Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
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
Updated, 22/05/2025 It is announced that Valmet will cut 325 positions in Finland Valmet 2025-FIand 108 in Sweden Valmet 2025-SEas part of a global organizational restructuring. The cuts affect white-collar employees, senior specialists, and managers across all Finnish sites. The restructuring is part of a broader global reorganization that will take effect on July 1. In addition to job cuts, Valmet will launch new negotiations concerning temporary layoffs of up to 90 days for 1,100 employees in its Paper business line due to decreased workload.
Eurofound (2025), Valmet, Internal restructuring in World, factsheet number 202570, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202570.
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