UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Metso Corporation

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F

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SIGNATURES

Date November 19, 2007

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		Aleksanteri Lebedeff
Executive Vice President and CFO		Senior Vice President,
Metso Corporation		General Counsel
		Metso Corporation

Metso supplies a power boiler to Keravan Lämpövoima’s new combined heat and power plant in Finland

(Helsinki, Finland, November 19, 2007) — Metso Corporation (NYSE: MX; OMXH: MEO1V)

Metso Power, a part of Metso Paper business area, will supply Keravan Lämpövoima Oy with a power boiler to company’s new combined heat and power plant in Kerava, near Helsinki in Finland. Start-up for the plant is scheduled for the end of 2009. The value of the order is approximately EUR 25 million.

The power boiler (73 MWth) will utilize bubbling fluidized bed technology and will burn peat and forest residue.

The power plant will produce district heat, process heat and electricity to the local energy company Keravan Energia Oy. The new plant can especially ensure the increasing capacity need of district heating to the city of Kerava. With this investment the energy production will be efficient and environmentally friendly by reducing the CO2 emissions.

The power plant will be built by the new company Keravan Lämpövoima Oy, which is owned by the Finnish energy company Pohjolan Voima Oy.

Metso is a global engineering and technology corporation with 2006 net sales of approximately EUR 5 billion. Its more than 26,000 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

Further information for the press, please contact:
Kari Remes, General Manager, Sales, Metso Power, tel. +358 40 709 2015

Further information for investors, please contact:
Johanna Sintonen, Vice President, Investor Relations, Metso Corporation,
tel. +358 20 484 3253

or

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