Metso Corporate Newsroom News 2024 Metso invests in scrubber pilot plant to develop new gas cleaning processes
Product news February 28, 2024

Metso invests in scrubber pilot plant to develop new gas cleaning processes

Metso Corporation’s press release on February 28, 2024, at 09:00 a.m. EET

Metso has installed a fully automated multi-purpose scrubber pilot plant at its R&D center in Frankfurt, Germany. The new plant will be used for developing and optimizing gas cleaning processes. The first focus will be on the development of simultaneous scrubbing of SO2 and NOx at low temperatures.

“This investment will put Metso at the forefront of innovation in the field of emission reduction and allow us to optimize commercial-scale gas cleaning plants. The test facility supports the increasing customer demand for solutions to remove NOx at low temperatures in the presence of SO2. We are further strengthening these technologies that our customers find extremely valuable,” notes Leif Skilling, Director, PG Gas Cleaning at Metso.

The pilot plant features modern online sensors for the measurement of an extensive set of gas and liquid properties. The process control system will allow the development of reliable process models for designing industrial-sized plants and will support further process optimization and advanced digitalization solutions.

With its unique portfolio of advanced and reliable testing and process expertise as well as process simulation, Metso is a leading supplier in the industry. Our capabilities support mining and metals refining operations to improve recovery, resource efficiency and emissions control with, for example, Metso’s Planet Positive solutions.

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Further information:

Leif Skilling, Director, PG Gas Cleaning, Metso Corporation, tel. +46 705587652, email: leif.skilling(at)metso.com

Helena Marjaranta, Vice President, Communications and Brand, Metso Corporation, tel. +358 20 484 3212, email: helena.marjaranta(at)metso.com


Metso is a frontrunner in sustainable technologies, end-to-end solutions and services for the aggregates, minerals processing and metals refining industries globally. We improve our customers’ energy and water efficiency, increase their productivity, and reduce environmental risks with our product and service expertise. We are the partner for positive change. 

Headquartered in Espoo, Finland, Metso employs over 17,000 people in close to 50 countries; sales for 2023 were about EUR 5.4 billion. The company is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki. Metso.com, x.com/metsoofficial

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