Sulzer completed a modernization of its Karhula pump factory in Kotka, adding a highly automated, digitized pump production line and a new logistics centre. The upgrade cuts production throughput time by 93%.

Valmet inaugurated a new high-volume valve production unit at its Vantaa valve factory, which started operations in June 2022 and was officially opened on June 6, 2022, to improve valve availability and delivery times.

Sulzer Pumps Finland moved process pump production to a new production line completed in 2022 at its Karhula plant in Kotka, which significantly increased capacity and was paired with the adoption of LEAN management.

Neles will commission a new production unit at its Vantaa, Finland valve factory to improve availability and delivery times, with start of operations scheduled for early 2022.