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What if your production would do the right things, at the right time – all the time?

Fastems in Short

Fastems is the leading supplier of flexible automation solutions for high-mix CNC manufacturing.

We’re a family-owned integrator with over 40 years and 5,000 installations of experience with 100+ machine tool, device and software brands. Our customers are industrial machine builders and subcontractors of various kinds, located Europe, North America and Asia. Our mission is to help metalworking manufacturers improve their productivity and profitability and in that way, build competitive and sustainable manufacturing.

Fastems’ supplies pallet and robotic automation solutions – always equipped with our industry-leading production planning and execution software MMS. We also have solutions for automating the production and resource planning of stand-alone machine tools. We support our systems with a wide range of services.

Why Work With Us?

The majority of today’s CNC manufacturers are at least discussing automation while many have multiple systems in their shopfloor. The benefits of automation are clear and up for grabs but automation also comes with a challenge. Like with most things in life, to get decisive and lasting results, it needs to be done right: just placing a robot in front of a CNC machine does not ‘automatically’ help. Our decades and thousands of systems worth of experience suggests that the recipe for success in CNC automation goes like this:

Solve the right problems, with the right solution, from a partner you can trust, in the long run.

Below we break down the sentence to four parts and explain what they mean. Remember, that the points might sound obvious and trivial but our experience indicates they really are not.

Factors to understand before automating

1. Solve the RIGHT problems…

A successful automation project is based on two fundamentals: (1) a realistic understanding on current production set-up and it’s bottlenecks, and (2) clearly defined goals that will guide you forwards. For example, do you know how many spindle hours are you now getting per machine? Or would you run out of tool pots if your CNCs were running with higher pace?

Your CNC machine IS NOT what primarily defines the right automation solution for you. It’s your production needs and goals that do. We at Fastems have the tools to help you to understand and frame your current production challenges. Building on an accurate view of the current situation, we can together think and develop the RIGHT solution for you. In our experience, buying automation ‘off-the-shelf’ doesn’t get you very far.

Remember also, that it does not matter which machine tool brand or type you use, or how many of them you have. We have 40+ years of experience with 100+ machine tool, supporting device and software brands.

Try our Machine Tool Utilization Test and get free productivity tips

Fastems CNC Automation Manages Various Production Resources

2. With the RIGHT solution…

The unique value in Fastems’ automation lies in our MMS (Manufacturing Management Software) control that is like the brain of the production. Feed it with production orders, and MMS schedules and executes your orders on time. By handling production resources like NC programs, tools or materials MMS can (1) ensure your planned production CAN and WILL happen in time, (2) reconfigure after sudden issues like machine breakdowns or missing tools, and (3) constantly guide the operators for the right action. The result is effective, yet flexible CNC batch production with real-time transparency on production status and production plan. You also have a wide production analytic features for tracking your KPIs and improving your production.

Our wide offering and technical platforms ensure that you can get the solution you need, and our integration capabilities help you to plug in your software and supportive devices like measuring, marking or washing, to the process.

Read about Manufacturing Management Software

Check the typical CNC, device and software brands we automate.

Fastems has delivered over 5,000 CNC automation systems since 1982.

3. From a Partner You Can Trust…

It’s one thing to render a picture of a CNC automation system to a brochure and another to deliver over 5,000 of them over four decades. We are a family-owned business that has a long-term view on the business and a culture focused on customer value, learning and results. Our systems typically last at least twice longer than the attached machine tools. Our customer record is 40 years of the system use in engine block manufacturing.

Our 200+ in-house software engineers make sure your production is planned and operated intelligently, and our interfacing team makes sure all your devices, software and processes work together flawlessly. Thousands of OEM manufacturers and subcontractors in aerospace and defense, medical, energy, heavy vehicle and other machine building industries trust Fastems as their productivity partner – around the globe.

Check how automation has helped others in your industry!

Most of Fastems CNC automation systems can be extended later on.

4. In the Long Run!

Servicing automation is quite different than servicing machine tools. Include full life-cycle support like modernizations, and the comparison is even more apparent. To reach the full potential of your automated production, a full-stack service partner is required, capable of fast reaction and support for years to come.

The majority of Fastems’ solutions can be extended or modernized – and over 80% of our customers do so! Our 8760 support team is available 24/7 and gets over 90 % of tickets solved remotely. The rest is taken care by our regional service units. Whether it’s training, spare parts, periodic maintenance or productivity consultation, our over 130 automation service and support specialists are here to help!

Learn how we future-proof your CNC automation investment.

Fastems in Key Figures

8760 Productive hours / year

1901 Founded

500+ Employees

100M€ Revenue

Fastems’ Management Team

CEO

Mikko Nyman

Chief Financial Officer

Olli Valtonen

Chief People Officer

Pia Mutanen

VP Automation

Juha-Pekka Jalkanen

VP Services

Markku Lindeman

VP Digital Manufacturing & New Business Development

Heikki Hallila

Chief Sales and Marketing Officer

Mikko Mononen

Chief Technology Officer

Topi Judén

VP Region EMEA

Sven Schewe

VP Region AMERICAS

Greg Haley

Global offices

Fastems Authorized Agent, Switzerland

Gennaro Teta

+41 7944 769 40 gennaro.teta@omnino.ch contact  
Fastems Authorized Agent, Denmark

David Soegaard

+45 2619 9126
mail@soegaard.tech
Contact
Fastems Autohorized Agent, Poland

Daniel Kustrzepa

+48 664 740 741 d.kustrzepa@dexpe.pl Contact
Fastems Authorized Agent

Henk Kremers

Keersopperweg 28 5551 XH Valkenswaard Contact
Sales Manager, Western US

Robert Humphreys

+1 513 328 4252

robert.humphreys@fastems.com

Sales Manager, Southern US

Timo Myllyniemi

+1 513 668 5632

timo.myllyniemi@fastems.com

Sales Manager, Central US

Christopher Rezny

+1 847 899 1126

christopher.rezny@fastems.com

Sales Manager, US & Canada East

Bob Baldizzi

+1 513 816 8625

bob.baldizzi@fastems.com

 
Regional Office

Fastems Japan

Fastems K.K. 〒230-0051 神奈川県 横浜市 鶴見区 鶴見中央1丁目23−14, セザール第三鶴見301   Cesar Tsurumi 301, Tsurumi-Chuo 1-23-14 Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, 230-0051, Japan Contact
Sales Manager, Dongguan area

Michael Feng

Fastems China, tel. +86 159 2117 4340

michael.feng@fastems.com

Regional Office

Fastems China HQ

上海办事处

上海市张江高科技园区 碧波路690号2号楼401室

Room 401 & 402, 2 Building, 690 Bibo Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai 201203. Contact
Regional Office

Fastems USA HQ

9850 Windisch Rd, West Chester Township, OH, USA Contact
Regional Office

Fastems France

Fastems SAS, 264 Rue Garibaldi, 69003 Lyon. Contact
Regional Office

Fastems UK & Ireland

Fastems LTD, One Bartholomew Close, London, EC1A 7BL, U.K. Contact
Sales Office

Fastems Finland

Fastems Oy Ab, Keilaranta 5, FI-02150 Espoo. Contact
Regional Office

Fastems Germany

Heilbronner Straße 17/1, D-73037 Göppingen Contact
Regional Office

Fastems Italy

Via Torri Bianche 10. 20871 Vimercate (MB). Contact
Regional Office

Fastems Scandinavia

Fastems Ab Munkerödsvägen 4A 444 32  Stenungsund Contact
Development Center

Fastems Germany

Fastems Systems GmbH, Girmesgath 5 | Gebäude A10, 47803 Krefeld. Contact
Group HQ

Fastems Finland

Fastems Oy Ab, Tuotekatu 4, 33840 Tampere. Contact

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Sales Manager, US & Canada Central

Christopher Rezny

+1 847 899 1126

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