Metso offers a wide range of solutions and services for automation and information management application networks and systems, field control technology and life-cycle performance management. Their main customers are the power, oil and gas industries as well as the pulp and paper industry. Metso in Brief Metso is a global supplier of sustainable technology and services for mining, construction, energy, metal recycling and the pulp and paper industries. In 2008, Metso Corporation's net sales totaled EUR 6.4 billion. Metso has business operations in more than 50 countries, and more than 29,000 employees serving customers in more than 100 countries. In recent years, their growth has been most significant in mining and construction industries and, geographically, in emerging markets. They are not dependent on the development of a single industry or certain geographical area. Metso has significantly strengthened their services business in the past few years. Today more than one third of their net sales and more than one half of their operating profit come from services business. Metso Corporation comprises three reporting segments: Mining and Construction Technology, Energy and Environmental Technology and Paper and Fiber Technology. Net sales by market area in 2008: 41 percent of net sales came from Europe, 16 percent from North America, 24 percent from Asia-Pacific, 12 percent from South and Central America and 7 percent from the rest of the world.