Metecno Oy and Fastems Oy Ab Sign Agreement to Preserve the Heritage of Valmet’s Special Machine Tools

01.09.2022

Metecno Oy, a special purpose machine manufacturer, and Fastems Oy Ab, a leading provider of CNC automation solutions, have signed an agreement for aftermarket services for special-purpose machine tools manufactured by Fastems and its predecessor Valmet Factory Automation. Under the agreement, Metecno will receive from Fastems all technical information related to special purpose machine tools and will take over the future modernisation and maintenance needs of the Finnish-made special purpose machine tools in use and serviced by Fastems until the end of their life cycle.

Founded in 2008, Metecno Oy is a new generation Finnish CNC machine tool manufacturer that designs and manufactures bespoke special machine tools for companies. Completed machines include a radiation-resistant CNC milling machine for the VTT hot chamber, a CNC laser welding machine and a CNC machining centre for Posiva Oy’s spent nuclear fuel encapsulation plant, soon to be installed.

Valmet’s history as a Finnish machine tool manufacturer is long and illustrious. The roots go back to the tool department of the Linnavuori motor factory in Nokia in the 1950s and from the 1970s onwards the company produced special machine tools for various industries. Fastems Oy Ab continued this tradition until 2010, supplying special machine tools to many different countries and continents.

“I consider it an honour to maintain and continue the fine Finnish machine tool tradition. In the design of future MeteCNC® machines, we will benefit from the technical insights of Valmet’s generations of Finnish engineers and help companies to keep Finnish-made machine tools in industrial use until the end of time,” said Matti Metsähonkala, CEO of Metecno.

“The cooperation with Metecno secures aftermarket services for machines still in use and is also part of a natural continuation of Fastems’ path to focus on CNC automation deliveries. We are convinced that Metecno will provide a good home for the knowledge and technical solutions accumulated over decades,” says Markku Lindeman, VP Service at Fastems.

Valuable Finnish industrial history will be transferred to Metecno Oy as the original manufacturing drawings of the machines will be transferred to Metecno Oy’s premises. These drawings and other technical information on the machines will continue to be available to researchers interested in industrial history.

Further information:

Matti Metsähonkala, CEO, Metecno
matti.metsahonkala@metecno.fi | +358 40 588 5648

Esa Karppi, Director, Service Sales, Fastems
esa.karppi@fastems.com | +358 50 529 3102