The company story of Paakkinen Automaalaamo

Skilled car painting in Lahti and Hollola since 1954.

Timo Paakkinen says:

Paakkinen Automaalaamo was founded by 02.01.1954 Olavi Paakkinen, domiciled in Lahti. The premises were initially located in Lahti, at Palokunnantie 20. In 1965, the operations were moved from Lahti to Salpakankaa, Vanha Messiläntie 2, in the municipality of Hollola, where the operations continue to this day. Olavi Paakkinen served as the company's CEO from 1954 to 1990.

Olavi Paakkinen was a founding member of the Finnish Association of Car Painters, the predecessor of the Finnish Association of Car Painters, and served on its board for several years. Olavi Paakkinen received the Entrepreneur of the Year award from the municipality of Hollola in 1988. Hannu Ruohonen served as the company's CEO from 1990 to 2011. Hannu Ruohonen has served on the board of the Finnish Association of Car Painters for over 25 years. In 2000, Hannu Ruohonen won the European Championship for Car Painters organized by the Toyota organization. Timo Paakkinen began as CEO in 2011.

Paakkinen Automaalaamo Oy is one of our country's oldest family businesses in the car painting industryWe operate in our modernized facilities, which have two painting lines. We mainly use environmentally friendly natural gas to heat our premises. We use water-based, high-quality CROMAX products as painting materials.

We use a spectrophotometer to measure the color tone. However, we still have manual color tinting "in store". The work experience of our painters, continuous training in the field, high-quality materials and the right tools guarantee the best possible end result. We have had the Quality Certificate of the Central Association of Automotive Industry since 1998!

In addition to painting, we have also done crash repairs for years. Our annually trained staff does high-quality work with modern vintage equipment. Our equipment includes e.g. Autorobot body straightening bench equipped with an electronic measuring device.

The advantage of our company is flexible and fast service!

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