In order to better serve its customers and improve delivery times of filter fabrics to the Asia Pacific and Middle East regions, Valmet, one of the leading suppliers of filter fabrics and industrial textiles globally, has decided to invest in filter fabric manufacturing in Pune, India. The new unit will start operation in the second quarter of 2021.

Valmet's investment will include manufacturing equipment for filter fabric production.

“This investment gives us the necessary assets to further develop our services close to customers and strengthen our position in the market. It also ensures our capacity for the coming years to deliver filter fabrics that respond to customer needs for maximised reliability and optimised performance of their production process,” says Tero Kokko, vice president, Fabrics Business Unit, Valmet.

Valmet’s filtration offering covers filter fabrics and felts for the mining and chemical, pulp and paper, dry filtration and laundry industries.