Pemamek

Leadership and governance

Get to know our owners, the board and the executive team of Pemamek.

Leadership

The family

Today, just like in the beginning, Pemamek is a family-owned business. Pemamek was founded in 1970 and since 1988, it has been owned by the Heikonen family.

Pekka Heikonen

Chairman of the Board & Owner

Jaakko Heikonen

Vice Chairman of the Board & Owner

Mirkka Hirvonen

Member of the Board & Owner

Lauri Heikonen

Member of the Board & Owner

Leadership

The board

We are proud of the progress we have made so far and remain committed to pursuing sustainability as a core value and business strategy.

Pekka Heikonen

Chairman of the Board & Owner

Leadership

The executive team

At Pemamek, we are on a mission to enable the heavy industry to optimize its manufacturing processes. Our journey, which started with a vision to transform challenges into opportunities, has grown into helping manufacturers reach new heights of productivity.

As Pemamek continues to pave the way for modern manufacturing, we invite you to join us on this journey. Together, we unleash the true potential of the industry and create a future that is efficient, sustainable, and filled with endless possibilities.

Welcome to the future of manufacturing!

Juha Mäkitalo
CEO, Pemamek

Juha Mäkitalo

CEO

Jaakko Heikonen

Vice Chairman of the Board & Owner

Jukka Rantala

Vice President, Sales & Key Accounts

Petri Heino

CFO

Mika Uusitalo

COO

Jani Hollo

Director, Projects

Teemu Tolonen

Director, Technology 

Timo Tynkkynen

Director, Applications & Front end solutions

Tuomas Elo

Director, Service

Martti Nyhä

Director, Engineering

Our journey

What started as a small welding positioner business over a half-century ago has grown into a global welding automation success story. With over 50 year’s of experience in engineering and manufacturing welding automation for heavy industries, we are the number one in the world in these fields. We are strongly rooted in Pemamek’s founding principles: to listen, understand, innovate, and deliver as promised.

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