en.Wedoany.com Reported - Recently, Metso Corporation, a Finnish company, announced approval of an investment of approximately €60 million to launch the second phase of its Lokomotion Technology Center in the Lahdesjärvi industrial area of Tampere, Finland. The total investment in the center exceeds €200 million, and it is expected to be fully completed by the early 2030s, forming a modern, resource-efficient production and technology hub integrating aggregate and sand production technologies, equipment and component design, testing, and manufacturing.
Headquartered in Espoo, Finland, Metso is a leading company focused on providing sustainable technologies, system solutions, and services for the global aggregates, minerals processing, and metals refining industries. It employs nearly 18,000 people in approximately 50 countries, with sales of about €5.3 billion in 2025. The company's manufacturing history in Tampere dates back to 1915, when its predecessor, the Lokomo factory, began by producing steam locomotives and later evolved into Metso's global competence center for mobile crushers. Tampere is also an important industrial city in Finland, with mining equipment manufacturers such as Sandvik having significant asset footprints locally, making it one of the strategic hubs for global mining technology R&D and manufacturing.
The Lokomotion Technology Center project is led by Markku Simula, President of Metso's Aggregates business area. Once completed, it will be the largest industrial investment project in Tampere this century. The second phase will expand on the assembly and logistics facilities currently under construction in the first phase, adding approximately 12,000 square meters of floor space, bringing the total floor area of the technology center to about 66,000 square meters. Land preparation for the second phase will begin in June 2026, with crusher production at the new plant expected to start in the fall of 2028. The first phase, which began construction in June 2024, is scheduled for completion in August 2027, primarily building assembly and testing facilities for mobile crushers along with warehouse facilities. As of the end of April 2026, approximately €70 million had been invested in the first phase, with Lokotrack® tracked crushing and screening equipment planned to begin production at the new plant in the third quarter of 2027.
As the new plant gradually becomes operational, Metso's original Lokomo factory site in Hatanpää, Tampere, will be progressively relocated to the Lahdesjärvi Technology Center, and the vacated site and buildings will be sold. Markku Simula, President of Metso's Aggregates business area, stated that launching the second phase will strengthen the overall capabilities of the Lahdesjärvi Technology Center and lay the foundation for starting crusher production at the new, modern factory. This significant investment, totaling over €200 million, will enhance the company's global delivery capabilities, consolidate its market leadership in aggregate solutions, and also drive the development of the Tampere regional industrial ecosystem, promoting capacity building, employment, and sustainable industrial growth.
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