Metal Archives - 2020

Nordautomation

Quality-driven Nordautomation has its eyes set on growth

WINDS OF CHANGE are blowing at log handling specialist Nordautomation – luckily, these winds are fresh growth-bringing breezes. In 2018, a majority stake of the company was sold to the Swedish Addtech group, and in 2019, Timo Kuusisto stepped in as the Managing Director to follow business owner and innovator Pauli Ojala. Despite the changes, […] Read More

Alucar

Alucar is leading the truck industry into modern times

ALUCAR IS the world’s leading manufacturer of superstructures for logging trucks. It has been reshaping the industry ever since the day it was founded more than 35 years ago. It all began from the revolutionary idea of manufacturing light and strong superstructures from aluminium, which is what the company is renowned for to this day. […] Read More

NTM

The world’s most advanced refuse collection vehicles are made by NTM

WHAT IS THE BEST way to get people to increase recycling? The answer is of course to make recycling as easy as possible. This was exactly the idea when NTM started developing the pioneering Quatro recycling vehicle 15 years ago. “The vehicle was developed in close cooperation with our customers, i.e refuse collection and waste […] Read More

Österberg

LNG tanks and biodiesel equipment new areas for Österberg Group

ÖSTERBERG GROUP has expanded rapidly in recent years, mainly through acquisitions. The latest addition to the group of ten subsidiaries is West Welding, a manufacturer of highly specialised pressure vessels. West Welding is one of few companies in Europe able to build LNG tanks. “We do everything in-house, from engineering and design to welding and […] Read More

Fineweld

Fineweld is reshaping industrial construction with modular construction

MANUFACTURING companies often carry out investment projects in a very traditional way, but why not give the job to an expert partner who incorporates new thinking in their everyday work? Fineweld knows industrial construction like the back of its hand and has made the work faster and easier through its innovative concept. To top it […] Read More

LKI

LKI promotes mutually beneficial relationships

AN INCREASING NUMBER of companies are questioning the traditional belief that a company’s primary purpose is to make profit for its shareholders. During its 40-year history, sheet metal handling company LKI has never believed this to be true and lately, this way of thinking has been crystallised within the company. “Of course, a company cannot […] Read More

Koncentra Pistons

Attractive employer Koncentra Pistons invests in new machinery

A STRONG BELIEF in the future permeates the halls of piston manufacturer Koncentra Pistons in Jakobstad. Koncentra Pistons designs, produces and markets large bore pistons for leading medium-speed gas and diesel engine manufacturers. The engines are used in both marine and power applications and complement renewable energy solutions and battery technology in these fields. “Although […] Read More

Boliden

Zinc smelter Boliden Kokkola looks for people of various backgrounds

IN JANUARY 2019, Antti Kontiainen joined Boliden Kokkola as the company’s new General Manager. When asked what impressed him the most about Europe’s second largest zinc smelter, his answer is clear: “Our company values responsibility and sustainability, in a wide sense. We take responsibilityfor the environment, our quality, the business, as well as our employees […] Read More

OSTP

OSTP celebrates 70 years of world-class stainless steel tubular products

OSTP IN JAKOBSTAD is a joint venture, owned by Tubinoxia and Outokumpu Group, that manufactures a broad range of welded stainless steel tubular products such as pipes and butt weld fittings in countless variations and dimensions; all made according to strict standards. The pipe diameter ranges from 16 mm tubes to pipes of 2 metres […] Read More

JTK Power

JTK Power delivers outstanding silencers globally

IN AUGUST 2019, Robert Ollus was appointed as the new CEO for JTK Power. He is convinced that the company, which manufactures silencers, steel structures, doors for air raid shelters, catalyst structures and critical components for engines in Finland, Estonia and China, will have a prosperous future. “We have the ingredients for success: excellent products […] Read More

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