The year 2022 is drawing to a close. The year has been full of surprises, but despite this the industry’s situation has remained surprisingly good. In addition to COVID19, the war in Ukraine has caused problems with the availability of raw materials and some components, but in the end the impact has been less than …
The first half of 2022 is now behind us. Once again it was full of surprises! Just as COVID-19 began to ease and the Western world opened up, war broke out in Ukraine. It hit Europe’s energy and raw materials markets hard and fast. As a result of the war, the availability of raw materials …
By most measures, 2021 was a very good year. The whole year was a period of strong growth that filled the order books and produced a good economical result. Production in the Finnish metal industry recovered faster than expected to precorona levels and even above it. However, growth began to be constrained by shortages of …
The year 2021 is coming to an end. The whole year has been a period of strong growth and Finnish metal industry output has returned to pre-Corona levels faster than expected. More recently, however, there have been signs of a slowdown in sales. The reason for this is understandable; machinery and equipment manufacturers have full …
The first half of 2021 is behind us. Hardly anyone, in even the wildest scenarios, could have predicted a year ago that it would eventually become one of the best ever in terms of sales growth in the trade and industry sectors! Although COVID-19 is still a major player in the lives of all of …
The very eventful first quarter of 2021 is behind us. COVID-19 continues to be a major factor in our lives. Even with the help of vaccinations, it will not be overcome for a long time, but as the number of people vaccinated increases, the situation will ease and day by day we will also learn …
The year 2020 will be remembered above all for the COVID-19 virus. The impacts of the virus have spread all over the world, restricting normal human interaction and especially travelling. We have been forced to take new means into use to replace face-to-face meetings. The procedures that have been found to work will certainly remain …
This year’s most popular topic of conversation has of course been COVID-19. This small nasty virus has been in the news headlines every day. It has affected all activities and everybody on the earth, although North-Korea claims to be free from it. In spring it caused total chaos everywhere, but now we have learned better …
Last year was good in the Finnish metal industry but the sales started to decline towards the end of 2019. The availability of components improved and thanks to this our customers were able to increase their production. Correspondingly, Jame-Shaft increased production volumes and autumn 2019 was the best autumn period in the company’s history. In …
The biggest growth in the Finnish metal industry started to decline towards the end of 2018, but the beginning of 2019 was good for Jame-Shaft as well as for other companies in the business. Thanks to new investments in the metal business, the total capacity increased and, generally speaking, delivery capacity improved. Some companies suffered …
