Metso's global valve operations network is expanding - Neles Globe Valve Technology Center in South Korea is operational

Metso's global valve operations network is expanding - Neles Globe Valve Technology Center in South Korea is operational

Metso Corporation's press release on December 15, 2014 at 12:30 p.m. EET

Metso's new Neles® Globe Valve Technology Center in South Korea with its modern processes ensures high-capacity and high-quality production and delivery of globe valves for oil and gas and power customers locally and globally.

Metso's Neles^® Globe Valve Technology Center in South Korea is ready for global deliveries. The new facility with its modern processes ensures high-capacity and high-quality production and delivery of globe valves for oil and gas and power customers locally and globally. The plant is located in Chungju city, about 120 km southeast of Seoul.

Metso has a strong position in control valves for petrochemical, chemical, oil and gas customers. One of the widest control valve offerings in the market includes standard and severe service globe valves, which provide reliability to most critical processes and operate at extreme pressures and temperatures. In 2014, the demand for Metso's globe valve orders have been grown by 50 percent compared to previous year.

"There is a growing demand for reliable control valve technology and engineering know-how, globally. We at Metso are continuously developing our operations to strengthen our position and to better serve our customers. Our new globe valve center is ideally located in the growing Korean market in the midst of Korean EPC companies that play a key role in many projects worldwide," says Markus Hauhia, Director, Globe Valves, Metso.

The technology center features component manufacturing, a flow testing laboratory with a state-of-the-art cryogenic test facility and engineering services. The new center's research and development, customized engineering, and sales, services and administration activities support Metso's ability to engage in comprehensive and efficient cooperation with its globe valve customers.

The plant's innovative monorail manufacturing line is designed to follow Lean principles, enabling strong on-time delivery performance, shorter lead times, and world-class-quality finished products.

"Our globe valve production capacity is now about 10 times higher compared to that of our previous factory, which was located nearby. The new facility with its novel, modern processes ensures high-capacity and high-quality production and deliveries to our global and local customers," emphasizes Markus Hauhia.