Equipment Report

Metso breaks ground on service center

Metso Corp., a Finland-based global producer of aggregates processing equipment, has broken ground on its service center expansion and new training facility in Mesa, Arizona. Both the service center expansion and the advanced training center are expected to be operational by the fourth quarter of 2025.

The company says these new facilities will serve increasing demand from mining, metals production and aggregates production sector customers, offering a wider range of repair services, advanced competence development capabilities and improved safety and sustainability.

“Our expanded service center and innovative training facility will significantly boost our ability to support customers with comprehensive and reliable services,” says Giuseppe Campanelli, president, North and Central America, at Metso.

With an investment of approximately $14.6 million, the expansion will increase the repair shop area by nearly 60 percent, significantly enhancing Metso’s capacity and capability to provide OEM-quality repairs and refurbishments, the company says.

The investment will support a wide range of equipment, covering essential process steps such as crushing, screening, grinding, filtration, flotation and slurry handling.

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 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.

Hyster-Yale commits to US production

Cleveland-based Hyster-Yale Materials Handling Inc. has announced its plans to fulfill the domestic manufacturing requirements of the Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act for key portions of its product lineup.

The maker of Hyster and Yale brand forklift trucks and other handling equipment says it plans to expand its existing American manufacturing base with high-capacity models, inculding electric options, that align with BABA requirements. with what it describes as “a targeted set of high-capacity models, including electric options, that align with the needs of infrastructure projects subject to BABA.”

The equipment producer says its plans include determining optimal production locations in the U.S., expanding sourcing agreements to meet domestic material requirements and further developing its electric-powered options for high-capacity material handling equipment.

The BABA Act. signed into law in 2021 by former President Biden, aims to increase the use of American-made materials in federally funded infrastructure projects. It mandates that the federal dollars allocated to infrastructure projects funding the construction of roads, bridges and ports must prioritize materials produced in the U.S, including steel, iron and other materials.