EditorialTimo LehtoJotakin erityistäInnoissamme avasimme oven! Sisään astuessammetiesimme jo, että vastassa olisi kaikkienaikojen suomalaiskeksintö.Mutta emme osanneet kuvitella sitä innostuksenmäärää, joka lennätti tämän lehdensisältöä eteenpäin. Haastatteluja oli helpposaada, ideoita ja tekstejä tarjottiin yli juttupyyntöjen.Jostakin syystä nimi ”<strong>Abloy</strong>” herättipoikkeuksellisen positiivisia tuntemuksia.Tässä lehdessä – kuten elämässäkin –<strong>Abloy</strong> on läsnä monessa: tieteessä, taiteessa,maailman päämajoissa tai vaikka elokuvaohjaajanukin vanerisessa työkalulaatikossa.Yhtiön ja lukon historiaa on vuoden 1907jälkeen kirjoitettu niin Berliinin muureillakuin konsernien kabineteissa ja insinöörientyöpalavereissakin.Matkallamme saimme tutustua suuriinjohtajiin, asiantuntijoihin ja yhteistyökumppaneihin.Erityisen hyvältä tuntui kohdatatalossa vuosikymmeniä työtä tehneitäkonkareita, joita yhtiö nimittää mestareiksi- ikämestareiksi.”On hienoa olla osa <strong>Abloy</strong>-perhettä, siinäon jotain todella erityistä.” Näin tunteensailmaisee <strong>Abloy</strong> Security Ltd:n toimitusjohtajaRobin Rice.Oven avaaminen <strong>Abloy</strong>n historiaan ja tulevaisuuteenon ollut myös meille, tämän juhlalehdentekijöille, ainutlaatuinen kokemus.Todellakin - tässä on ollut jotakin erityistä.Avartavia lukuhetkiä!Joensuussa 18. 5. 2007Juhlalehden toimitusSustainable development“Change” is the in-word in today’s business and work. However, there are also permanentvalues – as evidenced by <strong>Abloy</strong>. Business structures, owners and employeeshave changed during <strong>Abloy</strong>’s centennial history, but the brand, which stems fromthe individual expertise of the company and from its unique basic product, stillflourishes.In 1989, Wärtsilä decided to give its main divisions operative independence, turningthem into separate limited companies and sub-groups. I – or probably anyoneelse – could not anticipate that just less than 4 years later I would be contributingto the merger of <strong>Abloy</strong> with its Swedish competitor Assa to become the leadinginternational corporation in its business.International expansion and growth to the pinnacle in its field guided <strong>Abloy</strong> evenbefore the new company had emerged. ASSA ABLOY offered a suitable shortcutto the international market and to growth.Ownership arrangements were nothing new to <strong>Abloy</strong>. These began decades earlierwhen <strong>Abloy</strong> was shifted from its founder Emil Henriksson first to the Kone jaSilta Group, then to Wärtsilä and later to Metra.The ABLOY brand has survived all these turmoils. The product and the underlyingunique technical innovation have evolved into a product image and corporateimage, which is one of the best known, most appreciated and longest lasting of itskind in Finland.ABLOY products have remained vibrant thanks to constant and open-mindedinnovation, R&D and marketing expertise. <strong>Abloy</strong> has often been a trailblazerwith respect to new products, production methods and procedures. On the otherhand, continuity and permanence are represented by the long employment relationshipsof management and personnel as well as by long-lasting customer relations;there is true commitment to building <strong>Abloy</strong>’s success.<strong>Abloy</strong>’s President Matti Virtaala talks about the future threats in an interview inthis magazine. He says that “it is a great challenge to keep a magnificent companyactive”. This is a very important observation, because you just cannot rest on thelaurels of success.In the next 100 years, corporate structures and ownership of companies will certainlychange again – as will the actual products. However, in the light of <strong>Abloy</strong>’spresent values and procedures, I firmly believe that the ABLOY brand will gostrong also in its coming bicentennial jubilee year.Timo Lehto is a business consultant who worked as Wärtsilä’s legal counsel when <strong>Abloy</strong> <strong>Oy</strong>was being established in 1989. He was also involved in creating ASSA ABLOY. Since 1992,he has served as the Chairman of the Board of <strong>Abloy</strong> <strong>Oy</strong>.3<strong>Sivu</strong>
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