Metso Corp. sells foundry operations in Karistad, Sweden to Akers AB, Metso Paper Karistad AB. (Around the World).Metso  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . Corp., Helsinki Helsinki (hĕl`sĭngkē), Swed. Helsingfors, city (1998 pop. 546,317), capital of Finland, located in Southern Finland prov., S Finland, on the Gulf of Finland. ., Finland, will sell its foundry A semiconductor manufacturer that makes chips for third parties. It may be a large chip maker that sells its excess manufacturing capacity or one that makes chips exclusively for other companies. operations in Karistad, Sweden, to a newly established company, which will be owned by the Swedish-firms Akers AB and Metso Paper Karistad AB. The Metso foundry in Karlstad specializes in large, hand-molded cast pieces such as Yankee cylinders for tissue paper machines, components for wind turbines and diesel engine blocks. The total capacity of the foundry is 9000 tons/yr. The foundry's 104 employees will transfer to the new company. The new company plans to focus on serving the wind turbine turbine, rotary engine that uses a continuous stream of fluid (gas or liquid) to turn a shaft that can drive machinery. A water, or hydraulic, turbine is used to drive electric generators in hydroelectric power stations. and diesel engine industry, and will continue to supply Metso Paper with cast components. |
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