I have a Valmet sticker on my hard hat from my days as an industrial contractor. One of their teams was working with us at a plant in Louisiana, a guy had stickers so I asked for one.
I was working with recovery boilers in a paper mill.
Johannes Dutch
Posted June 17, 2022 at 11:59 AM
Valmet was the ACME Corporation from Finland. Automotive, weapons, airplanes, locomotives, shipyards, marine engines, forestry and farm equipment (those are the divisions mentioned on the Dutch Wikipedia site).
I must say I only know them from their farm tractors (my brother sent me the article’s picture, taken in Sweden), there are plenty of old Valmets still around here. Nowadays known as Valtra, the Finnish member of the AGCO-Group.
We used to pay tribute to the pulp and paper industry here, on the back of our dollar bill.
As a large paper mill, was located directly behind Canada’s Parliament Hill.
You know, I’d kind of forgotten about what was on the back of the dollar bill, haven’t seen one in a while.
My daughter Erin D is working there for the summer, she’s a QA Engineering summer student on the Parliament refurbishment. She’s been on the roof, in the basement, up the peace tower… Pretty sweet summer job for a first year!
I kept several dollar bills for years, but eventually gave them away, as part of birthday gifts.
That is a remarkable first year summer job, especially with the improvements being made on the Hill. Hopefully, she can make some valuable contacts. And maybe meet some politicians. I walked past Jean Chretien, Jason Kenney, and Mark Carney on different occasions. Carney was on the Sparks Street Mall. An added bonus, traffic downtown remains light. As much of the public service continues to work from home.
I remember my dad say that it was the E. B. Eddy match company that had the mill behind Parliament Hill. They dominated the match business in Canada. It might not be true, but it is a good story. I don’t remember his ever using matches. He was a heavy smoker, but be was a dedicated Zippo man. The lighters had a lifetime guarantee, (not including the case) so when they stopped working he sent it off to the company and they would send back a new inner piece.
Correct! As the E.B. Eddy mill was bought by Domtar several years ago. The operation is still there, but on a much smaller scale. And no massive log booms anymore on the Ottawa River, as made famous on the former dollar bill.
No, no! I promise to eat my oatmeal!
Haha, a Finnish company. I work for another one so I’ve heard of Valmet.
This is doubly funny for me because I hear the words in the monotone Finnish accent. 🙂
I have a Valmet sticker on my hard hat from my days as an industrial contractor. One of their teams was working with us at a plant in Louisiana, a guy had stickers so I asked for one.
Sadly, the Valmet name got the axe:
https://www.loggingon.net/news/valmet-becomes-komatsu/
Is this a different company, then?
https://www.valmet.com/
I was working with recovery boilers in a paper mill.
Valmet was the ACME Corporation from Finland. Automotive, weapons, airplanes, locomotives, shipyards, marine engines, forestry and farm equipment (those are the divisions mentioned on the Dutch Wikipedia site).
I must say I only know them from their farm tractors (my brother sent me the article’s picture, taken in Sweden), there are plenty of old Valmets still around here. Nowadays known as Valtra, the Finnish member of the AGCO-Group.
https://www.curbsideclassic.com/fieldside-classics/fieldside-classic-2011-valtra-t202-direct-twintrac-you-can-have-it-both-ways/
Valmet’s automotive contract division built Porsche Boxsters and various Saabs. Also their AK variant was used to develop the Galil rifle.
“I come in Pieces!” Great photo!
We used to pay tribute to the pulp and paper industry here, on the back of our dollar bill.
As a large paper mill, was located directly behind Canada’s Parliament Hill.
You know, I’d kind of forgotten about what was on the back of the dollar bill, haven’t seen one in a while.
My daughter Erin D is working there for the summer, she’s a QA Engineering summer student on the Parliament refurbishment. She’s been on the roof, in the basement, up the peace tower… Pretty sweet summer job for a first year!
I kept several dollar bills for years, but eventually gave them away, as part of birthday gifts.
That is a remarkable first year summer job, especially with the improvements being made on the Hill. Hopefully, she can make some valuable contacts. And maybe meet some politicians. I walked past Jean Chretien, Jason Kenney, and Mark Carney on different occasions. Carney was on the Sparks Street Mall. An added bonus, traffic downtown remains light. As much of the public service continues to work from home.
I remember my dad say that it was the E. B. Eddy match company that had the mill behind Parliament Hill. They dominated the match business in Canada. It might not be true, but it is a good story. I don’t remember his ever using matches. He was a heavy smoker, but be was a dedicated Zippo man. The lighters had a lifetime guarantee, (not including the case) so when they stopped working he sent it off to the company and they would send back a new inner piece.
Correct! As the E.B. Eddy mill was bought by Domtar several years ago. The operation is still there, but on a much smaller scale. And no massive log booms anymore on the Ottawa River, as made famous on the former dollar bill.