List of Valmet products

This is a list of Valmet products. The Valmet Corporation is a developer and supplier of technologies, automation systems and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries but Valmet’s history as an industrial operator stretches back over 200 years. This list concentrates mainly on the historical products while the new products are described in the main article.

Historical Valmet products
Valmet's electric multiple unit Sm1
M100 train, Helsinki Metro
Valmeti's Dr16 diesel train locomotive
Valmet's L-90 Redigo aircraft

Rail vehicles

Between 1958 and 1991 Valmet produced a large number of locomotives, diesel multiple units and electric multiple units for the Finnish State Railways, as well as a number of trams for Helsinki City Transport.

Locomotives
Diesel multiple unit 1952-1971

Diesel locomotives - Valmet made first locomotives in co-operation with Lokomo and Tampella for USSR and after that locomotives for VR

Diesel multiple units

Diesel trains and railbuses (Dm3 ja Dm4, Dm6 ja Dm7, Dm8, Dm9)

Electric multiple units

Valmet made electrical multiple units with Strömberg for VR (Sm1 and Sm2, and for Helsinki metro M100 trains).

Trams

Valmet made trams with Strömberg for HKL years 1973–1975 and 1983–1987.

Other

Airplane industry

Valmet's airplane products came from Valtion lentokonetehdas. Valmet designed and made Valmet L-70 Vinka and Valmet L-90 Redigo. It also designed the Tuuli III and L-89 Turbovinha. It also had a license to make Fouga Magister, Saab Draken and BAe Hawk.

The products were later moved to Patria Finavitec Oy and Patria company's Patria Aviation Oy.

Aerospace

Main tasks were the assembly and licence production of Fouga Magister trainers, Saab Draken fighters and BAe Hawk trainers. The Tampere factory was closed in the 1960s and main part of the aircraft factory became the facility at Kuorevesi.

Domestically-designed aircraft included the Valmet Vihuri in the 1950s, the Valmet Vinka in the late 1970s and the Valmet Redigo in the mid-1980s.

A line of military trainer aircraft for the Finnish Air Force developed and manufactured by Valmet include the L-70 Vinka and L-90 Redigo.

After the Finnish state privatized Valmet in 1996, the aviation division was detached and integrated into Finnish defense industries, Patria, as Patria Finavitec. The military part is mostly state-owned but EADS owns 27 per cent of Patria.

This period started with the assembly of F/A-18 Hornet fighter aircraft and NH90 helicopters. Civilian work increased in the form of participating in design and manufacture of parts for Airbus aircraft, most notably A380 spoilers.

Airplanes

Saab-Valmet

In 1968 Valmet and Saab started a company called Saab-Valmet. It had a car factory in Uusikaupunki and it produced mainly Saab cars, although Talbots were also built. The factory is now Valmet Automotive.

Paper mills

Valmet made paper mill machinery and process control equipment. Valtion tykkitehdas produced artillery pieces for the Finnish Army along with Tampella AB industries. After World War II production switched to paper mills.

Paper machines production technology was made in Rautpohja fun factory by Uolevi Konttinen, Olavi Miekk-oja and a technician. Unlike for many other gun factories it was easier for Valmet to change their products. The first two paper machines were made for Metalexport to Poland in 1953. In 1969 it made an agreement to make paper and cardboard machines with Tampella and Wärtsilä.

Valmet concentrated to make paper machines for making paper for newspapers, magazines and bags. The companies had a common marketing organization.

Metso Paper had a company in China's Xi'an with a local partner. The company was called Metso Paper Technology (Xi'an) Co. Ltd.[1] It is now called Valmet Paper Technology (Xi'an) Co. Ltd.[2]

Tractors

Valmet first made tractors for Finland. In the beginning of 1960's Valmet made a tractor factory to Brazil and later one in Tanzania. Valmet took over Volvo BM's tractor production in the 1980s. In 1994 Valmet sold the Valmet (tractor) to Sisu Auto which Partek bought in 1997. Partek came part of Kone in 2002. It sold the tractors to AGCO Corporation. The company makes tractors in Äänekoski's Suolahti factory. In 2001 they took Valtra trademark into use. Originally Valtra was a product name of Valmet's products.

Forestry machines
Valmet 840.2 Forwarder

Valmet's machines for forestry were also moved from Sisu Auto, Partek and Kone. Kone sold them to Japanese Komatsu in 2003. Komatsu Forest makes forest machines in Sweden and United States and discontinued the Valmet labelled products in the beginning of 2011.

Instruments
Valmet clock
  • Sauna thermometers
  • Electronical instruments, first made in Enermet Oy, which is now part of Landis+Gyr
  • Valmet clocks were made in 1950's and 1960's. There were 10 different models, e.g. Matti and Jussi.

Machines for building houses
  • Kiuas
  • Super fans
  • Elevators used by industry and individuals. Valmet started to make elevators in 1953. After making 150 elevators it started co-operation with Swiss Schlieren company. They made Valmet-Schlieren elevators in 1959–1980. After that is made elevators alone until 1986. Together with American Otis Elevator company a new company calle Valmet Otis was formed in 1986. Otis owned 70% and Valmet 30% but in 1992 Valmet sold them.

Weapons
Main article: Patria (company)

Valtion Kivääritehdas was merged into Valmet in 1951. The firearms developed by Valmet include the Rk 62, mod. 78 7.62×51, M82 and the RK 95 TP.

  • Guns for army: Valmet Rk 62, Rk 76, M82 assault rifles and TAK 75 and 85 rifles
  • Guns for hunting and sport: Suomen Leijona, Valmet Erä and Valmet Orava rifles, Valmet Leijona, Valmet 112, Valmet 212, Valmet 312 and Valmet 412 shotguns and RK 62-based Valmet Petra rifle.
Valmet Orava rifle

Trolleybuses

The company also manufactured trolleybuses, between 1948 and 1960, but the total number built was only 52, comprising 23 for Helsinki and 29 for Tampere.[3]

Shipyards

Valmet dockyards were merged with Wärtsilä yards to form Wärtsilä Marine. After the bankruptcy the company re-emerged as Masa Yards, later becoming Aker Finnyards and subsequently Aker Yards.

Other products
  • Valmet made Terhi outdoor motors in Jyskä factory in 1959–1979.
  • Snowmobiles Valmet made Lynx, Terhi and Winha snowmobiles in 1970's and 1980's.

References
  1. Metso location Contact us, Pulp and paper, Metso
  2. "Valmet locations - China". Valmet. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
  3. Murray, Alan (2000). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia. p. 99. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. ISBN 0-904235-18-1.
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