Wibax's establishment on the Finnish market continues to roll onwards. Following the investment in conjunction with the takeover of a terminal in Jakobstad earlier this year, Managing Director Mikael Kvist and his employees have begun to strengthen their presence and to process both existing and new customers in Finland.
"Our offering of turnkey solutions for chemicals and biofuel deliveries is something new and interesting for customers in Finland", says Mikael Kvist, Managing Director at Wibax Oy.
The terminal in Jakobstad is a key piece of the puzzle. Here, the various products can be received and stored to then be delivered quickly, to the desired schedule.
“We can also offer good levels of logistics with different shipping options, using the terminal as our hub. At the same time, this also means that customers can get their products stored and delivered at a competitive price.”
More employees
A total of four people are now employed at Wibax. Mikael is processing the market in the north and middle of Finland from a newly-established sales office in Vasa. A further person works with key account sales in southern Finland with Tammerfors as its base, and the Jakobstad terminal site has employed two people. In addition, some services are purchased.
An exciting future
“Of course, we’re only a small player in Finland so far, but it is very exciting to be involved and be building up a business in this way,” says Mikael Kvist. “The main aim is to turn to larger industry clients in pulp and paper, as well as the mining and metal industry. The contacts we have had so far point to the fact that our concept is interesting to clients and we have already increased our deliveries. And we also have several interesting suggestions and quotes outside so we look forward to new customers and orders in the near future.”
Swedish concept
Prior to the investment in the Jakobstad terminal, Wibax primarily supplied products for dust suppression, certain base chemicals and deposit control. These areas can also now be developed.
“We want to copy the Swedish concept according to Finnish conditions, and we have a very good collaboration with our Swedish colleagues. This is absolutely not a battleground! I hope that in future it will be just as common to see Wibax vehicles on our roads here as it is in Sweden.”
