November 22, 2008

Mr Sudhir Srivastava appointed as senior VP of Metso Minerals

Metso Minerals announced that it has appointed Mr Sudhir Srivastava as senior VP of Metso Minerals India, with immediate effect. He will also continue to be a member of Metso’s construction business line management team and be responsible for the construction Asia market area.

Mr Srivastava will be in charge of developing Metso Minerals’ business in India, implementing strategy in current lines of business and preparing the ground for new ones to be launched. He will represent the company in all business and social forums and would also be responsible for the growth and expansion of manufacturing units, supply chain, quality assurance and human resources.

Mr Srivastava said that "India is a priority market for Metso and our business has grown rapidly in the past 5 years. Metso stands in the thick of India’s exciting infrastructure development and we wish to be part of this growth by offering our technological expertise, extensive service support, world class manufacturing facilities and strong after market support."

Recently, Metso announced it has bagged new orders worth INR 112 crore to supply an iron ore induration machine to Global Steel Limited, another order worth INR 73 crore to supply an iron ore induration machine to JSW Steel Limited and an order of INR 45 crore to supply equipment and basic engineering to Bharat Mines & Minerals Ispat, respectively.