Komas is an engineering industry system supplier. Our turnover is approximately EUR 120 million, and we have some 1,200 professionals serving our customers - 800 in Finland and 400 in Poland. Our customers include international companies operating in the vehicle, machine engineering, power transmission and defence industries.

Total responsibility of turnkey deliveries

As a system supplier, Komas can provide turnkey deliveries to our customers.
Our services contain material purchasing, manufacturing of machined components, welded steel structures, ready-fitted hydraulic units, mechanical assemblies and sub-assemblies.

In addition to turnkey deliveries, we offer a wide range of demanding machining services with more than 200 CNC machines.

More information about Komas:

P.O.Box 60
FI-40101 Jyväskylä
Valmetintie 11
FI-40420 Jyskä
FINLAND
Tel +358 10 757 6000
Fax +358 10 757 6001
email first name.last name@komas.fi

Markku Leinonen has been appointed as Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, of the Komas Group.

At the moment Markku is employed by Sandvik Mining and Construction as the company`s global Purchasing Director.
Leinonen has previously had a long career e.g. in Elcoteq. Markku has a strong background in contract manufacturing business and he knows well the requirements of our global customers.

He is a Management Team member of the Komas Group and reports to CEO Mika Kari.

Markku will start working in the Komas Group on 1 February 2012.His permanent position will be at our office in Espoo, Ahventie 4.

We are happy to welcome Markku. 

Mika Kari
CEO

Jukka Mäkelä (37) has been appointed as Senior Vice President, Business Development, of the Komas Group as of 3 January 2012. He will have a significant role in the implementation of the strategic expansion and development projects that were launched last year.

Jukka’s previous posts include that of Strategic Director at Nokian Tyres.

He is a Management Team member of the Komas Group and reports to CEO Mika Kari.

We are happy to welcome Jukka.

Mika Kari
CEO

Komas and Cargotec have signed a preliminary agreement, comprising a letter of intent, which outlines the guidelines for deepening the companies’ cooperation as a long-term sourcing partnership. The agreement includes a planned transaction by which Komas would acquire Cargotec’s component manufacturing operations in Narva, Estonia. The parties have agreed not to disclose the value of the planned transaction, which is expected to take place during the coming months. 

The co-operation and potential transaction would further strengthen Komas’ position as one of Cargotec’s preferred suppliers of steel structures. Moreover, the expansion to Narva would increase Komas’ best cost manufacturing capacity in line with its strategic direction. 

The potential outsourcing arrangement would also support Cargotec’s approach of focusing on its core activities. 

Cargotec employs approximately 370 people in Narva, and based on the preliminary plan all employees would transfer to Komas. Komas plans to continue operations in the existing premises. Cargotec would remain as one of Komas’ key customers. 

Further information:
Mika Kari, CEO, Komas Group, tel. +358 40 531 9758, mika.kari@komas.fi 

Komas is a system supplier for the engineering industry. Its operations cover machining, assembly, hydraulics and logistics services. The company has facilities in nine Finnish municipalities and factories in Poland and China. The head office is located in Jyväskylä. The Komas Group employs approx. 1,200 people and its turnover in 2010 was approx. MEUR 120. 

Cargotec improves the efficiency of cargo flows on land and at sea - wherever cargo is on the move. Cargotec's daughter brands, Hiab, Kalmar and MacGregor are recognised leaders in cargo and load handling solutions around the world. Cargotec's global network is positioned close to customers and offers extensive services that ensure the continuous, reliable and sustainable performance of equipment. Cargotec's sales totalled EUR 2.6 billion in 2010 and it employs approximately 11,000 people. Cargotec's class B shares are quoted on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki under symbol CGCBV. www.cargotec.com

Tomas Forsgård (44) has been appointed Production Manager of the Komas Group. His responsibilities will include managing the Group’s production and developing production efficiency and competitiveness.

Forsgård has previously worked as deputy managing director in charge of Kemira Oyj’s operations in China (stationed in Shanghai). Before that, Forsgård worked in operational and managerial duties related to development and marketing at Kemira and UPM Kymmene.

Tomas Forsgård will start work in the Komas Group on 15 August 2011, and he will report to CEO Mika Kari.

Mika Kari
CEO

Juha Simola (39) has been appointed director in charge of Komas Group’s operations in Poland and CEO of the Polish subsidiary Komas Sp. z o.o.

Simola has worked as deputy managing director in charge of production for Patria Land Service since 2009, and before that in various positions at Patria since 1998.

Juha Simola will start work in the Komas Group on 8 August 2011, and he will report to CEO Mika Kari.

Mika Kari
CEO

As of 7 March 2011, Komas Group’s Polish subsidiary Komas Sp. z o.o will be headed by Sales and Marketing Director Marko Penttinen. As of that date, Marko will be stationed in Janów Lubelski, Poland, and he will report to the CEO of Komas Group, Mika Kari.

Komas Oy
Mika Kari
CEO

Further information:
Mika Kari, + 358 40 5319758, mika.kari@komas.fi
Marko Penttinen, +358 40 8422811, marko.penttinen@komas.fi

Mika Kari (M.Sc. (Eng.), 41) has been appointed the new CEO of the Komas Group, an engineering industry system supplier. Kari will take over as CEO on 1 February. The company’s founder and current CEO, Jukka-Pekka Nikula, will continue as a member of the Board of Directors and a major shareholder.

Mika Kari has been employed by Ojala-Yhtymä since 2008, most recently as President and CEO. Prior to this, he was President & CEO of the PKC Group between 2005 and 2008 and worked for the same company in several positions from 1996 onwards, including as Vice President responsible for wiring harnesses and business development director.

Under Jukka-Pekka Nikula’s leadership, Komas has developed into Finland’s leading engineering industry system supplier following a period of strong growth on the domestic market and has also expanded into Central Europe, with a plant in Poland serving its customers in Continental Europe. Recently Komas has also started operations in China. Net sales rose from EUR 8 million in 2002 to EUR 120 million in 2010, and Jukka-Pekka Nikula and the company have received numerous awards over the years.

“I would like to thank Jukka-Pekka for his excellent contribution and his long and successful career; and I am very happy that he will continue as a member of the Board. I am also very happy to welcome Mika Kari to Komas as we continue to grow and expand internationally. Mika Kari has a strong background in the international system supplier business and industry best practices through the numerous demanding customers that he has worked with. I believe that he is the right person to lead the company and its operations during its next stage of growth,” says Jan Mattlin, the Chairman of Komas’ Board of Directors.

“I’m very excited about the opportunity to take over as CEO of Komas. The Komas business has been developed very determinedly and the company is now well-placed to take the next step on the road to becoming an international system supplier for the heavy engineering sector. I believe that the extensive engineering industry expertise that Komas has, together with my experience in contract manufacturing for the automotive, electronics, and electrical power industries, will provide a good foundation for us to achieve the goals that have been set for the company. There are no truly global system suppliers in the heavy engineering sector at the moment, and Komas has an excellent opportunity to be a real pioneer in the field,” says Mika Kari, who will take up the position as of 1 February.

“I have had the chance to be part of Komas’ growth for over eight years. Working together with our committed and highly skilled workforce, has been a very interesting and inspiring time. Now that we have succeeded in getting Komas back on track following the international financial crisis and the recession that followed, this is the right time, I believe, to hand over leadership to my successor, in line with the original agreement made with CapMan when they invested in the company. This is also a natural step in Komas’ development towards becoming a more international player. I will continue to be a major shareholder in the company and I intend to take an active part in the work of the Board, supporting the new CEO and Komas’ future development,” says Jukka-Pekka Nikula, who will step down as the company’s CEO on 31 January.

Further information:
Jan Mattlin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Komas, CapMan Buyout Partner, tel. +358 (0)40 508 6406
Mika Kari, CEO, Komas as of 1 February, tel. +358 (0)40 531 9758
Jukka-Pekka Nikula, CEO, Komas until 31 January, tel. +358 (0)50 539 9378

Komas continues to expand and grow more international in line with its strategy. The company has made a decision to expand its operations to China.

Komas has leased new production and office facilities from Suzhou near Shanghai. The renovation of the premises to meet Komas' needs is already under way, and the production operations are expected to kick off during the second half of 2011.

The person in charge of Komas' operations in China is Business Director Mika Närhi, who has orchestrated the commencement of the operations and the search for suitable production facilities since the beginning of last year.

“In the past years, a significant portion of the global growth in the engineering industry has occurred in Asia, and we believe that this will be a continuing trend in the near future. We see the expansion to China as a considerable leap on the path towards our strategic goal of reaching prominent position as an international system supplier for the engineering industry,” explains Jukka-Pekka Nikula, CEO of Komas. “In the future, when we combine our operations in China with our strong position in the domestic market and with our manufacturing capacity in Eastern Europe, we will have excellent opportunities to provide our customers with flexible and cost-efficient services in a larger than ever market area.”

“We have engaged in extensive discussions with our Finnish and European customers operating in China. Even though competition is fierce in the Asian market, as well, their message has been that there is demand in China for system supplier that operates with Komas’ business concept. Suzhou is a favourable location as many of our customers’ factories are less than two hours away. In this way, we can continue to be close to our customers in China, too. At the same time, our location near competitive procurement channels supports our factories in Europe,” says Mika Närhi, Business Director in charge of Komas’ operations in China.

Wind and industrial gear manufacturer and service provider Moventas has signed an agreement with Komas Oy concerning the sale of its separate tooling unit in Jyväskylä. 

Moventas outsources its wind gear business related tooling unit. The Jyväskylä-based operations, separate from the company's wind gear factories, has today been sold entirely to a engineering industry system supplier, Komas Oy, in Jyväskylä. 

The tooling unit staff, included in the Moventas cooperation negotiations that ended on October 13, 2010, will be transfer to Komas as continuing employees as part of the sale. The tooling unit employs 22 people. 

In the future, Moventas will maintain the main functions of wind gear production in Jyväskylä: R&D, key component manufacturing for the global manufacturing network and gear manufacturing for the European market as a whole. Moventas has strongly invested in these functions in the recent years, and the Jyväskylä factories are very competitive. Assembly and testing will be moved to North America and Asia, where long term estimates predict the strongest growth of wind power production. 

Further information: Jukka Jäämaa, Moventas Oy, tel. + 358 50 526 7665 / jukka.jaamaa@moventas.com / Jukka-Pekka Nikula, Komas Oy, tel.+358 50 539 9378 / jukka-pekka.nikula@komas.fi 

Moventas is one of the largest manufacturers of wind turbine gears in the world. The company also manufactures power transmission solutions for industry use and provides services for their overhaul and maintenance. Majority of the products' end use is connected with renewable energy. In 2009 Moventas generated net sales of EUR 237 million. The company has 1,200 employees in nine countries globally with a worldwide partner network. European private equity investor IK Investment Partners holds the majority of the shares in Moventas. www.moventas.com. 

Komas Oy is a system supplier with activities in machining, assembly, hydraulics and logistic services. Prior to this deal, the company had 12 factories in Finland and one factory in Poland. Komas employs approximately 1,200 people and has an annual turnover of € 120 million. www.komas.fi.