With 50 years in the market, the company is a leader in the production, processing, and recycling of plastics.
Improving society’s quality of life through innovative and sustainable packaging solutions. It is with this purpose in mind that Valgroup, a leading company in the production, processing, and recycling of plastics, adopted SAP S/4HANA—the management system from the German multinational—to strengthen its corporate governance and operational efficiency.
The project was led by Numen and represented an important step in the company’s digital transformation, enabling greater standardization, information integration, and the evolution of business processes.
Who is Valgroup?
Founded in Lorena, São Paulo, Valgroup will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2026 and operates in six countries.
The company offers a broad portfolio of solutions, including:
- Flexible and rigid packaging
- Recycled composites and resins
- Additives
- Machinery used in packaging processes
- Solutions aimed at reducing waste
Currently, the company has more than 40 plants strategically located in Brazil and around the world, employing more than 7,500 people.
Innovation and sustainability are the pillars that guide its operations and growth strategy.
Valgroup’s challenge: overcoming the fragmentation of management systems
Despite its established track record, the lack of standardization in the systems used represented one of the main barriers to the company’s operational growth.
Valgroup was working with different ERPs and fragmented databases, which made it difficult to consolidate information and limited its capacity for integrated management.
According to Luciano Kalil, Valgroup’s CIO, the technology environment was no longer keeping pace with the needs of an organization operating internationally.
“We had several ERPs in-house, but they operated on fragmented databases, which made it very costly to consolidate information. The technology lacked global support and, consequently, did not meet our needs, which led us to seek a solution that better aligned with what we required,”
Luciano Kalil, CIO of Valgroup.
Given this situation, the company identified the need to adopt a solution capable of:
- Standardize management processes and systems
- Integrate information across different units
- Strengthen corporate governance
- Increase data traceability and reliability
- Support the growth of the operation on a global scale
The Solution: Implementing SAP S/4HANA with Numen
The decision to adopt SAP S/4HANA was a strategic move to enhance Valgroup’s organizational maturity and strengthen its corporate governance.
To lead this transformation, the company chose Numen, based on its reputation in the market and its experience with SAP implementations.
“We sought out this consulting firm because of its excellent reputation in the market, as well as its extensive experience with SAP implementations. We developed an agile and continuous execution model with a dedicated team, which certainly helped generate significant scalability potential in addition to financial gains, resource optimization, and maximum operational acceleration.”
Luciano Kalil, CIO of Valgroup.
The collaborative effort was structured around a continuous delivery model, enabling faster deliveries and ensuring alignment between technology and business needs.
A four-year journey and 31 go-lives without any interruptions
The first go-live took place after 12 months of implementation, covering the five plants with the highest production volume.
Over the course of four years, 31 go-lives were carried out without any disruption to business processes.
This approach ensured the continuity of operations during the technological transformation, a key factor for a company with facilities spread across different regions.
Among the project’s key milestones are:
- 12 months until the first go-live
- 5 plants included in the first implementation
- 4-year implementation journey
- 31 go-lives completed
- No disruption to business processes
A rollout methodology to accelerate implementations
One of the project’s key differentiators was the rollout methodology developed jointly by Numen and Valgroup.
The model involved teams working in parallel, integrating the implementation team with AMS (Application Management Services).
According to Matheus Teixeira, a partner at Numen, this structure made it possible to accelerate deliveries without compromising quality or increasing costs.
“In partnership with Valgroup, we developed a rollout methodology that breaks from industry norms: our AMS team worked in tandem with the project’s dedicated team. This model allowed us to manage multiple streams in parallel, with separate teams, ensuring the project had the agility required by a rapidly expanding client, while maintaining excellence in delivery without increasing costs. Over the past few years, we have carried out numerous implementations while consistently maintaining system availability, without impacting the operations of the group’s companies.”
Matheus Teixeira, Partner at Numen.
The methodology divided the activities between two teams. While one team oversaw the implementation of each plant until the completion of unit tests, the Valgroup team, with support from Numen’s AMS, handled the integrated tests and the cutover.
“Together with Valgroup, we developed a rollout methodology that’s quite different from what’s typically seen in the market: we worked with two teams in parallel—one of them delivered each plant through the end of unit testing, while Valgroup’s own team, supported by our AMS, conducted integrated testing through cutover. This allowed us to deliver a complete technical configuration for the rollout every 12 weeks, on average, without ever slowing down the project’s pace.”
Matheus Teixeira, Partner at Numen.
With this approach, we were able to deliver a complete technical configuration for rollout every 12 weeks, on average, while maintaining a steady pace of implementation.
The Results Achieved by Valgroup with SAP S/4HANA
The implementation has yielded significant benefits for operations, particularly in terms of process maturity, governance, and data reliability.
Greater operational maturity
The standardization of processes and the integration of systems have led to greater organizational maturity, strengthening governance and operational efficiency.
Integrated View of Information
With SAP S/4HANA, Valgroup now has a more comprehensive view of the business, allowing it to track information from different areas and units in an integrated environment.
Data accuracy close to 100%
Greater consistency and integration of information have resulted in accuracy close to 100%, contributing to more reliable decisions.
Greater traceability and diagnostic accuracy
The new environment has also improved the ability to identify potential problems, with greater process traceability and data consistency.
Monthly closings in less than five days
Advances in financial processes have made it possible to speed up monthly closings, which are now completed in less than five days.
More Effective Decision-Making
With more reliable, integrated, and readily available information, the company has strengthened its analytical and decision-making capabilities.
Change Management: A Key Factor in Project Success
In addition to technology and implementation methodology, change management played a key role in Valgroup’s transformation.
According to Luciano Kalil, structuring this process before beginning implementation was crucial to ensuring employee engagement and the stabilization of operations.
The company involved experienced employees and ensured the active participation of its leaders throughout the entire process.
“We’ve involved our most experienced professionals throughout this journey to facilitate and help stabilize the operation—as well as to ensure leadership commitment at all levels. After all, this isn’t an IT project, but a business project, and it depends on this involvement so that we can continue to reap great rewards.”
Luciano Kalil, CIO of Valgroup.
This approach reinforces one of the project’s key lessons: the implementation of an ERP system should not be viewed merely as a technological initiative, but as a transformation that involves people, processes, and business strategy.
What does the Valgroup case study mean for the market?
Valgroup’s experience demonstrates how a structured ERP implementation can support organizations with complex, internationally distributed operations.
The project highlights the importance of:
- Standardizing processes and integrating information
- Adopting implementation methodologies tailored to the business context
- Maintaining operational continuity during the transformation
- Integrating project and support teams
- Investing in change management and leadership engagement
More than just modernizing systems, this journey enabled Valgroup to build a technological foundation capable of supporting its strategy for growth, innovation, and sustainability.
About Numen
With a presence in Brazil, Europe, and North America, the Numen It is a consulting firm specializing in SAP and a strategic partner of major global players such as AWS, Salesforce, Celonis, and Esker.
In 2026, it was named “Partner of the Year” by SAP.
Recognized for its innovative approach and consistent focus on results, Numen supports companies in their digital transformation and in generating sustainable value.
More information:
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About Valgroup
With half a century in the market, Valgroup has established itself as a leader in the production, processing, and recycling of plastics, with facilities strategically located in Brazil and around the world.
With more than 7,500 employees across its plants, the company is committed to improving society’s quality of life through innovative and sustainable packaging solutions.
