Valmet has appointed Petri Rasinmäki as the new business line president, paper, at Valmet as of September 1, 2023.
Valmet, a global developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services for pulp, paper, and energy industries, has appointed Petri Rasinmäki as the new business line president, paper, with effect from September 1, 2023.
Petri Rasinmäki will be a member of Valmet’s executive team reporting to president and CEO Pasi Laine.
Jari Vähäpesola, the current business line president, paper, has decided to retire after a long, successful career at Valmet on December 1, 2023.
Petri Rasinmäki currently holds the position of vice president, board and paper mills business unit at Valmet’s paper business line. Prior to his current position, he worked in various management positions at Valmet and Metso since 2004.
“I want to express my warmest gratitude to Jari Vähäpesola for his invaluable contribution to Valmet’s success over the years. Jari has been instrumental in making our paper business line a market leader valued by customers around the world. It has been a privilege to work with Jari in our executive team and on our global customers, and we will all miss him. I am pleased that we could find a successor for Jari internally, ” says Pasi Laine, president and CEO, Valmet.
He further adds, “Petri Rasinmäki is a long-term Valmeteer with versatile experience in the company covering both process technologies and services. He has led our board and paper mills business unit successfully since 2021 and has a deep understanding of the business and our customers. Petri is in a good position to lead our paper business line forward from the excellent foundation built under Jari’s leadership”.
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