-world.net/valmet-opens-a-new-facility-in-sorocaba-brazil/), 2025-12-15: "The new valve production unit will be built under the built-to-suit (BTS) model and double the size of the existing plant currently located in Sorocaba."

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