The ground-breaking ceremony for Metso’s new greenfield Neles globe valve technology centre in South Korea was held in Chung-Ju, South Korea. The new factory will be ready for global deliveries during the last quarter of 2014.
The new plant will serve oil & gas and power customers both locally and globally and will strengthen service capabilities in the growing Asian markets. The new technology centre consists of manufacturing, state-of-the-art control valve testing facilities, research and development, laboratory, engineering, and service support units for South Korean EPC companies.
“The new technology centre in South Korea will strengthen our capabilities to develop, produce and deliver our globe valves especially for customers in the oil and gas and the power industries. The South Korean EPC companies play an important role in many customer projects worldwide. Within the new facility we can better offer research and development, engineering and service support for them”, says Markus Hauhia, director, Globe Valve product line, Automation. Metso has eight valve technology centres around the world. In 2011, Metso opened a new valve technology centre in Vantaa, Finland, and in 2010 in Shanghai, China. The company is currently expanding its valve production facilities in the US in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.
