Mining and construction

Metso has roots in the second half of the 19th century. Many of the founding stories are tales about young engineers or groups of scientists that had the courage to start something new. They experimented on different machine components, tested solutions and came up with a new business concept or patent.

Over the years the original inventions and operations have changed shape or even vanished, but they have also carved their mark into the soil of our industry. Being aware of the risk-takings and successes of our predecessors builds a part of our identity as Metso.

Many of our customers share our history. It's also good to remember that we may thank our innovative customers for many of the success stories.

Nordberg - Svedala merger

Background

The merger of our operations was the conclusion of a 446-day long offer process. Metso Corporation, a Finnish conglomerate, made its original offer to purchase the entire stock of Svedala on June 21, 2000.

The lengthy offer period was due to competition concerns expressed by the US competition authorities and the EU. After coming to terms on the remedy package and successfully divesting the required components, by the competition authorities the offer was cleared and the deal could be closed.

Metso Corporation acquired Svedala Industri AB on September 11, 2001. On September 17 the message was released: Nordberg and Svedala have become one - Metso Minerals.

The new face of reliability

Our combined resources bring you a presence closer to your operations around the world, a broader service and parts offering, and quality products to improve the efficiency of your process. We have kept the well-known product names Nordberg, Svedala, Lindemann and Trellex to signal their high quality and reliability.

Our complete product offering covers more than 300 products ranging from single machines to extensive solutions. We serve you from over 500 service locations, offering hundreds of service experts in over 150 countries and on all continents.

We have 9,000 professionals ready to serve you as your dedicated partners.

To ensure the continuous development of your process, we offer hundreds of specialists in product centers and testing facilities.

Important dates

1871
Goodwin Barsby founded.

1872
W.S.Tyler founded.

1876
Hodge Foundry established.

1878
Allis Chalmers founded.

The early Conical Ball Mills were transported by "horse power".

1886
Bruno Nordberg, originally from Finland, founded Nordberg Manufacturing Co in Milwaukee, USA.

Bruno Nordberg, photographed in 1885 at the age of 27 years.

1889
McNally founded.

1891
Hewitt-Robins founded.

1895
Ateliers Bergeaud established in Mâcon, France.

1897
Dravo Wellman founded.

1901
Stephens-Adamson founded.

1906
MPSI founded.

1913
Lindemann founded.

1915
Lokomo established in Tampere, Finland.

1916
Lindemann established.

1919
Faco founded.

1923
Demag Schrader founded.

1923
Loro & Parasini founded.

1928
CFBK founded.

1928
Dragon established.

1946
Skega established.

1947
Rolac founded.

1949
Cable Belt founded.

Belting for the Cable Belt system being manufactured for the early installations.

1960
Trellex founded

1966
Kalmar founded.

1967
GfA founded.

1970
Lokomo acquired by Finnish industrial group Metso.

1970
Barmac founded.

The proud Barmac team at one of the early VSI's in the 1970'ies.

1975
Bergeaud acquired by Nordberg Inc.

1981
Pharr Machinery founded.

1984
International founded.

1987
Bergeaud acquired by Metso.

1987
Brenda Process founded.

1987
Trellex acquired.

1988
Svedala established in Svedala, Sweden.

1988
Allis Chalmers and Stephens-Adamson acquired by Svedala.

1989
Nordberg Inc acquired by Metso. Nordberg Group formed.

1989
Nokia/Conv. belts, MPSI, Rolac, Goodwin Barsby, McNally and Dravo Wellman acquired by Svedala.

1990
Altairac, Hodge Foundry and Tidco Group Ltd acquired by Svedala.

1992
Denver Technologies and Componenta acquired by Svedala

1993
Nordberg (Pty) Ltd of South Africa acquired by Metso.

1994
Kalmar, Polaris Minerals Equip. and Rolls Royce Eng acquired by Svedala.

1995
Unique Engineering, Vedbysønder and Skega acquired by Svedala.

1996
Demag Schrader, Brenda Process and GfA acquired by Svedala.

1997
Nordberg acquired the mining division (supplier of grinding mills) of Morgårdshammar, a Swedish company.

1997
Nordberg acquired Read Corporation, a US screen manufacturer.

1997
Dragon, Cable Belt, CFBK, Lindemann, Pharr Machinery and Componenta acquired by Svedala.

1998
Nordberg acquired Lennings Manganese of South Africa.

1998
Svedala acquires Loro & Parasini, Jost, Krupp O.R.T., Eastern Engineering, Polk Equipment and CEI

1999
Nordberg acquired Masterskreen International of Northern Ireland; and Centric, a US manufacturer of screens and crushers.

1999
Svedala acquired Ludlow Saylor, Dunlop Skega/linings (Australia) and Pyrotherm.

2000
Svedala acquired Mukand McNally W and Strachan & Henshaw

2000, June
Metso Corporation made an offer for Svedala.

2000-2001
EU commission and the US competition authorities reviewed the offer.

2001, April
Nordberg became Metso Minerals.

2001, September
Metso acquired the entire stock of Svedala

Nordberg and Svedala merged into a new Metso Minerals.

As of December 1, 2008, Metso has a new operating structure. Mining and Construction Technology (M&C) consists of the Mining business line (MBL) and Construction business line (CBL). Recycling business line became part of Energy and Environmental Technology

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