Metso Minerals Reorganizes

Metso Minerals announced that it is reorganizing its operations in order to improve its profitability, streamline its operations and enhance its flexibility.

The new organization, effective Sept. 15, brings the business lines closer to the customers, and clarifies the roles and responsibilities between the business lines and the sales regions, thus enabling faster response to the market demands. It also targets an increased customer focus in line with the Metso Future Care business concept.

The core of the new organization will consist of six business lines:

* Crushing and Screening, including related spare and wear parts operations. The business line will be headed by Jouni Salo.

* Minerals Processing, headed by Andrew Benko.

* Wear Protection and Conveying, headed by Bengt Dehlen till December 1, when he will retire. Anders Thulin has been appointed president of the business line following Dehlen.

* Compaction and Paving, headed by Ronald Kok.

* Recycling, headed by Gerard Guerrier; and

* Drilling, headed by Gerard Guerrier.

Metso Minerals' management board will consist of Bertel Langenskiold, president, Metso Minerals; Juha Seppala, CFO, Metso Minerals; as well as presidents of all the business lines.

Metso Corp. is a global supplier of process industry machinery and systems, as well as know-how and aftermarket services. The corporation's core businesses are fiber and paper technology, rock and mineral processing, and automation and control technology.