front page Services Stock History Contact information History, cornerstones 1. Cornerstone: Quality i.e. do the job well, 60s. The story begins in the fields of Kalajoki. In Mehtäkylä, the farmhouse has a family of 4 children, ie cultivating the land. Time was not easy and life taught the importance of work. There, machine work was started together with Arvi's brother. Work was done from house to house over several years, from that time the first cornerstone of the entrepreneurial journey was found. It came to my knowledge by chance for me, the author of the story, Ilkka Mehtälä. On some birthdays, it became rumored that Reijo visited their farm for several years to do machine work. Was therefore hired when he "did such a good job". And when we think about this afterwards how things have been done over the years, I come to the same conclusion. Well-done work, ie quality, has been one of the company's leading values since the 1960s to the present day. 2. Cornerstone: Customer Service, 70s. Life took the family between Sweden to Sweden, where Reijo worked at an ironworks. From there, it was born as a "spark" for machine work at the Raahe ironworks. At the beginning of the 70's, the family moved to Pattijoki, where a house was built on the forested Kuuselanmäki. The machine business started again in 1974 with one wheel loader at Raahe's Rautaruukki. There, a lot of people became familiar with "taxi-type" driving, and long-term and diligent customer service without looking at the clock created another leading value for the company: the importance of customer service. The customer must be listened to and strive to serve in the best possible way in every situation. This long-term work began to bear fruit as the company began to get so many jobs that it had to acquire more machinery and hire workers. 3. Cornerstone: Skills, 80s. Reijo Mehtälä Ky alkoi kasvaa, otettiin uusia työmaita/urakoita Rautaruukki Oy:lle ja muille yrityksille. Reijon onnistui löytää ja kouluttaa hyviä työmiehiä josta alkoi kasvaa vähitellen asiakkaan silmissä laatuun, tehokkuuteen ja erikoisosaamiseen suuntautunut yritys. Yrityksen kasvavan toiminnan pohja on edelleenkin tänä päivänä ajatus pysyvistä työpaikoista, hyvä kannustava ilmapiiri, joka motivoi työntekijää kehittämään itseään, ammattitaidon kehittämistä aina vaativampiin työtehtäviin. 4. Kulmakivi: Jatkuva kehitys, 90-luku - Hyväksytty tosiasia, että jatkuva kehitys on ainoa mahdollisuus menestyä Työkokonaisuuksien kehitystyö yhdessä asiakkaiden kanssa Työtaidon jatkuva kehittäminen, koulutus Erikoisosaaminen, jatkuva koulutus Omien toimintojen jatkuva kehittäminen Uusien asiakkaiden hankinta © Reijo Mehtälä Oy | Ristikarinkatu 53, 92100 RAAHE | +358 40 126 4007