Valmet and Neles signed a combination agreement and merger plan under which Neles will merge into Valmet, creating a company with illustrative 2020 net sales of about EUR 4.3 billion and around 17,000 staff. The combination targets roughly EUR 25 million in annual run-rate synergies.

Valmet proposed to the Neles board on 29 September 2020 to start talks on a statutory merger of the two Finnish companies. Valmet had already built its Neles stake to 29.5%.

Rocsole and Flowrox are setting up the joint venture Flowrox Automation, headquartered in Kuopio, Finland, to manufacture and distribute Rocsole's Scaling Watch pipe scaling measurement solution. Flowrox's owner Capillary Oy will also buy a share of Rocsole.