IT HAS BEEN 30 years since Pekka Nieminen joined Finland's Tamrock in 1987 as an application engineer in the surface drilling business. "1 was making calculations about the equipment that Tamrock would supply. It was a global role based in Finland. But soon after 1 moved to France to cover south western Europe," he says. Supporting European distributors meant travelling between markets such as France, Spain, Portugal, Northern Africa, Belgium, and the UK. Three years later Nieminen headed back to Finland. But as a global company his role remained very international and in 1997 the firm went on to be acquired by Swedish Engineering company Sandvik. "Sandvik do encourage moving around within the company. 1 was based in Finland but looking at underground product lines for Asia Pacific. 1 had to get up early as they wake up earlier than Europe," he notes. "1 was also travelling a lot up until 1997. Then 1 was involved with major projects."
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