Normet Supports Education at Savonia University of Applied Sciences

WASHINGTON, Oct 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

Normet supports education at Savonia University of Applied Sciences by donating 10 000 euros to Savonia. The donation was handed over at Normet factory in Iisalmi, Finland on October 10, 2018 by Normet's CEO robin Lindahl and it was received by Seppo Lyyra, CFO of Savonia.

"Savonia University of Applied Sciences is an important partner to us and we want to deepen our cooperation with Savonia further. Savonia has been involved in training of our personnel. In a constantly evolving world, also our business changes and develops. It is therefore important to us to take care of the skills of our personnel and ensure the availability of skilled new personnel", tells Robin Lindahl, CEO Normet Group.

Mervi Vidgrén, the principal of Savonia University of Applied Sciences, is delighted with the donation. She says that engineers graduated from various programs in Savonia are desired experts in the technology industry.

"It is important to Savonia that businesses see us as a strong producer of experts. Our work is particularly beneficial for companies and organizations in the region who get the best experts for their workforce now and in the future," she says. "We are strongly involved in innovation and R&D activities of the companies."

Additional Information:

Normet Oy:

Robin Lindahl

President and CEO Normet Group

e-mail: robin.lindahl@normet.com

mobile: +358 50 5959616

Oulun University of Applied Sciences:

Mervi Vidgrén

Principal

e-mail: mervi.vidgren@savonia.fi

mobile: +358 44 785 5001

Normet is an innovative, fast growing technology company. We are underground experts driven by continuous improvement and care for environment. We offer complete technical solutions increasing our customers' profitability through improved safety, cost savings and shortened process cycle.

Normet has a broad offering for underground mining and tunnelling: equipment, construction chemicals, rock reinforcement products and services. Normet currently employs over 1200 business professionals and the net sales in 2017 was over 250 million Euro. Normet is a Finnish company operating globally with over 50 locations in 30 countries. For more information, visit www.normet.com.

Savonia University of Applied Sciences is a significant educator of experts in technology. From 2015 to 2017 a total of 775 engineers graduated from Savonia. Savonia has three campuses: in Kuopio, Varkaus and Iisalmi, Finland

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