SOP-Metal is to participate in the Work Cycle Carries project, which aims to help companies improve their employees’ well-being at work as well as bring about other positive changes.

The project is organized by Technology Industries of Finland, Trade Union Pro, Federation of Professional and Managerial Staff (YTN) and Industrial Union. As a member of Technology Industries of Finland, SOP-Metal made the decision to join the project.

“The participation was met with great enthusiasm throughout our organization,” says Quality & Human Resources Manager Ms Kirsi Korvola-Mäkinen. “Everybody’s expectations for the project are positively high.”

The core idea behind Work Cycle Carries is that in order for well-being at work to continue throughout the entire working career, employers need to be able to take into account the varying needs of its individual employees. Meanwhile, it is also essential that employees’ wide-ranging skills and knowledge are brought to good use.

The project offers its participants a comprehensive information kit regarding work cycle leadership, as well as online tools that help the companies achieve their goals.

SOP-Metal is currently preparing for the project by composing its own plan of action, which will pinpoint the areas in which improvements are to be made during the project. Final touches to the plan will be added by the end of January.

“We’re going to be telling you more about the contents of the plan later, as some of the details still remain under discussion,” says Korvola-Mäkinen. “Our foremost goal, however, is going to be the increase of our employees’ health and well-being at work. That said, it is more than likely that our core themes during the project will revolve around these issues.”

SOP-Metal has named a project team, in which each category of staff has its own representative. Alongside Korvola-Mäkinen, other members of the project team are CEO Mr Sami Kuntola, Safety and Health Manager Mr Pekka Särkiniemi and Safety and Health Representative Mr Pekka Kotkavaara.

There’s still time to apply for the project. For members of Technology Industries of Finland, participation is free of charge. Work Cycle Carries ends in October 2018.

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SOP-Metal produces busbar solutions and other subcontracting products requiring high level of material know-how for various industries, including the electricity and energy sectors. In addition, we both conduct and isolate electric currents. We can do the whole job from design all the way to manufacturing the components.

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Our latest investment broadens our range of machining services and speeds up our process.

The new vertical machining center is a Hyundai WIA F500 Plus, which features the Fanuc 0i control system. It was delivered and installed by Finnish supplier Machinery Oy.

SOP-Metal is specialized in subcontracting services involving materials such as copper, aluminium and steel. With the expansion of our range of machinery, the overall reliability of our service is further improved.

“With all expenses included, this was roughly a €100,000 investment,” SOP-Metal CEO Sami Kuntola says and continues to emphasize, “Of course, the benefits brought upon by the investment will be significantly higher.”

The new machining center will further increase the flexibility of our production, which is something that our customers attach great importance to. In the future, our products will reach the customer even faster than before.

Last spring, SOP-Metal invested half a million euros in a nine-meter Elumatec SBZ 151 machining center, which is especially suitable for the machining of long pieces and profiles.

Moreover, a couple of years ago we invested in the modernization and robotization of our existing machining center.

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SOP-Metal produces busbar solutions and other subcontracting products requiring high level of material know-how for the electricity and energy industries. In addition, we are experts at both conducting and isolating electric currents, and we can do the whole job for you from design all the way to manufacturing the components.

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