QMG – QMG grows in Kuopio by buying Sähköasentu Virto

Talotekniikkikonsterni QMG buys Sähköasensu Virtoo Oy, which operates in Kuopio, and focuses on renewing electrical systems and maintenance services. 

Pohjois Savo is of interest to QMG, confirms regional director Mikko Sahikallio.

QMG buys Sähköasensu Virtoon, founded in 2010, which is known as a customer-oriented electrical service company in the Kuopio region. The company’s turnover in 2022 was around 1.7 million euros and it employs 12 electrical professionals.

The deal has no impact on customer contracts or the position of personnel. The entire staff will continue as old employees. Sähköasensu Virtoo’s founder and CEO Antti Pitkänen joins the ownership program of QMG’s parent company Nimlas Group.

– Virtoo, which focuses on service business, is an excellent complement to QMG in Pohjois Savo. We already have an office of the electrical contractor Paikallis-Sähkö here. The companies have different priorities, so they do not compete with each other. In addition, Kuopio and Pohjois-Savo is such a large market that there is plenty of work. We want to be involved in the competition here in a versatile way and with growing resources, says Mikko Sahikallio, QMG’s Central Finland regional director.

Antti Pitkänen, who continues as CEO of Sähkoasensu Virtoo, sees that the demand for service business in the electrical industry is growing.

– We serve construction and repair shops, maintenance companies, building societies and industrial plants. Our repertoire includes electrical service and maintenance, industrial maintenance as well as energy saving and new energy solutions, such as vehicle charging stations. The growing repair debt of real estate also includes a great deal of the need to renew electrical systems, Pitkänen says.

VIRTOO WAS BORN ON A SABBATICAL – NOW THE ENTIRE ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY NEEDS MORE WORKERS

Antti Pitkänen took time off in 2009 to build a detached house. During the construction work, he received so many contacts about various electrical installation needs that after the house was completed, he became an entrepreneur in the spring of 2010. The operation has grown year by year, and the company has remained like its founder, serving and capable.

– Joining QMG brings us strong background forces and management support. I see it as important that I get more resources to grow the company and business. This brings security and development opportunities to the personnel, Antti Pitkänen commented.

Pitkänen, who started his career as an electrician, is concerned about the number of installers in Finland, as society runs more and more on electricity.

– We ourselves have been able to recruit good experts, but in the bigger picture, companies have a broad responsibility for continuous training and familiarization with new technology. Electrical solutions are at the center of change right now, as the use of renewable energy increases. The work is important, responsible and independent, so I recommend the field to young men and women who are now thinking about their future profession, says Antti Pitkänen.

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QMG