Metso

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Metso Corporation

Type	Public
Founded	1999
Headquarters	Helsinki, Finland
Key people	Matti Kavetvuo (Chairman of the board), Jorma Eloranta (President and CEO)
Industry	Heavy industry and services
Products	Machinery and services for paper, mining and power generation industries
Employees	22,000
Website	http://www.metso.com/

Metso Corporation (NYSE: MX) 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 minerals processing, power,panelboard production and the hydrocarbon and process industries.

Net sales in 2004: EUR 3,976 million.

Employees in 2004: 22,800 employees.

Metso consists of four business areas: Metso Paper, Metso Minerals, Metso Automation and Metso Ventures.

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 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.

Metso Ventures consists of Metso Panelboard, Metso Powdermet, Metso's foundries and Valmet Automotive.

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