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Company type | Public |
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Industry | Heavy industry and services |
Founded | 1999 |
Headquarters | , Finland |
Key people | Matti Kavetvuo (Chairman of the board), Jorma Eloranta (President and CEO) |
Products | Machinery and services for paper, mining and power generation industries |
Revenue | € 4.955 billion (2006) |
Number of employees | 25,678 |
Website | http://www.metso.com/ |
Metso Corporation (NYSE: MX; Nasdaq Helsinki: MEO1V) was created in 1999 through the merger of Valmet and Rauma and is headquartered at Helsinki, Finland. Metso is a global supplier of process industry machinery and systems as well as know-how and aftermarket services. It serves customers in the pulp and paper industry, rock and mineral processing, power, panelboard production and the hydrocarbon and process industries.
Metso consists of three business areas: Metso Paper, Metso Minerals, and Metso Automation.
- Metso Paper is a global supplier of papermaking, tissuemaking, pulpmaking and boardmaking lines, serving its customers throughout their processes – from pulp making to the wrapping of finished rolls. Metso Paper is a leading supplier in the international paper industry, supporting all aspects of the paper-making process from fibers to end products. Metso Paper’s product portfolio includes machines for newsprint paper, protective and specialized papers (decorative paper, thermal paper, cigarette paper, tissue paper) as well as graphic papers, sanitary papers and cardboard. Worldwide, one third of the global paper production is performed on Metso Paper and its predecessors (eg. Valmet, Ahlström, Beloit, Wärtsilä, KMW) production systems.
- Metso Minerals supplies rock and minerals processing systems to its customers in mining, aggregates production, quarrying and construction.
- Metso Automation is a global supplier of machine and process automation for the pulp and paper industry, rock and minerals processing and the power and process industries.