Anu Rousku
Marketing Communications Specialist at Kemppi Oy until September 2020. Currently working as a Content Specialist in an advertising agency. Experienced professional in content marketing with a demonstrated history of working in the industrial B2B sector. Playing with words, persuading the reader, with the spirit of getting things done – it is all seen in the result.
Reetta Verho
Manager, Welding Services at Kemppi Oy. International Welding Engineer (IWE) who is an active member in ISO standardization committees. Board member in The Welding Society of Finland. Passionate about welding quality and the development of welding production. Member of: K105 National mirror committee for welding, ISO/TC44/SC10 Quality management in the field of welding ISO/TC44/SC11 Qualification requirements for welding and allied processes personnel
Welding Value
Welding Value is a corporate blog hosted by Kemppi Oy. Its main purpose is to evoke discussion on the transformation of modern welding, and bring you the latest stories from within the global welding industry told by true experts in their respective fields.
Jani Kumpulainen
Welding Technology Manager at Kemppi Oy. International Welding Engineer (IWE) and Inspector (IWI-C) who has over 10 years of experience as a welding expert in welding process development, welding coordination of pressure vessels and international sales. Interested in understanding the whole welding industry including welding processes, weldable materials, and welding quality standards.
Antti Kahri
Welding Engineer, Welding Team at Kemppi Oy. International Welding Engineer (IWE) who has 9 years of experience developing welding characteristics for TIG, MIG/MAG and MMA welding machines, such as X8 MIG Welder and MasterTig. Passionate about finding user-friendly ways to improve the quality and efficiency of welding.
Roger Rasmussen
Vice President, Torches, Consumables and Safety at Kemppi Oy
Sonja Airikka
Communications Specialist, Content Marketing at Kemppi Oy until January 2022. Content marketing professional who is interested in branding and Asian market. Devoted to storytelling, passionate about great content. Managing editor of Welding Value 2015-2021.
Jenni Viljakainen
Content Specialist at Differo. Background in technical communication and localization, now focusing on strategic B2B content marketing. Always interested in improving the customer experience and keeping things simple.
Sini-Maria Melanen
Editor at Spoon Finland. A journalist at heart – specialized in B2B marketing communications and usually the first to challenge the status quo. Loves crafting narratives around real people and stories.
Jani Hämäläinen
Director, Technology Development (BU Guns and Torches) at Kemppi Oy.
Vesa Tiilikka
Product Manager, Software at Kemppi Oy.
Mia Heiskanen
CEO & Content Producer at Commia Oy. Long history of working with B2B content as an entrepreneur, author, content producer, journalist, editor-in-chief, and translator. Passionate about value-adding content that gives new perspectives for the reader, excited about exploring the fascinating world of welding with interesting angles to dive into.
Anu Ritvanen
Communication Officer at Tulus Oy, background in journalism. Lots of curiosity towards different phenomena of business and marketing communications. Optimizes expressions with pleasure.
Petra Niemi
Communications Specialist at Tulus Oy. Long experience in journalism, global communication projects and B2B marketing communication. Passionate consumer of good entertainment and engaging stories.
John Frost
Product Manager, Kemppi Oy.
Petteri Jernström
Vice President, Technology at Kemppi Oy until February 2020. A technology innovator with extensive experience across a variety of sectors and roles in the welding industry. Curious about discovering, learning, and inventing new ways of doing things. Petteri holds a Doctor of Science degree in Welding Technology from the Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland.
Artturi Salmela
Product Manager, Automation at Kemppi Oy. A robotics expert with 20 years of experience in e.g. computer vision, user interfaces, offline programming, and robotic welding. Interested in the development of welding automation and its connectivity to digital systems.
Siiri Salo
Content Specialist at Mainostoimisto Ilme Oy. Organizational Communications expert and social media enthusiast who gets excited about inspirational stories and crisp brands. Plans to become an inbound marketing guru.
Jukka Kömi
Professor, Physical Metallurgy; Head of Materials and Mechanical Engineering Unit, Executive Director of Centre for Advanced Steels Research (CASR) at University of Oulu.
Eetu Kivioja
Commercial Product Manager, Guns and Torches at Kemppi Oy and Trafimet. Have been working with welding guns since 2017 at Kemppi. Focused on customer understanding and transparent product management communication. Still believes benefits of face-to-face meetings.
Paavo Sivula
Manager, TIG Torch Development at Kemppi Oy. Several years of experience in product development with technical responsibility over TIG welding torches. Always questioning the conventional and finding new ways of creating better tools for the welders.
Jani Leikas
Manager, Aftermarket at Kemppi Oy. Over 20 years of experience of global high technology industrial equipment B2B sales, marketing and product management.
Juhana Enqvist
Director of Product Management at Kempower Oy. Former Chief Digital Officer at Kemppi Oy. Solid professional on all things digital with over 20 years of experience in software products. Passionate about finding and building digital solutions to solve problems that customers might not even know they have!
Maria Skettos
An Australian-based Marketing, Social Media and PR specialist and sometime contributor to Kemppi with extensive experience in the B2C and B2B sectors.
Natalia Pavlenko
Former Marketing Assistant at OOO Kemppi / Кемппи Россия. In early March 2022, Kemppi Oy decided to suspend all operations in Russia.
Jussi Kapanen
User Experience Manager at Kemppi Oy. Combining customers’ business needs with the desire to make users‘ life easier. Over 25 years of UI design, usability evaluations and user experience research, developing world-class products in different B2B and B2C industries. Passionate about fulfilling user needs with simpler and simpler solutions. “Design is perfect when there is nothing more to take away.”
Janne Karppinen
Vice President, SCM at Kemppi Oy.
Terho Lahtinen
Senior Manager, Future Concepts at Suunto Oy. Strong advocate of open innovation with over 25 years of experience in sports wearables. Enthusiastic about outdoor endurance sports, dedicated to building a developer ecosystem around Suunto’s open sensor platform Movesense.
Jussi-Pekka Aukia
Journalist at Kriivari Oy.
Anssi Rantasalo
Business consultant, IoT nerd, sports fan. Former CEO of Kemppi with over 20 years of experience in the welding industry.
Päivi Talonen
D.Sc (Tech) Industrial Business Management, Senior Advisor, Industrial Business Strategist. A true digitalist with strong experience in global solution business and B2B marketing management. Curious about customer journeys, advocates integrated marketing communications.
Olli-Pekka Holamo
Product Manager, Automation at Kemppi Oy until February 2019. Robotics expert who gets excited about adding value to the customer through automated processes. Ambitiously perfecting the usability of automation products and the cooperation between men and machines.