Stamac

The two-man machine company has expanded into a 60-person custom machine shop. Our primary line of business is to manufacture machine and equipment parts and power transmission parts for our clients.

When CEO Pekka Anttila and current business partner Timo Yli-Oppaa formed Konepaja Stamac Oy in 1997, they realised a childhood dream of becoming an entrepreneur.

- At first, there was just the two of us and the planes. He recalls that I milled and Timo turned.

The men employed two outsiders for the first year. There were already 14 workers when the facility was moved from Kurika to Seinäjoki with the acquisition in 2001. Up until 2008, there was consistent growth before the staff size reached fifty.