Aqua Clean Ltd is known for its particularly high-quality products and solutions for industrial cleaning machines, and a significant part of its turnover, over 95%, comes from exports. Thanks to export focused sales, lead by Mr. Frey Taxell and the Aqua Clean sales network, the company has gained a strong foothold in the global market, and has respected customers, such as SEW Eurodrive, ABB, Maersk, Flender, Siemens, AGCO, and many others. Aqua Clean’s main customer segments are aviation, railways, and industrial products where cleaning is an important part of the manufacturing or maintenance processes.
Pi-Va Invest Ltd recently finalised the acquisition of Aqua Clean Oy shares. Behind Pi-Va Invest Ltd is the main owner Piccolo Group Ltd, owned by Mr. Petri Kuivamäki and Mr. Seppo Koskinen. The minority owner is Vallgrund Invest Ltd, whose Chairman of the Board is Mr. Asko Kamppinen. All owners have strong industrial backgrounds in several Finnish companies. Piccolo Group’s CEO Mr. Petri Kuivamäki, who will continue to act as the Chairman of Aqua Clean Oy’s Board of Directors, considers the acquisition a historic step towards building a conglomerate and emphasises that the acquisition will give the group a factory from Pori, Finland, where high-quality products for international markets will be manufactured by skilled personnel.
Aqua Clean Oy’s founder and long-term CEO Frey Taxell is happy that his life’s work will be continued, and he sees a very bright future for the company. As CEO, Taxell has created a solid foundation for the company and an extensive global dealer network. Taxell will continue to work for the company as Senior Adviser, which will ensure a smooth change of ownership.