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Polarputki Oy

Since 1973, Polarputki Oy has provided the Finnish mechanical engineering, shipbuilding, power plant and steel sectors with products and services supplementing Finnish steel production. Our clients include manufacturing companies, component suppliers, industrial subcontractors, and installation businesses.Polarputki’s main product groups are seamless steel tubes, round bars, hydraulics, process piping products, and stainless steel. Our modern Steel Service Centre enables us to flexibly supply products cut to size, also in small batches. For goods in stock, we guarantee a quick delivery anywhere in Finland. Additionally, we can offer a wide range of products to suit each client individually.

Polarputki is a leading company in its sector. With our staff focused on expertise and service, we ensure that the needs of our clients are met.

We look forward to working with you!

Key figures

Established in 1973

Shareholders
Thyssenkrupp Materials Services GmbH, 50%, since 1977
Heléns Rör AB 50%, since 1994

Net Sales 68 M €

Staff 60 persons

Quality

Polarputki Oy’s operating policy covers all its functions and meets the requirements of the following standards:

ISO 9001:2015 Quality management systems
ISO 14001:2015 Environmental management systems
ISO 45001:2018 Occupational health and safety management systems

Already since 1995, our quality management system ISO 9001 has been certified by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance.

Certifications in accordance with ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 were approved in 2014.

The OHSAS 18001 occupational health and safety standard has been replaced by the ISO 45001 standard, according to which Polarputki Oy was certified in 2020.

We ensure the continuity of our operations through business risk management in accordance with the ISO 31000:2018 standard.

Certificates

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Code of conduct

Ethical Principles
Polarputki Oy complies with all applicable laws and regulations and co-operates with authorities. Our Code of Conduct is based on our ethical values which are integrity, transparency, reliability and fair play. We expect each Polarputki employee to uphold these ethical principles and each supervisor to act as a role model. We expect that also our partners operate in a manner that demonstrates ethical sustainability and compliance with the laws.

Cornerstones of Operations
We comply with the laws and regulations and live up to our ethical values. Co-operation and accountability are the cornerstones of our operations.

Business Ethics
Our business relationships are based on fair competition and pure commercial principles, without influence of gifts or improper activities. We have zero tolerance for cartels and bribery.

Work Community
We honor equality and act in compliance with labor legislation and international human rights principles. We do not accept inappropriate treatment or harassment (zero tolerance).

Operating policy

We understand our customers’ changing needs and requirements and provide them a wide range of steel products and services as well as fast, flexible and just-in-time deliveries in a total cost-effective way. Our understanding of customer needs together with our delivery performance and competence in products and applications support the development of our customers’ business and create them competitive edge in the global competition.

The continuity of our operations is ensured by continuous analysis of changes in the business environment and systematic risk management.

Well-being, safety and competence of our personnel are essential to us. We develop our processes and train our people to ensure that a safe and healthy work environment is provided for all our employees.

We are aware of the environmental impact of our business operations and take the responsibility for sustainable business and improving protection of the environment.

We analyze and continuously improve the effectiveness and the efficiency of our management system to ensure it complies with the requirements.

Responsibility and sustainable development

At Polarputki, responsibility is integrated into both strategy and operational activities. Polarputki’s sustainability strategy aims not only at generating profit but also at committing to social responsibility and people’s well-being, and consideration of the long-term environmental impacts of operations. We are committed to promoting sustainable development across all our business areas by ensuring safety, responsibility and compliance with laws and regulations.

We use the EcoVadis rating to assess our sustainability management system and as a recognition of our efforts towards sustainable business. Polarputki has been awarded the EcoVadis Silver Medal. This result places Polarputki among the top 15 % of companies evaluated by EcoVadis.

Several concrete measures have been taken in recent years to advance environmental responsibility:

In 2020, environmentally friendly LED lighting was installed at the Koivuhaka Steel Service Centre, which also improves occupational safety.
Since 2021, our Steel Service Centre has been powered by EPD-certified, renewable and low-emission hydropower.
Since 2021, we have calculated emissions from our own operations (scope 1) and purchased energy (scope 2) in accordance with the GHG protocol.
With the implementation of a new ERP system in 2022, we have moved to an almost paperless production process.
In 2023, our headquarters relocated to a LEED Platinum-certified office.
In 2023, a solar power plant was commissioned, producing about 30 % of the annual electricity needs of the Koivuhaka Steel Service Centre.
In 2024, environmentally friendly LED lighting was installed at the Hakkila Steel Service Centre, which also improves occupational safety.
In 2025, the organizational emissions (scope 1, 2 and 3) were calculated in accordance with the GHG protocol.
In 2025, an energy audit was carried out at the Koivuhaka Steel Service Centre to improve energy efficiency.

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Shareholders

Polarputki Oy is owned by thyssenkrupp Materials Services GmbH (Germany, 50%) and Heléns Rör AB (Sweden, 50%). The latter is owned by Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube.

Organization

Board of directors

Chairman Joop Sassen

Vice-chairman Daniel Wodera

Donya Bollwerk

Eva Täljegård

Ken Ehrnrooth

Executive group

Tapio Ingervo, Managing director

Tero Ahtiainen, Logistics

Jere Sepponen, Finance

Markus Sopanen, Sales & Purchasing