Dec 08, 2006. /Lesprom Network/. Metso Corporation has drawn a Euro 100 million loan from the European Investment Bank. The purpose of the loan, which was agreed in 2004, is to finance R & D activities carried out within Metso. The loan has a floating interest rate, its tenor is 10 years and amortizing will begin in 2010. Metso is a global engineering and technology corporation with 2005 net sales of approximately Euro 4.2 billion. Its 22 000 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.