Nov 18, 2013. /Lesprom Network/. Metso has opened a new service center in the City of Lappeenranta, Finland. The new service center further strengthens the company’s service business related to automation systems, field devices and valves, and brings support closer to the pulp, paper and process industry customers and energy producers in southeastern Finland, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

“Our service offering is now closer to our customers than earlier, enabling us to provide them with a faster response,” says Jari Ehrling, Manager, Customer Service, Automation, Metso.

The service center is located in the Pajarila industrial area, just a few kilometers from the city center. The new two-floor building houses both office and storage facilities, with altogether about 1,100 square meters.

In addition to Metso’s Automation business line, also Metso Endress+Hauser, a joint venture of Metso Automation and Endress+Hauser, has facilities in the building. Metso Endress+Hauser is responsible for Metso and Endress+Hauser sales and service for field automation in Finland, including valves and field devices. In total, the new service center employs 10 automation professionals.

“Cooperation with Metso Endress+Hauser will be easy, since we share the same building. We are able to better react to our customers’ needs, and they will get all the services under one roof,” Ehrling sums up. Ossi Uronen, Area Manager in Metso Endress+Hauser agrees with him and adds: “These new facilities are a great inspiration for us to further develop and improve our services.”

The new facility brings the total number of Metso’s automation service centers to 34.

Metso is a global supplier of technology and services to customers in the process industries, including mining, construction, pulp and paper, power, and oil and gas.