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

Rail vehicles

Between 1958 and 1991 Valmet produced a large number of

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diesel multiple unit A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple-unit train powered by on-board diesel engines. A DMU requires no separate locomotive, as the engines are incorporated into one or more of the carriages. Diesel-powered single-unit railcars are also ...

s and

electric multiple unit An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a numbe ...

s for the

Finnish State Railways VR-Group Plc ( fi, VR-Yhtymä Oyj, sv, VR-Group Abp), commonly known as VR, is a government-owned railway company in Finland. VR's most important function is the operation of Finland's passenger rail services with 250 long-distance and 800 co ...

, as well as a number of trams for Helsinki City Transport.

Locomotives

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s – Valmet made first locomotives in co-operation with

Lokomo Oy Lokomo Ab was a Finnish manufacturer of railroad equipment and steam locomotives, situated in Tampere, Finland. The company was founded in 1915 by a group of Finnish businesspeople, including Jalmar Castrén and Emil Aaltonen. The Lokomo fac ...

and

Tampella Oy Tampella Ab was a Finnish heavy industry manufacturer, a maker of paper machines, locomotives, military weaponry, as well as wood-based products such as packaging. The company was based mainly in the Naistenlahti district of the city of ...

for USSR and after that locomotives for the VR Group. *

VR Class Hr11 The VR Class Hr11 was the first class of line-haul diesel locomotives used by Valtionrautatiet (Finnish State Railways). Only five units were built, all delivered by Valmet in 1955. The Maybach diesel engines used in the locomotives proved highly ...

* VR Class Dv11 *

VR Class Dv12 The Dv12 (Sv12 and Sr12 until 1977) is the standard Finnish medium-weight diesel-hydraulic road switcher operated by VR. As all the main lines of Finnish railway network have been electrificied, the locomotive is designated mostly to unelectrifie ...

* VR Class Dv15 *

VR Class Dv16 VR may refer to: Arts, entertainment and education * Virtual reality, a computer technology that simulates an environment with which a user may interact as if it was actually there * ''Virtua Racing'', a 1992 arcade racing game by Sega * Vocatio ...

VR Class Dr12 VR Class Dr12 (original designation ''Hr12'') was a heavy diesel-electric locomotive of Valtionrautatiet (Finnish State Railways). The first 6 locomotives were ordered in 1956. They entered service between 1959 and 1963. The locomotives were bui ...

VR Class Dr16 The Dr16 is a class of diesel-electric locomotives used by VR (Finnish Railways). The 23 locomotives have a single, off-centre cab and are currently VR's most powerful diesel locomotives. Their nickname is ''"Iso Vaalee"'' (Big Blonde). They are ...

VR Class Tve4 VR may refer to: Arts, entertainment and education * Virtual reality, a computer technology that simulates an environment with which a user may interact as if it was actually there * ''Virtua Racing'', a 1992 arcade racing game by Sega * Vocati ...

Diesel multiple units

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

VR Class Dm6 The Dm6 and Dm7 were diesel multiple units built by Valmet in the 1950s and 1960s for Valtionrautatiet. They are known by their nickname ''lättähattu'' (Finnish for "flat cap", the first widespread youth culture movement in Finland). History ...

VR Class Dm7 The Dm6 and Dm7 were diesel multiple units built by Valmet in the 1950s and 1960s for Valtionrautatiet. They are known by their nickname ''lättähattu'' (Finnish for "flat cap", the first widespread youth culture movement in Finland). History ...

VR Class Dm8 VR may refer to: Arts, entertainment and education * Virtual reality, a computer technology that simulates an environment with which a user may interact as if it was actually there * ''Virtua Racing'', a 1992 arcade racing game by Sega * Vocati ...

VR Class Dm9 VR may refer to: Arts, entertainment and education * Virtual reality, a computer technology that simulates an environment with which a user may interact as if it was actually there * ''Virtua Racing'', a 1992 arcade racing game by Sega * Vocati ...

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. * Valmet RM 1 *

Valmet RM 2 RM 2 was a class of two-bogie four-axle (Bo′Bo′ wheel arrangement) tram operated by Turku City Transport ( fi, Turun kaupungin liikennelaitos (TuKL); sv, Åbo stads trafikverk), popularly known as "ghost cars". They were the last trams acquire ...

Valmet RM 3 Valmet Oyj is a Finnish company and a developer and supplier of technologies, automation systems and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. Valmet has over 200 years of history as an industrial operator. Formerly owned by the ...

Valmet Nr I Nr I is a class of articulated six-axle (B′2′B′ wheel arrangement), chopper (electronics), chopper-driven tram operated by Helsinki City Transport on the Helsinki tram network. All trams of this type were built by the Finland, Finnish metal i ...

Valmet Nr II Nr II is a class of articulated six-axle (B′2′B′ wheel arrangement), chopper-driven tram operated by Helsinki City Transport (HKL) on the Helsinki tram network. All trams of this type were built by the Finnish metal industry corporation Valm ...

Other

* Cmc, Rt, Pot, Nom

Airplane industry

Valmet's first airplane products came from Valtion lentokonetehdas. Valmet designed and made the Valmet L-70 Vinka and

Valmet L-90 Redigo The Valmet L-90 Redigo is a turboprop-powered military basic trainer aircraft and liaison aircraft, a development of Valmet, Valmet's Valmet L-70 Vinka, earlier training aircraft for the Finnish Air Force. The L-90 was the last military aircraft ...

military trainer aircraft for the Finnish Air Force. 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

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company's Patria Aviation Oy.

Aerospace

Valmet's 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. After the Finnish state privatized Valmet in 1996, the aviation division was detached and integrated into Finnish defense industries,

, 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 The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is an all-weather, twinjet, twin-engine, supersonic aircraft, supersonic, carrier-based aircraft, carrier-capable, Multirole combat aircraft, multirole combat aircraft, designed as both a Fighter aircraft, ...

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 The Airbus A380 is a large wide-body airliner that was developed and produced by Airbus. It is the world's largest passenger airliner and only full-length double-deck jet airliner. Airbus studies started in 1988, and the project was annou ...

spoilers.

Airplanes

Valmet Tuuli The Valmet Tuuli was a trainer aircraft, developed for the Finnish Air Force by the State Aircraft Factory (''Valtion lentokonetehdas'', VL). The aircraft was to be produced in 3 different versions. The last version, Tuuli III was redesigned from ...

II * Valmet Vihuri *

Valmet Vinka The Valmet L-70 ''Vinka'' is a Finnish-designed piston-powered military basic trainer aircraft of the 1970s. A production run of 30 aircraft were built for the Finnish Air Force in the early 1980s, and although the type was not exported, it forme ...

* Valmet L-90 TP Redigo

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

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s were also built. The factory is now Valmet Automotive.

Paper mills

Valmet made

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machinery and

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equipment. ''Valtion tykkitehdas'' produced artillery pieces for the Finnish Army along with

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

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 Metso Oyj was a Finnish industrial machinery company focusing on providing technology and services for mining, aggregates, and oil and gas, recycling, pulp and paper and other process industries. On 30 June 2020, Metso's partial demerger and ...

had a company in China's Xi'an with a local partner. The company was called Metso Paper Technology (Xi'an) Co. Ltd.Metso location
Contact us, Pulp and paper, Metso It is now called Valmet Paper Technology (Xi'an) Co. Ltd.

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

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Corporation. The company makes tractors in Äänekoski's Suolahti factory. In 2001 they took

Valtra Valtra is an agricultural machinery manufacturer based in Äänekoski, Finland. Valtra's products include tractors, combine harvesters, sugar cane harvesters, self-propelled sprayers and seed drills. Valtra has been part of the American AGCO Cor ...

trademark into use. Originally Valtra was a product name of Valmet's products.

Forestry machines

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

* 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

Valtion Kivääritehdas Valtion Kivääritehdas (VKT), ''State Rifle Factory'' in English, was a Finnish state-owned firearms manufacturer that existed independently in the Tourula district of Jyväskylä in Finland from 1926 to 1946. The first serial product in the ...

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. Orava_smallbore_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.Murray, Alan (2000). ''World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia''. p. 99. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. .

Shipyards

Valmet dockyards were merged with Wärtsilä yards to form Wärtsilä Marine. After the bankruptcy the company re-emerged as

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, later becoming

Aker Finnyards STX Finland Oy, formerly Aker Yards Oy, was a Finnish shipbuilding company operating three shipyards in Finland, in Turku, Helsinki and Rauma, employing some 2,500 people. It was part of STX Europe, a group of international shipbuilding companie ...

and subsequently

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. * was built at the

Vuosaari shipyard Vuosaari shipyard was a shipyard located in the district of Vuosaari in Helsinki, Finland. Built by the Finnish state-owned company Valmet Oy in the early 1970s, the shipyard delivered 33 newbuildings and participated in building around 100 other ...

in Helsinki.

Other products

* Valmet made Terhi outdoor motors in Jyskä factory in 1959–1979. * Snowmobiles Valmet made

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, Terhi and Winha snowmobiles in 1970's and 1980's.

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