UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Metso Corporation

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SIGNATURES

Date [April 7, 2006]

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf of the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Name:

Olli Vaartimo		Harri Luoto
Executive Vice President and CFO		Senior Vice President,
Metso Corporation		General Counsel Metso Corporation

STANDARD & POOR’S CHANGED THE OUTLOOK TO POSITIVE ON METSO’S RATINGS

(Helsinki, Finland, April 7, 2006) – Metso Corporation (NYSE: MX; OMXH: MEO1V)

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has changed the outlook of Metso’s credit ratings from stable to positive. It has confirmed Metso’s existing long-term BB+ corporate rating, the BB rating on bonds issued and the EMTN program, as well as the B rating on short-term credits

Metso is a global engineering and technology corporation with 2005 net sales of approximately EUR 4.2 billion. Its 22 000 employees in more than 50 countries serve customers in the pulp and paper industry, rock and minerals processing, the energy industry and selected other industries.

www.metso.com

For further information, please contact:

Pekka Hölttä, Senior Vice President, Corporate Treasurer, Metso Corporation, tel. +358 204 84 3195 Tuula Schreurs, Financial Communicator, Investor Relations, Metso Corporation, tel: +358 20 484 3211

or

USA: Mike Phillips, Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration, Metso USA, Inc., tel. +1 770 246 7237.