22/09/2022
EQ for Tough Guys: Should Manufacturing Professionals Show Feelings?
Should manufacturing pros be as calm, cool, and collected as robots on the factory floor? Or should they embrace their feelings? "Must. Suppress. Rage!" is how this century’s best-known engineer, Homer Simpson, deals with his emotions. (He also has…
03/08/2022
Reflections from the Leadership Team
As we have entered the third quarter of the year, it is a great time to view back, reflect, value the lessons learned and gain some perspective, while proceeding forward on our mission. Fortaco is committed to reshape the industry; the way things…
13/05/2022
My Father’s Tuxedo
What my father’s tuxedo and off-highway equipment have in common, and how the Smart Steel organization is fixing the asymmetry of marketplace information. By Rafał Sornek I don’t remember exactly what happened to my suit — whether I tore it or…
22/04/2022
Get Knocked Down, Get Back Up
Johanna Kuisma, Fortaco’s Group Financial Controller, loves contact sports. They’ve taught her a few things about how to approach her professional life. It might have been the worst time to start a new job. It was March 2020 when Johanna Kuisma…
24/03/2022
Twenty Years of Transformation
”I am a team player - to build success we need each other. We win business together, we gain experiences in business together.” A highlight by one of the longtime Fortaco team member, celebrating his anniversary today. Peter Green, Sales Director at…
15/02/2022
Forward Forever
Customer service is a key priority at Fortaco, and we are happy to have in our team very skillful people, who are committed to this and have a great understanding of its importance. This time our eyes are on Kurikka factory in Finland, where the…
21/01/2022
Under the Hood at Kurikka
With both cars and factories, there’s often more under the hood than you’d imagine. Fortaco Kurikka Sales Manager Tomi Metsä-Ketelä demonstrates why. Fortaco Kurikka Sales Manager Tomi Metsä-Ketelä has spent his entire life around vehicles. It…