Metso builds a new service center in Shandong province, China
Published Sept 9, 2008 09.00.00 +2 GMT
Metso Paper will establish its third service center in China. The center, which will be located in Zibo, Shandong province, will provide advanced machinery maintenance and process development services to the pulp and paper making industry in Northern China. Metso’s investment in the new center will amount to over EUR 10 million.
The new greenfield service center will be operational in 2009. In the beginning, it will employ 40 service professionals.
The Shandong Center will feature a fully equipped roll service workshop providing rolls, roll covers as well as mechanical roll maintenance for all makes and sizes of pulp and paper machines. In addition, the center will offer a full scope of spare part and mill site services. The Shandong center will also have the facilities to manufacture ceramic roll covers.
The establishment of the new Shandong Service Center is a continuation of Metso's commitment to serve the Chinese pulp and paper industry locally. In line with this commitment, Metso Paper has been steadily strengthening its local service operations in China. The Wuxi Service Center in Jiangsu province has recently doubled its roll service capacity by opening an extension in October 2007. Metso’s new service center in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, will start its operation in November 2008.
The Chinese pulp and paper industry has made substantial investments in new machinery and technology over the past ten years. Metso Paper has been involved in many of these projects and is currently the industry's leading technology supplier.
Metso is a global engineering and technology corporation with net sales of over EUR 6 billion. Its over 27,000 employees in more than 50 countries serve customers in the pulp and paper industry, rock and minerals processing, the energy industry and selected other industries. www.metso.com
For more information, please contact: Xie Daorong, General Manager, Metso Paper,China, Service Tel. +86 510 8522 5939, Mobile +86 139 515 80902 daorong.xie@metso.com
