The aluminium profiles in the world’s most popular table football game are manufactured at Mäkelä Alu
Mäkelä Alu’s idea: all our customer relationships are more than just about profiles, whether the customer is looking for a single aluminium profile, larger deliveries or warehousing services. The table football game Subsoccer®, which has gained immense international popularity, is being produced …
Marko Orpana joins our team as Managing Director
Marko Orpana has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Mäkelä Alu. Our current Managing Director Petri Mäkelä will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board. Orpana currently works as the CEO of Rauhala Yhtiöt Oy. He has extensive experience …
The aluminium profiles in Gymrail’s innovation are manufactured by Mäkelä Alu
Gymrail’s Momentum X1 is a patented Finnish innovation for active cyclists where the athlete’s own bicycle is attached to an indoor cycling training platform, i.e. a rocker plate. The platform tilts from side to side, mimicking the natural movement of cycling in …
Long traditions in the export market – aluminium profiles from us to the world
The history of Mäkelä Alu stretches back 85 years. We have manufactured aluminium profiles for about 30 years, and we have equally long experience with the export trade. When Mäkelä Alu launched its extrusion plant operations, the recession of the early 1990s …
We launched a 10 million euros development project to achieve our carbon neutrality goal
At Mäkelä Alu, we have invested in sustainable production and environmentally friendly solutions for years. Our goal is to achieve entirely carbon neutral production by the end of 2025. Now we have launched a new development project that will promote our efforts …
The road to the top requires ambitious goals, planning, and hard work
Mäkelä Alu has been supporting pole vaulter Mikko Paavola’s career for several years, This season, Mäkelä Alu has taken on the responsibility of acting as the young athlete’s main sponsor. It is important for us to support Mikko in order for him …
Cooperation between ROCA Industry and Mäkelä Alu is running smoothly
The Swedish company ROCA Industry has been Mäkelä Alu’s customer for about 15 years. The collaboration started when ROCA selected Mäkelä Alu as its aluminium profile supplier for its sliding doors in its Turku office. At first, the order quantities were small, …
Mäkelä Alu’s GSB-certified powder-coating lines can also handle small batches
Mäkelä Alu offers a comprehensive service where all the customer’s further processing needs can be handled quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively under one roof. Powder coating is a central part of our AluCoating® service concept, and its popularity has grown significantly over the …
We hope to see you at the autumn expos!
This year, we will participate in the Subcontracting Trade Fair (Alihankinta 2022) in Finland on September 27–29. Our department in Tampere is at a familiar location: A818. At the same time, we are also at the Aluminum 2022 fair in Düsseldorf, Germany. …
Our extensive network allows us to provide a wide range of further processing services
The aluminium profiles produced at Mäkelä Alu often go through various stages of processing to finished products. Our main goal is to make things as easy and efficient as possible for the customer. Our customers do not have to look for further …
