Etteplan Oyj announced that it boosts growth and introduces a new global organization, where the service areas will form the reporting lines instead of the current country organization. The names of Etteplans service areas will change as of January 1, 2019. The following people are appointed as responsible for the Service areas: Riku Riikonen, SVP, Engineering Solutions. Previously he acted as SVP, Engineering services service area. Kari Liuska, SVP, Software and Embedded Solutions. Previously he acted as SVP, Embedded systems and IoT service area. Mikael Vatn, SVP, Technical Documentation Solutions. Previously he acted as SVP, Operations Central and Western Europe. In addition, the company form four new corporate level functions: Global Sales will be responsible for developing sales in the entire company. Its main responsibility is to ensure that to sell all its service solutions in every country where it operate in. Jukka Lahtinen is appointed as SVP, Global Sales and a member of Etteplans Management Group. Solutions & Technologies will focus on managing and developing its offering, new service solutions, service products and technologies. Petri Ikonen is appointed SVP, Solutios & Technologies. Previously he acted as SVP, Technical documentation. Operational Excellence will be responsible for Operational Development, Project Management Office and IT. Veikko Lamminen is appointed SVP, Operational Excellence. Previously he acted as SVP, Operations Finland. Human Resources will be organized as a separate function. It will be responsible for human resources, human resources development and recruitment. Marcus Reijonen will act as SVP, Human Resources (interim). Outi Torniainen continues as SVP, Marketing & Communications; and Per -Anders Gådin as CFO; SVP, Finance. All the changes are part of Etteplans Management group and report to the President and CEO Juha Näkki. Outi-Maria Liedes-Jauhiainen, SVP, Operational development and HR, and a member of Etteplans Management Group will gradually retire during 2019. Outi-Maria has been part of Etteplans Management group for more than ten years and has significantly contributed to the development of Etteplan.
Etteplan Oyj is a Finland-based company engaged in the provision of services within industrial equipment engineering and technical product information. The Company specializes in the improvement of the engineering and product development processes throughout the product life cycle. Its services are applied to a range of areas, such as technical documentation, engineering management, plant engineering, embedded systems development, automation, industrial design and usability, as well as medical technologies and product safety. The Companyâs customers comprise equipment manufacturers operating in aerospace and defense industry, forestry, mining, energy and power transmission sector, and transportation and vehicle industry, among others. Furthermore, the Company is a parent of a number of entities, including SAV Oy, Etteplan Design Center Oy, Etteplan Industry AB, Etteplan Consulting (Shanghai) Co Ltd, SDS Aura Oy and Sorona Innovation AB. It is a subsidiary of Ingman Group Oy Ab.
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