Uwira, which has long promoted diversity in its work community, currently employs people from 16 different nationalities. When employees come from dozens of cultural and language backgrounds, special attention must be paid to areas like onboarding processes and the equal treatment of employees. We spoke with Sujith Vasudevan and Joel Vicentillo, wh...

Mechanical Engineer Amir Dirbaz has been designing Leimec's products since 2018. When the engineering office through which Dirbaz initially worked for Leimec closed its operations, Leimec was determined not to let go of someone with such valuable expertise in the company's products. Today, Dirbaz is a key figure in Leimec's product development, ful...

Harri Aikio at the junction of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean in Morocco

Picture a man. He is getting off an airplane somewhere in the world after an 11-hour flight. He grabs his belongings, stretches his limbs and says goodbye to the crew who know him by name. He casually gets off the plane and without batting an eye, hops in a cab, travels to his destination – and gets straight to work. Is he a president? A movie star...

Petri Leppinen at Kilkanen factory.

Petri Leppinen started as the new CEO of Kilkanen on October 1, 2023. Arto Aro, who has been the CEO of Kilkanen for a year, will continue to contribute to the development of Kilkanen as a member of the board, in addition to his role as the CEO of Uwira. Improving Operations is in the Center at Kilkanen During his first month on the job, Kilkanen's...

Jan-Peter Sandqvist was born in Kokkola, but he has lived his whole life in the Kvarken Archipelago. He has worked at the Oy Leinolat Ab for 48 years. After finishing his vocational school and getting a degree in sheet metal and welding practices on June 1st, 1974, Sandqvist started his 48 years long career at the Leinolat. – My school ended on Fri...

Export Manager Jaakko Anttila

Jaakko Anttila had his first job at T-DRILL when he was just 15 years old. Having grown up in Laihia, Finland, Anttila had always been familiar with the company. Today, Anttila works at T-DRILL as an Export Manager. In the years in between, Anttila obtained two degrees and worked in different positions at different companies and even operated as an...

Mikko Tekoniemi in T-DRILL's headquarter in Laihia.

Mikko Tekoniemi has gained experience working in two of the Leinolat Group companies. He started his career at the Uwira shop floor, bending metal pipes and now he works as an Export Manager at T-DRILL. – I started my career with the Leinolat Group in 2011. My friend, who worked at Uwira, encouraged me to contact them because he knew I was looking ...