A New Chapter in Fortaco Journey
Mika Mahlberg (M.Sc. Engineering) has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) from 1 November 2024, and as of 1 January 2025, Mika will be Interim President & CEO. We warmly…
Fortaco Gliwice: Innovation in Steel Processing and Beyond Best-in-Class Efficiency
If you think operations like cutting, bending, and shipping are too basic for innovation, then you need to visit Fortaco’s Gliwice business site. Strike up the band Silesia, a region…
Lars Hellberg, President & CEO of Fortaco, to retire in January 2025 – Mika Mahlberg appointed Interim President & CEO
Mr. Lars Hellberg, President & CEO of Fortaco and a member of Fortaco’s Board of Directors, has decided to retire on 1 January 2025. Fortaco’s Board of Directors has appointed Mr. Mika…
Fortaco’s Crusader for ‘Why?’
Andrzej Wrona, Fortaco Group’s Operations Development Director, loves to ask why. He’d like you to do it, too. After graduating university as a mechanical engineer, Andrzej Wrona's first…
FORTACO IN
BRIEF
Fortaco is the leading brand-independent strategic partner to the heavy off-highway equipment and marine industries, offering technology, vehicle cabins, steel fabrications and vehicle assemblies.
Fortaco Group has operations in multiple European Business Sites and Technology Hubs, which are supporting our global customers.
We benchmark ourselves to the automotive industry and standards to secure maximized value add for our customers as a true Tier 0.5 partner. We have the right quality, the right delivery accuracy and the right price.
Together, we want to reshape the way things are produced.
Our values
Respect
Fair and equal play, trust, teamwork, transparency, diversity
Simplicity
Straightforward, proactive, solution seeking, value adding, eliminating waste
Speed
Customer mindset, fast & intelligent solutions, hightest quality, learning mentality
Our Mission
We provide complete value chain solutions go global customers in the heavy off-highway equipment and marine industries.
KEY FIGURES 2023
SAFETY &
QUALITY
Our commitments
50,000+
Safety cabins annually
420+
Net sales pro forma (MEUR)
80,000
Tons of steel
40+
Years of experience in steel fabrications
80+
Welding robots
3,000+
Employees globally
BUSINESS INSIGHTS
Learn more about our expertise and industries we work with.
Getting to lean – organically
In this whitepaper Andrzej Wrona our Director for Operational Excellence offers a great insight into Fortaco’s lean philosophy and explains precisely how lean in Fortaco is harnessed to serve both…
When robots rule?
This whitepaper describes potential scenarios for the future of cabin business related to the development of AI and autonomous vehicles.
Guide to quick and cost-effective cabin development
Ensure your cost-efficiency in cabin development. Read our guide to quick and cost-effective cabin development.
Elements of good partnership in operator cabins
Selecting right cabin supplier is crucial to your business. Have a look at our guide to cabin development for more information.
TECHNOLOGY
We are a flexible, reliable and an agile, yet effective partner in vehicle cabin development projects. We offer all-inclusive project solutions from design concepting to cost effective serial manufacturing.
FORTACO BUISARD CABINS
We support our customers in creating optimal solutions, which are tailored to their applications, starting from design to a full plug & play cabin. Over 70 years of experience and hundreds of successful products are showing our expertise and reliability as a vehicle cabin manufacturer.
STEEL FABRICATION
Fortaco is the largest manufacturer of steel fabrications in Europe. We focus on quality, delivery performance and productivity in our manufacturing operations. Based on our long history in steel processing, we have established ourselves as an industry benchmark.
ASSEMBLY
For industrial companies, digitalization and service offering have emerged as the key strategies to drive the growth. Digitalization and offering of services is a shift from the traditional product centric model of selling to focus on offering total solutions.