Matti Kähkönen appointed new President and CEO of Metso

The Board of Directors of Metso has appointed Mr. Matti Kähkönen, M.Sc. in
Engineering, as the new President and Chief Executive Officer of Metso
Corporation and Metso Group. Matti Kähkönen will start in his new position on
March 1, 2011.

Matti Kähkönen (b. 1956) is currently President of Metso's Mining and
Construction Technology segment and he will continue in this position until
assuming the duties of CEO of Metso. He has a long career at Metso, holding
various management positions in the automation as well as the mining and
construction technology businesses. He has been a member of the Metso Executive
Team since 2001.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Metso, Jukka Viinanen: "Matti Kähkönen has
a strong track record with Metso. The latest achievement of Matti and his team
has been the successful implementation of transforming Mining and Construction
Technology segment's way of operating to be more integrated and services driven.
Matti is known for his open and straightforward management style, and I am
certain that under his leadership Metso has excellent future for continuing the
strategy of profitable growth".

Matti Kähkönen comments:"I am really excited about this opportunity to start as
CEO of Metso. Metso has several leading market positions and we are especially
recognized for our technological know- how and our strong global presence. My
goal is to ensure that Metso's positive operational and financial development
during the past few years will continue. I want to make sure that Metso is a
competitive, truly global, services-oriented company with a strong focus on
customer satisfaction and shareholder value creation".

Metso's current President and CEO Jorma Eloranta will continue in his position
until March 1, 2011.

Metso is a global supplier of sustainable technology and services for mining,
construction, power generation, automation, recycling and the pulp and paper
industries. We have about 27,000 employees in more than 50 countries.
www.metso.com

Further information, please contact:
Jukka Viinanen, Chairman of the Board, Metso, tel. +358 20 484 3000

Jorma Eloranta, President and CEO, Metso, tel. +358 20 484 3000

Matti Kähkönen, President, Mining and Construction Technology, Metso, tel. +358
20 484 3100


Further information for investors, please contact:
Johanna Henttonen, Vice President, Investor Relations, Metso, tel. +358
20 484 3253


Introducing the new CEO to media

The new CEO of Metso will be introduced to media today,Thursday at 9:00-9:45 am
local time at Metso Group Head Office, Fabianinkatu 9A, Helsinki, Finland.
Present at the event will be the Chairman of the Board Jukka Viinanen, Metso's
current CEO Jorma Eloranta and the new CEO Matti Kähkönen.


 Curriculum Vitae of Matti Kähkönen

Name  Matti Kähkönen
Date of birth  1956
Nationality  Finnish
Education  M.Sc. (Eng.), Tampere University of Technology, 1984

Work experience

1.12.2008 President, Mining and Construction Technology
2006-2008 President, Metso Minerals
2001-2006 President, Metso Automation
1999-2001 President, Metso Automation, Field Systems Division
1993-1999 President, Neles-Jamesbury, different Divisions
1988-1993 Different positions in marketing and sales, Neles-Jamesbury
1987-1988 Sales Engineer, Neles, UK Sales Office
1984-1987 Product Development Engineer, Neles
1980-1983 Project Engineer, Rauma-Repola, Lokomo Works, Marine Technology

Information about Matti Kähkönen's shareholding in Metso is available on Metso's
website, www.metso.com.


Metso Corporation

Olli Vaartimo
Executive Vice President and CFO

Johanna Henttonen
Vice President, Investor Relations

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