| Type | Julkinen osakeyhtiö (OMX: MEO1V) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Industrial machinery |
| Predecessor | Valmet, Rauma Oy |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Helsinki, Finland |
| Key people | Jukka Viinanen (Chairman), Matti Kähkönen (President and CEO) |
| Products | Machinery and services for mining, construction, energy, automation, recycling, pulp and paper industries |
| Revenue | €5.552 billion (2010)[1] |
| Operating income | €445 million (2010)[1] |
| Profit | €257 million (2010)[1] |
| Total assets | €6.232 billion (end 2010)[1] |
| Total equity | €2.071 billion (end 2010)[1] |
| Employees | 28,590 (end 2010)[1] |
| Website | www.metso.com |
Metso Corporation (OMX: 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 reporting segments: Mining and Construction Technology, Energy and Environmental Technology, and Paper and Fiber Technology.
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Metso's Paper and Fiber Technology segment consists of four business lines: Paper business line, Fiber business line, Tissue business line and Fabrics business line.
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. Metso Paper specializes in pulp and paper industry processes, machinery, equipment, services as well as paper machine clothing and filter fabrics. 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 (e.g. Valmet, Ahlström, Beloit, Wärtsilä, KMW, Sunds Defibrator).
In 2009 Metso's Paper and Fiber Technology net sales were EUR 1,408 million. In 2009, it had a personnel of 10,459. The company's largest market areas are Europe, Asia and North America.
Metso's Mining and Construction Technology segment consists of two business lines: Services business line and Equipment and Systems business line.
Metso Minerals supplies rock and minerals processing systems to its customers in mining, aggregates production, quarrying and construction. Metso’s Process Technology Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, is developing virtual machines based on sophisticated multi-physics models. The use of this technology is rare within the mining industry, making Metso the leader in simulating these complex problems.[2]
Metso's Energy and Environmental Technology segment consists of three business lines: Power business line, Automation business line and Recycling business line.
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 has the industry widest automation offering to pulp and paper industry covering applications and services ranging from specialty analyzers, automated laboratories, control and on/off valves to system for process control & information management, machine control, drive control and quality control with profilers.
Metso Power supplies fluidized bed boilers and recovery boilers, evaporators, environmental systems and service.
Metso Materials Technology supplies and develops metallic materials for different industries.[3] Metso Materials Technology has also contributed to both the CERN LHC[4] and ITER[5] projects.
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