# Valmet to build new filter fabric plant in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Valmet announced a €10 million investment to build a new filter fabric production unit in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Construction starts in Q2 2024 and runs until Q1 2025, aiming to triple operations and increase staff from 100 to 260.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2024-04-04
- Where: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Value: $10.8M (10.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 160
- Starts operating: Q2 2025
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 12,000 square meters
- Products: filter fabrics, filter screens
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [cimm.com.br](https://www.cimm.com.br/portal/noticia/exibir_noticia/24890-valmet-renova-maquinario-anuncia-10-milhoes-nova-planta), 2024-04-04: "A Valmet... anunciou um investimento significativo de € 10 milhões para estabelecer uma nova unidade de produção de tecidos filtrantes em Belo Horizonte (MG)."

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