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Coil punching and shearing line . Open House images by Elli Heimonen Photography .
PUNCH , CUT AND BEND
Jan Tapanainen , CEO , Pivatic Oy .
Pivatic ’ s CEO , Jan Tapanainen , outlines the company ’ s latest projects , strategic initiatives and new investments to ISMR at Blechexpo / Schweisstec .
“ Pivatic has been investing heavily in new staff , a bigger assembly area at its Hyvinkää site in Finland and a range of new R & D projects / lines for global customers .”
Pivatic Oy designs , manufactures and markets punching , cutting and bending machines , as well as lines , for the sheetmetal manufacturing industry . Its solutions are tailored to customer requirements and designed for productivity and sustainability . A member of The Ursviken Group , its production facilities and headquarters are at Hyvinkää , Finland . It also has a wide global sales and partner network of more than 30 representatives .
Pivatic ’ s punching roots go back to 1975 when it was established as Toolsystem Ky producing quick-change tooling systems for sheet metal presses . In 2015 , it celebrated its 40th anniversary with over 450 production lines delivered globally and a strong sales and partner network established in over 27 countries . Today , it offers complete automated solutions with a wider selection of technologies and can integrate storage systems ( Remmert ), panel benders ( RAS ) or rollforming equipment ( Samesor ) and coil-fed lasers ( Eagle ) into its lines to increase flexibility for small batch or kit production .
ISMR met Pivatic ’ s CEO , Jan Tapanainen , at this November ’ s Blechexpo / Schweisstec exhibition in Stuttgart . He outlined some of the company ’ s latest new projects , strategic initiatives and investments to ISMR , along with his thoughts on global markets , trends , challenges and opportunities .
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