The FINN-POWER Group …………. Dedicated To Quality FINN-POWER History In 1969, few people paid much attention when Jorma Lillbacka began manufacturing his line of Finn-Power swaging machines in an old school house in the Finnish countryside.  But from this humble beginning, Lillbacka Powerco Oy’s lines of radial swaging machines, and later, sheet metal fabrication equipment, have grown into industry leaders in the markets they serve. Hydraulic hose swaging and hose cutting machines were the first products manufactured by Lillbacka Powerco Oy, which has since evolved to capture 60% of the world market with its hose equipment.  Lillbacka Powerco Oy manufactures thousands of the hydraulic swaging and hose cutting machines annually -- 95% -- of this equipment is exported to approximately 60 countries from the company's factory in Finland.  Finn -Power USA, Inc. is responsible for sales, marketing and service of swaging machines and related equipment throughout North and South America. In 1980, Finn-Power Oy put its hydraulic and engineering expertise to work and developed the company's first turret punch press. Finn-Power Oy, the parent company in Finland, applied many of the same principles which were perfected through the company's development of its hose swaging equipment to the design of the new sheet metal turret punch press.  The first Finn-Power model, TP-250, was unveiled in June, 1983 at the EMO Exhibition in Paris, France.  The hydraulic turret punch press line of products has been well received throughout the metalworking industry. The success of the Finn-Power turret punch press line fueled the company’s aggressive entry into the U.S. market. In 1985, the company opened a facility in Illinois, to house its North and South American sales, marketing, applications, service, parts, accounting and administrative staff and to provide space for a product warehouse and showroom. Within four years, Finn-Power outgrew this first North American facility and relocated in 1989 to its current Schaumburg, Illinois, facility, located minutes from O'Hare International Airport.  This new facility allowed Finn-Power to expand its various departments and house a complete assembly and showroom area for its North and South American customers. Finn-Power has a separate facility in Arlington Heights, IL, which now houses its service and spare parts staff and inventory.  This location also maintains the accounting and executive staff providing all operations in one facility.  The facility maintained by Finn-Power in Schaumburg is utilized by sales, marketing, applications and training personnel as the company‘s demonstration showroom and training facility. Finn-Power now maintains sales and service facilities in the Atlanta, GA and Los Angeles, CA, areas as well as a sales and service facility in Toronto, Ontario – Finn -Power Canada, Ltd. – to better service our customers needs. Various factory trained personnel maintained by Finn-Power’s distributors are also available for on site service response. In addition to Finn-Power North American growth, the company has expanded its production capability.  The Finn-Power products are manufactured and serviced by a  world-wide work force in six manufacturing plants to service the needs of Finn-Power’s growing list of international customers.  Other locations include Finn-Power GmbH, Germany; Finn-Power Sarl, France; Finn-Power Italia, S.R.L., Italy and Finn-Power Iberica, Spain. In 1987, Finn-Power introduced an integrated turret punch press/right angle shear combination to the sheet metal fabrication market. This unique, versatile and highly-productive machine, the Shear Genius, signaled Finn-Power’s entry into the world of sheet metal flexible manufacturing. Today, Finn-Power is recognized as the industry leader in flexible manufacturing cells and systems.   In 1993 Finn-Power took the next step to complete its line of flexible manufacturing equipment with the acquisition of an automated bender equipment factory located in Italy. Now called Finn-Power Italia, S.R.L., the company is producing world class automatic bending machines that are being sold worldwide through the Finn-Power Group.  Finn-Power Italia also produces  an extensive range of press brakes for all production needs,  both hydraulic and servo electric. In 2000, Finn-Power introduced a new combination turret  punch press/right angle shear technology named the Shear Brilliance.  By combining a very long X traverse, four sheet clamps and the extremely high positioning speed allowed by linear drives, more functions – punching, forming, tapping, marking and shearing – can be performed flexibly as a single multi-purpose work stage and with a single clamping.   In 2002 at EuroBlech, Finn-Power introduced its latest product, Laser Brilliance, which provides a totally new solution for integrated punching / laser cutting.  Following the breakthrough of integrated turret punch press / laser cutting machines, and the rapid development of linear servo drive applications in machine tools, Finn-Power has combined the benefits of both solutions in a single machine tool.  Thus a similar leap in manufacturing speed is now available in combined punching /laser cutting as was introduced through the Shear Brilliance integrated right angle shear.  Sheet metal fabrication equipment includes the Night Train FMS; Shear Brilliance, Laser Brilliance, Laser Punch FMC, FPL-6 high-speed laser work center, high-precision servo electric E5 work center, automated benders, robotic press brakes, and other equipment. In the 30 plus years since Finn-Power was founded, the company has earned a reputation as an innovator in the sheet metal fabrication industry.  Through the introduction of numerous design breakthroughs, Finn-Power's world-class, machines, cells and systems have lead the way for improvement and increased productivity in manufacturing for many different industries. Finn-Power Philosophy and Customer Commitment Finn-Power is dedicated to matching the appropriate equipment to the specific needs of its customers.  Finn-Power has listened to its customers over the years and is continually redesigning and developing new technology to meet the needs of its customers.  The Finn-Power mission is to increase the productivity (which translates to  profitability) of our customers’ manufacturing operation through innovative technology. We continue to listen to our customers and potential customers to gain an understanding of your existing work philosophy and goals so that we can make recommendations in conjunction with your needs in mind. Finn-Power’s modular approach to flexible manufacturing allows you to add the equipment as it best fits to your production for your organization. Finn-Power is committed to providing maximum up time to its customers and providing quality service and applications support to assure you are achieving maximum benefit from your Finn-Power equipment. Through our world-wide network of companies, distributors and service outlets we are partners in your production. The Finn-Power mission is to increase the productivity of our customers’ manufacturing operation through innovative technology.