Aliko Oy Ltd
Finnish sheet metal machinery know-how since 1978
The story of Aliko
Advanced press brake development, innovative Design and flexible Customer service
Aliko is a modern manufacturer of press brakes and bending tools and a bending technology developer with long-standing traditions. The company’s history also includes expertise in sheet cutting systems, which is utilized today when working with machine representation.
Hannu Alitalo, the founder of Alitalo Konepaja, started his career as an engineer where many other advanced companies have ever started: in the garage. There, a young skillful young man with a strong entrepreneurial spirit, designed and assembled his first machines. The company started in 1978 in cooperation with his father Simo Alitalo, and the same year the first machine delivery, self-made guillotine shears, was done. The first press brake delivery to the customer took place two years later. The product name was created by a proper combination of the company name and it has remained since then: Aliko.
Over the years, there have been ups and downs, however, always have been survived with a good group of people, Finnish spirit and a bit of madness. The 1990s and early 2000s were a time of different product applications and growth for us. The company renewed its product palette, for example new generation of Aliko Giant press brakes and focused on the export market. However, customer needs have always been top priority, as evidenced by long-term relationships with many customers.
Throughout its history, Aliko’s strengths have been advanced product development, innovative design, and flexible customer service. Machines manufactured in Finland have always represented cutting-edge technology and top quality in their field. The company has delivered over 1,500 machines across Finland and around the world. Many of Aliko’s earliest machine deliveries are still in active use in production today.
Today’s Aliko is in a strong position, thanks to the right strategic decisions made in the early 2000s. Day-to-day operations are now driven by a new generation of excellent team members, led by CEO Stanislav Demin since 2015.
Aliko Oy Ltd aims to meet the evolving needs of the sheet metal industry more effectively with its offerings and expertise. Since 2016, our company has been focusing more and more on its core expertise, product development, design, and life cycle services for large, bending length of 3000 mm and bending force of 220 tons or above, press brakes. This work has paid off, and the number as well as the size of completed Aliko Retrofit projects has grown annually.
Since the beginning of the 2020s, Aliko has focused more on investing in international trade. An efficient network of European resellers has been established, and from 2025 onwards, more than 50% of Aliko’s sales have come from export markets.
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