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| foundation = 1999 |
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| location_city = [[Helsinki]] |
| location_city = [[Helsinki]] ([[Europe]]), [[Columbus, Mississippi]] ([[North America]]) |
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| location_country = Finland |
| location_country = Finland (Europe), [[North America]] |
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| key_people = Matti Kavetvuo <small>([[chair (official)|Chairman]] of the [[board of directors|board]])</small>, Jorma Eloranta <small>(President and [[chief executive officer|CEO]])</small> |
| key_people = Matti Kavetvuo <small>([[chair (official)|Chairman]] of the [[board of directors|board]])</small>, Jorma Eloranta <small>(President and [[chief executive officer|CEO]])</small> |
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Revision as of 14:05, 3 June 2009
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| Company type | Public |
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| Industry | Industrial machinery |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | , Finland (Europe), North America |
Key people | Matti Kavetvuo (Chairman of the board), Jorma Eloranta (President and CEO) |
| Products | Machinery and services for mining, construction, energy, automation, recycling, pulp and paper industries |
| Revenue | €6.400 billion (2008)[1] |
 €637 million (2008)[1] | |
| €390 million (2008)[1] | |
Number of employees | 29,320 (2008)[1] |
| Website | www.metso.com |
Metso Corporation (Nasdaq Helsinki: MEO1V) was created in 1999 through the merger of Valmet and Rauma and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. Metso is a global supplier of process industry machinery and systems as well as know-how and aftermarket services. It serves the pulp and paper industry, rock and mineral processing, power, panelboard production and the hydrocarbon and process industries.
Metso consists of three business areas: Paper processing & production, Minerals processing, and Automation.
Paper processing and production
Metso Paper is a global supplier of pulpmaking, papermaking, boardmaking and tissuemaking lines, covering all the processes from pulp making to the wrapping of finished rolls. This covers the full range of paper products. They have supplied over 1,500 paper machines and equipment for 800 pulping lines to customers worldwide. Approximately one third of the global paper production is performed on production systems supplied by Metso Paper and its predecessors (eg. Valmet, Ahlström, Beloit, Wärtsilä, KMW, Sunds Defibrator).
In 2006 Metso Paper's net sales were EUR 2,925 million. Today, it has a personnel of 11,700. The company's largest market areas are Europe, Asia and North America.[citation needed]
Power Products division
Power's products division operates as part of the Metso Paper and supply fluidized bed boilers and recovery boilers, evaporators, environmental systems and service.
Minerals division
Metso Minerals supplies rock and minerals processing systems to its customers in mining, aggregates production, quarrying and construction.
Automation division
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.
References
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- ^ a b c d "Annual Report 2008" (PDF). Metso. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
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