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Metso Corporation's press release on January 2, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. local time

Metso has acquired U.S. software company ExperTune Inc. ExperTune's products are
widely used as software tools to analyze and monitor the performance of
industrial processes and to identify the associated maintenance and improvement
opportunities.

ExperTune's acquisition is in line with Metso's strategy to deliver customer
value solutions and grow the scope of the services business globally. The
acquisition expands and strengthens Metso's ability to globally provide
business-enhancing services to customers. ExperTune's products will be sold as
stand-alone solutions that can be used in any automation system environment and
as part of Metso's performance business solutions, targeted to optimize plant
performance.

''The combination of ExperTune's products and Metso's services portfolio
extends
our capability to offer solutions targeted to improving process and business
performance,''   says Mikko Keto, President, Services, Metso Automation.

''With ExperTune we can provide more versatile and more cost effective customer
value solutions to our customers so that they can meet their most pressing
business challenges, such as reducing raw material consumption, energy usage,
product variability and environmental impact. ExperTune's products help our
customers to find areas of improvement in their processes to which Metso has
customer value solutions,'' Keto summarizes.

Metso's services business has developed strongly over the last decade. In 2011,
the services share of the company's turnover was 45 per cent. ExperTune will be
integrated into Metso's Automation segment's Services business.

ExperTune Inc.

Founded in 1986, ExperTune designs pre-packaged industrial software which help
maximizing productivity and efficiency and reduces waste in the process
industries worldwide. Its net sales are less than MEUR 10. ExperTune is
headquartered in the United States in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It has an extensive
sales representative network on all continents. ExperTune's products include
PlantTriage, ProcessApex and PID Loop Optimizer.


The Automation segment's process automation and flow control solutions meet the
growing needs of Metso's customer industries to improve production process
efficiency as raw materials and energy sources become scarcer and their costs
increase. Our global network of service experts delivers business solutions to
our customers that improve their productivity, lower risks and optimize costs.

www.metso.com/automation , www.twitter.com/metsoautomation


Metso is a global supplier of technology and services to customers in the
process industries, including mining, construction, pulp and paper, power, and
oil and gas. Our 30,000 professionals based in over 50 countries deliver
sustainability and profitability to customers worldwide. Expect results.

www.metso.com , www.twitter.com/metsogroup

For further information, please contact:

Mikko Keto, President, Automation segment's Services business, Metso, tel.
+358 50 317 3444, mikko.keto@metso.com





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