Company history
Kemppi 70 years
Three generations on the way to the top of welding
Kemppi’s story into one of the most respected welding companies in the world spans three generations.
The book can be read on Kemppi’s website.
- Client
- Kemppi Oy
- Published
- 2019
- The writer
- Sane Keskiaho
- Design
- Antti Grundsten
- Interviews
- Around 30
The story
It is an account of hard work and persistence, of believing in your own dreams and having the courage to act on them. It is also a story about family, work, doing the work and passion.
In 70 years Martti Kemppi’s vision has grown into a pioneering company employing more than 800 welding professionals in 17 subsidiaries worldwide.
The work
A narrative company history
Kemppi’s 70th anniversary history was made as a narrative. The book runs through the company’s history decade by decade, from the days of Martti and Sylvia Kemppi to the present. The history is brought to life with spread-length stories.
Besides the family, current employees, the management team and the heads of the subsidiaries were interviewed, about thirty interviews in all. Old staff magazines, Martti Kemppi’s speeches and correspondence and the earlier company history were used as sources.
The stories cover life on the factory floor, trade fair trips, the Kemppi orange, going international, summer parties, work with schools, wrong turns and successes, all the way to the gems of product development. They also highlight people who mattered over the 70 years, such as Tapani Mäkimaa, who developed the inverter technology.
In the client’s words
“Sane has a gift for bringing talented people together. Thanks to that, the book project ran smoothly, and years later the book still looks great.”
