Valmet Automotive
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| Industry | Automotive industry |
| Founded | 1968 |
| Headquarters | Uusikaupunki, Finland |
| Products | Automotive services |
| Services | Engineering, Manufacturing, Roof systems |
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| Owner | Pontos (39%), Tesi (39%), CATL (22%) |
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1,959 (2015) |
| Website | Valmet-Automotive.com |
€399.9 million (2015)Valmet Automotive (former Saab-Valmet) is a service provider for the automotive industry. The company offers services in automotive engineering, vehicle manufacturing, convertible roof systems and related consulting services.
Valmet Automotive’s focus areas of expertise are premium cars, convertibles and electric vehicles. The company has 3,500 employees in Finland, Germany and Poland. The headquarters are located in Uusikaupunki, Finland. The majority of the company is owned by Pontos Group and Finnish government-owned holding company Tesi. A minority shareholder is the market-leading EV battery manufacturer CATL.
In manufacturing, Valmet Automotive’s customer references include Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Saab, Opel and Fisker. Valmet Automotive has had electric vehicles in series production from 2009 until 2011.
In 2012 Marussia Motors and Valmet Automotive announced an engineering and manufacturing agreement on B2 sports cars.
In July 2012, Daimler AG and Valmet Automotive announced a manufacturing agreement for over 100,000 Mercedes-Benz A-Class vehicles at the Uusikaupunki, Finland, plant in 2013-2016. Production began in August 2013. A contract for the production of Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class vehicles was announced in November 2015. Manufacturing preparations involved plant restructuring worth tens of millions of euros and the hiring of hundreds of more personnel. Production will begin in Q1 2017.
In engineering, Valmet Automotive offers components and complete vehicle projects. The focus areas are electric mobility solutions and manufacturing engineering.
The roof systems business line’s customer references include Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Mini, Renault and Bentley. The manufacturing plants are located in Osnabrück, Germany, and Zary, Poland.
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