# Metso to build EUR 10M valve technology center in Jiaxing, China

Metso decided to invest about EUR 10 million in a new green-field valve technology center in Jiaxing, China, expected to start operations in spring 2020.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-10-26
- Where: Jiaxing, China
- Value: $11.5M (10.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 400
- Status: announced
- Products: valves, valve technology
- Sectors: [Pumps and Valves](https://endata.com/sectors/pumps-valves.md)

## Companies

- [Metso](https://endata.com/companies/240.md)

## Sources

- [valmet.com](https://www.valmet.com/news/neles-news-archive/metso-to-increase-its-valve-production-capacity-in-china-to-meet-the-growing-global-demand-for-reliable-valve-technology/), 2018-10-26: "To respond to the growing global demand in the valve market, Metso has decided to invest in a new green-field valve technology center in Jiaxing, China."
- [valve-world-americas.com](https://valve-world-americas.com/metso-increasing-valve-production-capacity/), 2018-11-01: "Metso expects to invest a total of approx. EUR 10 million by 2020."
- [vma.org](https://www.vma.org/news/default.asp?DGPCrPg=14&DGPCrSrt=&id=1764), 2018-11-15: "Metso has decided to invest in a new green-field valve techno..."
- [miningmagazine.com](https://www.miningmagazine.com/operations/news/1354066/metso-breaks-ground-valve-tech-plant-china), 2019-01-10: "On October 26, 2018, Metso announced its decision to invest in a new greenfield valve technology centre in Jiaxing, China."

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