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Manufacturing Manufacture of machinery and equipment Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 28.95 - Manufacture of machinery for paper and paperboard production
1,150 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
31 March 2025
Employment effect (start)
31 March 2025
Foreseen end date
31 December 2025
Description
Valmet, a Finnish provider of technologies, automation, and services for the pulp, paper, and energy sectors, has announced that it plans to cut up to 1,150 worldwide in 2025.
The layoffs will affect 395 positions in Finland. The restructuring programme, which will affect only white-collar employees, aims to enhance cost efficiency and align the company’s structure with evolving market demands, particularly in the struggling pulp and paper sector. The cost-saving initiative targets annual savings of €80 million from 2026.
Valmet’s restructuring will introduce five new business areas—Automation Solutions, Flow Control, Pulp, Energy and Circularity, Packaging and Paper, and Tissue—alongside a new Global Supply unit. The changes, set to take effect on 1 July 2025, come as Valmet seeks to improve performance and ensure long-term competitiveness.
Globally, the company employs about 19,000 staff.
Previous restructuring programmes of Valmet have been recorded in the ERM database:Valmet 2024-WO;Valmet 2024-FI
Eurofound (2025), Valmet, Internal restructuring in World, factsheet number 202570, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/202570.
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