Metso Paper specializes in pulp, paper and power generation industry processes, machinery, equipment and aftermarket services. The company develops systems for papermaking, pulping, boardmaking, wood handling and tissue production. It has supplied in excess of 1,500 paper machines and equipment for 800 pulping lines to customers worldwide. Metso Paper develops and delivers complete production lines, rebuilds and modernizations. The company performs analysis, maintenance, improvement, upgrade and training services, as well as spare parts. It employs nearly 11,700 people throughout the world. Metso Paper was formed by the merging of Valmet Corporations paper technology and Sunds Defibrators fiber technology operations in the late 1990s. The company maintains a location in Beloit, Wis.