MESA, Arizona – Metso broke ground for its new, 4,090-m2 service facility earlier this week. This new facility will accommodate a wide variety of mining, construction and recycling services and advanced repairs, as well as direct on-site repair and field service.
Ideally positioned and equipped to service customers throughout the southwest United States and northern Mexico, the Mesa location is a perfect fit for Metso.
“Our service team has been established here since the mid-'90s,” says Randall Reisinger, senior VP for Metso’s Service Operational Hubs for Mining and Construction, “which makes this location ideal for our employees and their families who already call it home. It’s a move that allows us to expand our physical capacity and our capabilities, while remaining in an area that’s served us and our customers so well for so many years.”
Design and construction of the Mesa facility has been contracted to LGE Design Build, a leading general contractor in the Phoenix area for the last 20 years. Notable design features of the building include a large service area that will house two 55.5-tonne bridge cranes, as well as welding and machining bays. The bridge cranes will enable Metso to service and repair very large mining equipment, including grinding mills, crushers and screens – all key components to mining operations in the region.
The building will also provide ample office and workspace for approximately 65 current office and field Metso Services team members who will be based there, and including some 40 new positions. These positions will cover a variety of skills from machining, welding and fabrication to field service and administrative personnel.
Construction of the service facility, located on a 4-ha site on Pecos Road in Mesa, will begin immediately and is expected to be complete during the first quarter of 2015. In the meantime, Metso is leasing a fully equipped facility nearby, giving them a “jump start” on the expanded service offering they plan to deliver starting in 2015. Metso has already transferred existing employees to this leased facility, and there are plans to fill several new positions in the coming months.
Please visit Metso's website at Metso.com/miningandconstruction.
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