Logistia

I orded a survey  of the future views of our metal companies a few weeks ago. Now I have the results.  Answer per cent was about 20%. So we get some kind of view how the local metal industry see the near future. The inquiry form and system for the carrying out of it have been drawn up by TEKES and Renewied Industry-program. Earlier we had the same survey made to the system supplier  companies.
Background information
In the interviewees there were most companies which had their own end products , machines and devices 70% involved. 30% of the companies were also subcontracting. Most answers came from Teuva , 70%. Great! The company size varied from the micro size companies to a 20-44 worker company, all the interviewees represented the SME  sector.
Summary of the results
The most important market area now is Finland, with a 90% share (2010). The Nordic countries  share is 30% and the rest of Europe 30%. Russia’s share is 20%.

Customers and competitors are the most important sources to innovation
In the innovation activity and development activities of the company the most important source was customers  (value 3,7/4). The second one is competitors (2,8/4) and then replacing products (2,7/4. It was experienced that the legislation and the subcontracting also had effect to some extent. The impulses also will come from sciences and research and analogies in other fields but their value was already considerably under half of the full weight value.

The fore seeing of the future was regarded as the most important factor in the development activities 70%. The commercializing and the control of wholenesses pretended to follow with the same value with a 60% stress.
When the future change factors are examined from outside the company, it will be experienced that the political change factors are the strongest drivers  that causes the need for the development functions in the companies (3,89/5). Following were ecological change factors (3,67/5) and social change factors (3,33/5).

Views of the growth
50% of companies wants to grow, 40% estimates that it is remaining unchanged. The growth is searched for from the international market. The results showed that Russia( 2,83/4), Nordic countries (2,71/4) and especially the rest of Europe (3,4/4) and Baltic Countries (2,4/4) being as target areas in 2020 in addition to Finland (3,3/4).
It is expected that the production of companies remains in 2020 strongly in Finland (3,5/4) although there is small diminishing (-0,3 units) to the 2010 value. Production is expected to move especially to the Baltic Countries (2/4), in other words here there were 0,75 units of growth per 10 years. Also other target for production were  India, Russia, Eastern Europe, China. They got the about 0,25 units growths.

The toughest competitors in 2010 are expected to come from  The Baltic Countries (2,67/4) and the Nordic countries (2,6/4), eastern  Europe (2,6/4) and Russia (2,25/4). Also China (2,4/4) and India (2,25/4) will be further regarded as the competitors.
It is expected, that most skilled work factors are being obtained 2020 from Finland (3,43/4) although the expectations fall from the a little 2010 number. The Nordic countries and the Baltic Countries stay, when ten year development is examined, in nearly the same values being the second highest (2,6/4 and 2/4). The growth of India’s share will be significant during 10 years  +0,6 units – from start level (1,8/4).

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