{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"M&auml;kel&auml; Alu Oy","provider_url":"https:\/\/makelaalu.fi\/en\/","title":"Marko Orpana joins our team as Managing Director - M&auml;kel&auml; Alu Oy","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"MjnXPO5OUU\"><a href=\"https:\/\/makelaalu.fi\/en\/news\/marko-orpana-joins-our-team-as-managing-director\/\">Marko Orpana joins our team as Managing Director<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/makelaalu.fi\/en\/news\/marko-orpana-joins-our-team-as-managing-director\/embed\/#?secret=MjnXPO5OUU\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Marko Orpana joins our team as Managing Director&#8221; &#8212; M&auml;kel&auml; Alu Oy\" data-secret=\"MjnXPO5OUU\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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Our current Managing Director Petri M\u00e4kel\u00e4 will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board. Orpana currently works as the CEO of Rauhala Yhti\u00f6t Oy. He has extensive experience in managing service businesses. \u201cI believe that Marko has a lot to offer in this area, but above all I believe that he will provide strong and inspiring leadership. I look forward to working with Marko,\u201d says Petri M\u00e4kel\u00e4. Marko Orpana will assume his position as M\u00e4kel\u00e4 Alu\u2019s Managing Director on March 1. \u201cI am incredibly excited and humbled to join M\u00e4kel\u00e4 Alu. The company is large, but I appreciate its values and strategy. Especially with Petri, we share a very similar way of thinking,\u201d says Orpana. &nbsp; Long experience in management Marko Orpana, who is originally from Kauhajoki, currently lives in Sein\u00e4joki with his family. He has a Master\u2019s degree in Economic Sciences. While living in Southern Finland, he was employed by Elisa Group and Itella, among others. After moving back to South Ostrobothnia, he worked for Ilkka Group for several years. \u201cWhen it comes to management, I like to think that I work in customer service and my customers are the people working in the company. I think it is important that I can enable the staff to work and that they enjoy their work,\u201d says Orpana. \u201cI will lead by learning and listening, and talking with the staff. I am looking forward to this,\u201d he continues. In the new role, Orpana will be diving into a completely new industry. This was a strategic choice by M\u00e4kel\u00e4 Alu. \u201cWe have an extremely skilled and committed management team that helps move our company forward. That is why we were not looking for special expertise in any area, but for good leadership, and that\u2019s what I believe Marko will bring to us. The fact that Marko has extensive experience in service businesses is a great opportunity for us to move our own service business forward. In addition, when it comes to values, he fits well into our work community, which is a prerequisite for successful cooperation,\u201d says Petri M\u00e4kel\u00e4. &nbsp; Responsibility and service production as competitive advantages Marko Orpana sees M\u00e4kel\u00e4 Alu\u2019s business model, in which a production product has been successfully developed into a service business, as a differentiating factor and a strategic competitive advantage. Many aluminium extrusion plants only manufacture products. \u201cM\u00e4kel\u00e4 Alu understands the genuine needs of customers, which may not always be identified by the customers themselves. This is at the very heart of the company\u2019s operations. M\u00e4kel\u00e4 Alu genuinely wants to be part of the customer\u2019s value chain and help our customers develop their business,\u201d says Orpana. For example, M\u00e4kel\u00e4 Alu offers a warehousing and surface treatment service for aluminium profiles, which is integrated into the customer\u2019s own production process. \u201cM\u00e4kel\u00e4 Alu is a company that develops its business in a responsible way. Responsibility is a driving force in all its operations, from occupational safety and health to climate protection. The company takes responsibility for its activities and protects the planet to the best of its ability,\u201d says Orpana. You can find more information about M\u00e4kel\u00e4 Alu\u2019s responsibility efforts in the Responsibility section."}