Klinkmann bridges automation markets from Asia to Russi
Discovery Reports
When it comes to sourcing industrial automation products and electrification components, the shortest distance from Asia to the Nordic, Baltic and Russian markets is not by sea nor land, but through Klinkmann.
"We value our role as the Asian suppliers' gateway and technical support centre to customers in Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine, ensuring that all parties enjoy maximum advantages," says Klinkmann chairman Seppo Vähimaa.
Customers range from machine builders to system integrators in various industries. The company also supplies multinational companies that export back to China machines such as elevators, harbour cranes, power plants and paper machines.
As it is with its suppliers, Klinkmann guarantees optimum benefits to its clients, to whom cost savings are directly passed, making them competitive in their own industries. Quality, technical support and customer training are never compromised, as Klinkmann helps its suppliers adhere to European and other applicable standards.
"We go beyond sales, helping our customers become educated, trained and closely supported in their projects - wherever they may be," Vähimaa says.
Among Klinkmann's long-standing supplying partners from the mainland is low-voltage components specialist Chint, which started as a supplier to European brands. After nearly eight years of partnership with Klinkmann, Chint has become an emerging global leader in clean energy and energy efficiency management solutions.
Klinkmann aims to replicate this successful relationship with other similarly passionate Asian suppliers in the fields of industrial automation and industrial electrical components.
"As the largest company in our market space, we are interested in joining forces with equally sizeable and capable suppliers in the region," Vähimaa says.
"Klinkmann has a strong capital structure, a pool of 250 engineers in 11 offices in Finland, the Baltics and Russia, customer training facilities, and services ranging from consultation to brand promotion - all the long-term support suppliers need to get their products to the international markets."
