Valtasiirto provides extensive logistics services at the Harjavalta Suurteollisuuspuisto industrial park. The company is in charge of the transport solutions, vehicle maintenance and outdoor area maintenance of Boliden Harjavalta Oy, which smelts copper and nickel concentrates and refines copper, and Norilsk Nickel Harjavalta Oy, which manufactures nickel products.
On a daily basis, Valtasiirto supplies concentrate mixtures to the nickel and copper smelters following provided recipes. Valtasiirto’s tasks also include unloading of concentrate trains into storage and day silos, transport of materials, and other transport and material transfer operations. Furthermore, Valtasiirto is responsible for the treatment of recycled materials to be returned to the smelting process and the related work stages, such as sorting of the materials and cutting up the material pieces for screening and crushing. Valtasiirto is also in charge of transport of materials to interim storage, transport of slag away from the copper smelter, and tasks related to stacking and landscaping.
Taking care of the outdoor areas also
Year-round maintenance of outdoor areas at Suurteollisuuspuisto covers everything from mowing lawns and gardening to ploughing snow and gritting. In addition, Valtasiirto is responsible for all tasks related to cleaning of the industrial park area. Valtasiirto’s extensive task description also covers all other logistics needs in the area, such as transfer and transport of goods.
Around 40–50 units of Valtasiirto’s own transport vehicles motor around the Suurteollisuuspuisto area. The vehicle maintenance unit is responsible for the maintenance of the machinery that handles 950,000 tonnes of concentrate every year.
Valtasiirto’s customers at the park also include, among others, Maintpartner Oy, Insta Oy, ABB Oy Service, SOL Palvelut Oy and Lassila & Tikanoja Oyj.