PHOENIX—Metso Minerals Industries, Inc. isrelocating its industrial equipment repair and field servicefacility to southeast Mesa. This will be a multi-milliondollar investment to construct the 44,000 square foot facility. Themove will plan to create 40 new jobs.

“District 6 in Mesa has become the place for companies to callhome, thanks to the convenience of the airport, highways andtechnology hubs. I am thrilled to welcome Metso to Mesa andlook forward to them joining our large contingent of companiesbringing jobs to the area,” District 6 Councilmember ScottSomers says.

The facility, located at 8223 E. Pecos Rd., will service miningindustry customers around the state. The state-of-the-art facilitywill be used as a combination machine shop, weld shop, mechanicalrebuild shop and a field service team center tosupport, repair and rebuild process equipment that is used inthe mining industry across the southwestern U.S.