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Valmet Flow Control Selects Aras Innovator for Digital Thread

by | Jun 24, 2025

A new PLM system is being implemented to centralize product data and improve coordination across global operations. Connecting systems helps industrial teams stay efficient, transparent, and prepared for evolving project demands.
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ANDOVER, MA, June 24, 2025 – Aras has announced that Valmet’s Flow Control business line has selected Aras Innovator to serve customers with centralized and transparent product information.

Valmet’s Flow Control business supplies valve, pump, and automation technology across a range of process industries. The company works to support sustainability and help customers improve how they operate.

The company offers different products to support arduous industrial settings and works with global clients. Valmet’s Flow Control business sought a PLM system to help manage product lifecycle management, facilitate international project coordination, and support long-term  sustainability and innovation goals.

“Today’s industrial organizations face increasing pressure to connect data across different processes,” said Roque Martin, CEO of Aras. “By leveraging the digital thread, Valmet Flow Control and our customers can drive greater transparency, streamline processes, and build solutions tailored to their evolving business needs. We’re excited about supporting Valmet Flow Control in their PLM journey.”

Fulvisol, an Aras Gold Partner, is collaborating with Valmet to support the implementation of Aras Innovator.

About Valmet’s Flow Control business

Valmet’s Flow Control business line delivers valves, pumps, valve automation solutions, and related services for industries like pulp, paper, and bioproducts industry, renewable energy, refining, mining and metals processing, and industrial gas production. With a global team of around 2,800 flow control specialists, Valmet provides process and flow control solutions that help customers manage industrial operations, meet environmental standards, and maintain safety.

Source: Aras

About Aras

Aras Corp., founded in 2000 by Peter Schroer, provides product lifecycle management (PLM) and digital thread solutions. Headquartered in Andover, MA, with additional offices in Japan, Germany, France, the UK, and Italy, Aras offers the Aras Innovator platform—a low-code solution designed to enhance product development processes across various industries. Aras empowers organizations to manage complex product lifecycles by serving sectors such as aerospace and defense, automotive, high-tech electronics, industrial manufacturing, energy, life sciences, shipbuilding, and medical devices. The company’s technology enables the delivery of flexible solutions built on a digital thread backbone, connecting users across disciplines to critical product data and processes throughout the lifecycle and extended supply chain. As of 2021, Aras employs over 500 professionals and serves approximately 350 customers.

 About Valmet

Valmet Oyj, based in Espoo, Finland, supplies process technologies, automation systems, and flow control solutions for the pulp, paper, tissue, and energy sectors. Established in its current form in 2013 after a demerger from Metso, the company’s industrial background extends over 200 years. Its offerings include equipment for paper and board production, pulp processing, biomass and energy boilers, and industrial automation systems. Valmet also delivers services such as maintenance, system upgrades, and digital monitoring. The company operates across multiple regions with a workforce of more than 19,000 employees. In 2024, Valmet reported net sales of approximately €5.4 billion. Valmet focuses on supporting process-oriented industries with technical tools and services aimed at maintaining equipment and improving production efficiency.