Davies
Metso Corporation is a Helsinki-listed industrial group that designs and supplies wear lining materials, attachment systems, and real-time wear monitoring for mining, aggregates, and metals refining customers worldwide.
- Company typePublic
- Founded1989
- HeadquartersMalaga, Western Australia, Australia
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Davies does
Metso Corporation is a Helsinki-listed Finnish industrial group that engineers and supplies wear lining solutions for material-handling equipment used in mining, aggregates production, and metals refining. Its wear lining portfolio spans five primary material families — metallic, rubber, ceramic, polyurethane, and polyethylene — sold alongside proprietary attachment and handling systems (including Trellex, Skega, and Vulco product lines) engineered to integrate with chutes, bins, transfer points, mills, and screens at customer sites.
The company's technology stack combines materials science and mechanical-engineering know-how with a growing digital layer under the Metso Plus innovation brand, which bundles value-added consumables, engineered upgrades, and digital services. The flagship digital offering, WearSense, provides real-time wear monitoring intended to optimize liner replacement scheduling and reduce unplanned downtime. Metso sells via a hybrid model combining direct field-sales coverage with a global authorized distributor network, pricing on engineered quotations against customer duty cycles rather than via fixed list pricing, and increasingly embedding itself through multi-year site supply agreements with tier-1 mining and aggregates operators.
Metso serves enterprise customers across three end markets: mining (including major diversified miners such as Zijin Mining), aggregates production (including Lehigh Hanson/Heidelberg Materials), and metals refining. The company is the result of the July 2020 all-stock merger between legacy Metso Minerals and Outotec, which consolidated flow-control, comminution, and wear-solutions capabilities under a single platform. Geographically, Metso operates across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC with public-facing commercial coverage in eight or more languages.
Davies firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Davies
- Legal name
- Metso Corporation
- Website
- https://davieswps.com
- Company type
- Public
- Founded year
- 1989
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- Metso Corporation is a Helsinki-listed industrial group that designs and supplies wear lining materials, attachment systems, and real-time wear monitoring for mining, aggregates, and metals refining customers worldwide.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Davies industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Mining Wear Protection Equipment
- NAICS
- Mining Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing (333131)
- SIC
- Construction, Mining & Materials Handling Machinery & Equip (3530)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Wear Parts & Consumables (GET, Liners, Drill Bits, Grinding Media) (IMAKANAH)
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Where Davies is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Malaga, Western Australia
- HQ country
- Australia
- HQ region
- Oceania
Offices1 record
Markets served
Davies business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Wear Lining Products: Sale of wear linings including metallic, rubber, ceramic, polyurethane, polyethylene liners, sheetings and coatings for material handling applications in mining, aggregates, and metals refining industries.
- Attachment and Handling Systems: Fasteners, tools, and systems for wear lining installation and replacement.
- Wear Monitoring Systems: Real-time monitoring solutions including WearSense for predictive maintenance.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Multi-year contract | Quote-based pricing |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels7 records
Davies product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Davies supplies wear lining products and systems for material handling equipment used in mining, aggregates production, and metals refining. The core portfolio comprises metallic, rubber, ceramic, polyurethane, and polyethylene wear liners, complemented by proprietary attachment and handling systems and the WearSense real-time wear monitoring solution. Products are designed to protect chutes, hoppers, conveyors, crushers, transfer points, and other high-wear assets from abrasion and impact, with the goal of increasing uptime, maximizing throughput, lowering operating cost per ton, and improving maintenance safety.
Product overview
Metso offers a comprehensive wear lining solutions portfolio designed for material handling applications across mining, aggregates, and metals refining operations. The product suite includes five primary wear lining material types—Metallic, Rubber, Ceramic, Polyurethane, and Polyethylene—each suited for different operating conditions and wear challenges. Complementary offerings include attachment systems for secure fastening, handling systems for safe installation, and the WearSense real-time monitoring system (Metso Plus) that tracks wear progression. The portfolio also includes sheetings and coatings for surface protection. Applications span mill feed chutes, crusher discharge vaults, hoppers, transfer chutes, conveyor transfer points, hood and spoon transfers, bucket wheel reclaimers, screen discharge chutes, and discharge boxes. The solutions are designed to increase uptime, maximize throughput, lower operating costs, and improve safety and sustainability.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Metso Plus: Metso's value-added offering and innovations, including products like WearSense for real-time wear monitoring.
Products and services
- Metallic Wear Liners
Companies that use Davies
Customer profileNamed customers2 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles1 record
Davies technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature9 records
Davies partnerships and signals
Strategic signalScale indicators2 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Davies competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- FLSmidth: Global mining and cement equipment OEM offering wear materials, liners, and material handling solutions for chutes, mills, and conveyors. Directly comparable product set and customer base (mining majors, cement, aggregates) to Davies' target market.
- Metso Corporation: Global OEM and wear lining supplier with the same metallic, rubber, ceramic, polyurethane and polyethylene liner portfolio plus WearSense monitoring. Davies appears to operate in Metso's product orbit; Metso is the ultimate channel principal and benchmark competitor for any independent wear lining specialist.
- Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions: Global mining equipment and tooling supplier with adjacent wear materials, screens, and rock processing consumables. Comparable enterprise mining customer base and engineered consumables model.
- Element Solutions (former Vertex) / Vesuvius (refractories overlap): Industrial materials supplier serving metals, mining, and foundry with wear and refractory solutions. Comparable end customers and engineered-materials value proposition to Davies' wear lining offering.
Direct peers
- Weir Minerals (Weir Group): Specialist in wear-resistant liners, slurry handling equipment, and mill lining systems for mining. Closely comparable product focus (rubber, polyurethane, composite liners) and serves the same mining customer segments.
- Bradken (Hitachi Construction Machinery): Australian-headquartered manufacturer of wear-resistant components, mill liners, and castings serving mining, resources, and infrastructure. Direct geographic and product overlap with Davies' WA mining customer base.
- Magotteaux: Belgian specialist in wear-resistant solutions for mining, crushing, grinding, and material handling. Directly comparable product portfolio (mill liners, chute liners, crushing consumables) and serves the same mining and aggregates verticals.
Others
- Rio Tinto & BHP (in-house wear management): Major Pilbara mining operators that run their own maintenance and vendor-managed inventory programs for wear liners. Not direct competitors but the primary buyers Davies would target.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights4 records
Customer concentration
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Davies leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Davies funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Davies M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about Davies
What does Davies do?
Davies supplies wear lining products and systems for material handling equipment used in mining, aggregates production, and metals refining. The core portfolio comprises metallic, rubber, ceramic, polyurethane, and polyethylene wear liners, complemented by proprietary attachment and handling systems and the WearSense real-time wear monitoring solution. Products are designed to protect chutes, hoppers, conveyors, crushers, transfer points, and other high-wear assets from abrasion and impact, with the goal of increasing uptime, maximizing throughput, lowering operating cost per ton, and improving maintenance safety.
Is Davies a public or private company?
Davies is a public company. It is classified as unknown and is currently operating.
When was Davies founded?
Davies was founded in 1989. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is Davies based?
Davies is headquartered in Malaga, Western Australia, Australia, in the Oceania region.
How does Davies make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Wear Lining Products are the primary driver. The others are attachment and Handling Systems and wear Monitoring Systems.
Who are Davies's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are FLSmidth, Metso Corporation, Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions and Element Solutions (former Vertex) / Vesuvius (refractories overlap). Direct peers are Weir Minerals (Weir Group), Bradken (Hitachi Construction Machinery) and Magotteaux. Rio Tinto & BHP (in-house wear management) is listed as an others.
Does Davies have an API?
No public API is recorded for Davies.
What industry is Davies in?
Davies's product category is Mining Wear Protection Equipment. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMAKANAH, Wear Parts & Consumables (GET, Liners, Drill Bits, Grinding Media). Its NAICS code is 333131 and its SIC code is 3530.