Metso broke ground December 11 on a significant expansion to its service center and a new advanced training facility in Mesa, Ariz.
The enhancements, the company said, will serve the increasing demands of mining customers by offering a wider range of repair services, advanced competence development capabilities, and improved safety and sustainability.
“Our expanded service center and innovative training facility in Arizona will significantly boost our ability to support customers with comprehensive and reliable services. The facilities will address labor shortages by equipping Metso as well as customers’ employees with the latest skills and technologies,” said Giuseppe Campanelli, President North and Central America.
Expanded repair shop and advanced training facility
The expansion will increase the repair shop area by nearly 60%, significantly enhancing Metso’s capacity and capability to provide OEM-quality repairs and refurbishments. This investment will support a wide range of mining equipment, covering essential process steps such as crushing, screening, grinding and HPGRs, filtration, flotation, and slurry handling, among others.
An advanced training center will be built on the same property to bridge the knowledge gap between people, equipment, and operational goals. It will feature dynamic digital training assets like the Metso Geminex operator training simulator (OTS) as well as dedicated areas for classroom and hands-on learning. Comprehensive programs will support mining professionals’ technical knowledge at the component, equipment, and plant levels, enhancing their skills to promote safety and career growth.
The Mesa center will offer jobs to skilled personnel, including service engineers and technical experts. Numerous upgrades to the facility will be implemented to improve energy and water efficiency to meet the CO2 emission reduction targets set for own operations.
Both the service center expansion and the training center are expected to be operational during the fourth quarter of 2025.
In October, Metso also announced an investment to expand its presence with a new service center in a key mining hub in western Canada.
Source: metso.com