Valmet announced an investment of about US$8 million (R$40 million) in a new plant in Sorocaba, São Paulo, housing its Flow Control and Automation Solutions businesses. Completion is planned for the first half of 2026 and capacity will exceed 12,000 valve assemblies per year.

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.

ABB was awarded an order by Seatrium to supply electrical equipment and automation for two new FPSO vessels, P-84 and P-85, for Petrobras in Brazil's Atapu and Sépia fields.

Valmet will deliver a new recovery boiler, ash crystallization plant and odorous gas handling system, with automation and control valves, to Klabin's Monte Alegre pulp mill in Brazil, expected to start operating by end-2026. The order value was not disclosed.

Valmet has delivered a complete pulp mill with full-scope automation and flow control solutions for Arauco's new mill in Brazil, with a 3.5 million tonne per year capacity and an order value over EUR 1 billion.

Interpump Hydraulics Brasil plans to invest R$10 million through 2025 in new equipment, robotic cells and infrastructure at its Caxias do Sul and Indaiatuba plants, under an Industry 4.0 approach.

Valmet received orders from Klabin for a paperboard machine PM 28, a new fiberline with Continuous Cooking G3 and a BCTMP line, for start-up in Q2 2023 as part of Klabin's PUMA II investment phase. Values were not disclosed.

Andritz signed a contract with CHESF to fully modernize and digitalize the 1,050 MW Sobradinho hydropower plant in Bahia, Brazil, with an order value above EUR 40 million and completion expected in 2025.

Novus began full operations at its new plant in the Parque Canoas de Inovação, moving 100% of its Porto Alegre operation there. The first-stage investment is R$20 million, and the factory is about three times larger than the previous one.

Emerson installed a new production line at its ASCOVAL plant in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to assemble TopWorx valve controllers for South American customers, shortening delivery times.