AFRY has signed an agreement to acquire Pinja Industry Oy, a company focusing on engineering, automation and machine vision as well as testing and quality assurance services for the industry sector. The acquired business is specialized in providing engineering services and digital solutions for demanding industrial and production environments, for the full lifecycle of the clients' business. Their services range from consulting to engineering, and implementation to maintenance and optimization.

Pinja Industry Oy holds strong industry knowledge in the forest industry, manufacturing, mobile machines and the energy sector.

"Digitalisation is one of our growth drivers and we are excited to strengthen our digital service, automation and engineering offering with this acquisition. This will further strengthen our position as one of the leading experts and partners to our industry clients and we are excited to welcome our new colleagues from Pinja Industry Oy," says Nicholas Oksanen, EVP and Head of Process Industries at AFRY.

"AFRY is a traditional and competent company with good reputation that has strong foothold as a trusted partner in the industry sector. We are delighted that they will continue providing our clients with engineering and automation services," says Veli-Matti Nurminen, CEO of Pinja Group.

Pinja Industry Oy has an annual turnover of approximately SEK 140 million and has 150 employees based in nine cities in Finland. Closing is planned for June 1st.

For more information, please contact:

Kalle Rasinmäki
Country Manager for AFRY in Finland, Head of Process Industries division, Finland
+358 40 566 4250
kalle.rasinmaki@afry.com 

Cathrine Sandegren, EVP and Head of Communications & Brand
+46 70 292 6826
cathrine.sandegren@afry.com