1968 headquarters uusikaupunki finland products automotive services services engineering manufacturing roof systems revenue 399.9 million 2015 1 operating income 22.2 million 2015 1 net income 14.2 million 2015 1 number of employees 1 959 2015 2 website valmet automotive.com gate to the valmet factory . since 2011 fisker karma sportcar of carmaker fisker automotive 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 business services . 3 valmet automotive s focus areas of expertise are premium cars convertibles and electric vehicles . the company has 2 000 employees in finland germany poland and china . the headquarters are located in finland . the majority of the company is owned by pontos group and finnish industry investment ltd. contents 1 expertise 2 history 3 gallery 4 references 5 external links expertise edit in manufacturing valmet automotive s customer references include mercedes benz porsche saab opel and fisker . 4 5 valmet automotive has had electric vehicles in series production since 2009 . in 2012 marussia motors and valmet automotive announced an engineering and manufacturing agreement on b2 sports cars . 6 7 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 . 8 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 osnabr ck germany and zary poland . history edit saab valmet was established in 1968 as a joint venture of finnish valmet and swedish saab scania . the automotive plant was placed in uusikaupunki finland . in 1992 valmet became the sole owner and the company was renamed valmet automotive in 1995 . from 1999 to 2010 the sole owner was metso after which finnish industry investment and pontos investments bought 34 % of the company s shares . 9 on november 4 2010 valmet automotive bought karmann s roof component sections in osnabr ck germany and zary poland . 10 the acquisition made valmet automotive one of the three biggest roof system manufacturers in the world . the history of vehicle manufacturing saab 1969 2003 saab 95 saab 96 saab 99 saab 90 saab 900 saab 900 convertible saab 900 cd saab 9000 saab 9 3 convertible specialized saab 9 3 models e.g. viggen porsche 1997 2011 11 porsche boxster porsche cayman lada 1996 1998 lada eurosamara talbot 1979 1987 talbot horizon talbot 1510 talbot solara opel 1991 1997 opel calibra marussia 2010 2014 marussia b series fisker automotive 2011 2012 fisker karma early agreement to manufacture in 2008 production started in 2011 ended in 2012 . think electric car 2009 2011 th nk city production started in the 2009 . 12 garia electric golf car 2009 2011 mercedes benz 2013 mercedes benz a class w176 production started in august 2013 13 mercedes benz glc class gallery edit car models produced by valmet saab 95 saab 96 saab 99 saab 90 saab 900 cd long wheelbase model saab 900 convertible saab 9 3 saab 9 3 convertible saab 9000 lada 21093 eurosamara baltic talbot horizon gl talbot solara talbot 1510 porsche boxster porsche cayman s opel calibra th nk city fisker karma marussia b2 mercedes benz a class mercedes benz glc class references edit a b c valmet automotive successful in 2015 . fonecta oy . 2016 04 28 . retrieved 2016 09 24 . tilinp t stiedot . largestcompanies.fi . retrieved 2016 09 24 . valmet automotive at a glance . valmet automotive . report fisker karma full production delayed to february 2011 . green.autoblog.com . retrieved 2010 07 03 . valmet automotive announces a letter of intent for an assembly contract with fisker automotive . valmet automotive . chdut says 2012 03 10 . marussia b2 to be produced by valmet in finland . gtspirit.com . retrieved 2012 05 30 . turtiainen j. valmet automotive ryhtyy tekem n marussia b2 urheiluautoja kauppalehti 05.03.2012 . valmet automotive receives manufacturing contract for mercedes benz glc . valmet automotive . 2015 11 26 . retrieved 2016 09 24 . company history . valmet automotive . pontos and finnish industry investment to develop valmet automotive with metso ; first step is the acquisition of karmann s convertible roof business . wallstreet online.de . 2010 . retrieved 2010 11 06 . porsche s finnish success story 227 890 boxsters and caymans . valmet automotive.com . 2011 . retrieved 2011 05 02 . think city production starts at valmet automotive . valmet automotive.com automotive . retrieved 2009 12 11 . mercedes benz classe a sar prodotta anche dalla valmet external links edit valmet automotive company pages coordinates 60 48 32 n 21 26 45 e 60.80889 n 21.44583 e 60.80889 ; 21.44583 v t e automotive industry in finland automotive industry economy of finland transportation in finland active elcat electric vehicles kalmar industries patria sisu auto solifer tunturi valmet defunct finlandia uusi autokeriteollisuus vanajan autotehdas components cargotec related topics highways in finland helsinki motor show euro ncap note defunct companies above are shown in italics retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title valmet automotive & oldid 740934063 categories valmetautomotive companies of finlandmotor vehicle manufacturers of finlandsports car manufacturersplug in hybrid vehicle manufacturerscompanies established in 1968finnish brandsuusikaupunkihidden categories coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran ais polskisuomisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 24 september 2016 at 08 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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