# Högfors opens new valve plant in Salo, Finland, built around Fastems FMS

Högfors opened a new valve plant in Salo, Finland, built around a Fastems flexible manufacturing system that combines Deckel Maho and Gildemeister machine tools with a Fanuc robot cell. Eight machines were relocated from the old plant and the site is ready for production of butterfly and ball valves.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-11-26
- Where: Salo, Finland
- Status: completed
- Products: butterfly valves, ball valves, flexible manufacturing system
- Sectors: [Pumps and Valves](https://endata.com/sectors/pumps-valves.md), [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Högfors](https://endata.com/companies/4222.md)
- [Fastems](https://endata.com/companies/4223.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [fastems.com](https://www.fastems.com/case/hogfors/), 2018-11-26: "The new plant has been built around the Fastems FMS system that is used in the manufacturing of butterfly valves."

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