Design and Development for the Real World

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
FOR THE REAL WORLD

LINK design

LINK design and development makes high-
profile product design and development for
a range of globally operating companies. We
believe in creating products which are easy
and efficient to use, pleasing to look at and
economical to manufacture.

• Year of founding: 2009
• Turnover (2011): 2,3 MEUR
• Employees: 35 persons
• Privately owned by five company managers

Copyright © LINK design and development

Building success stories through integrated
experience based design
We offer a combination of skills and intimate knowledge of the
Integrated Product Development processes that enables us to
combine design and engineering expertise to create user oriented,
practical, desirable and technically functional products for real world
use. Systematic research and creative methods gives us insight to
realize needs of future successful products and services in a concrete
way.


EXPERIENCE services
•Graphical User Interface Design
•User Research Services
•Usability and Ergonomics Design
•Usability Assessment and Testing
•Service Design

Our EXPERIENCE services cover usability and
ergonomic design, assessment and testing as
well as UI design.

Usability is not a separate component of design;
rather, it is linked to the process from start to
finish. Assessments are performed to ensure
that the product being developed meets the
needs and expectations of users and
customers, while also taking into account the
goals of the end-user’s work or other activity.
We deliver to our clients both conceptual and
strategic studies, as well as concrete products.


INNOVATE services
• Idea Creation
• Problem solving

All successful products have initially been ideas.
Many times new ideas are born in the minds of
individuals, but they can be also created in a
controlled manner in groups. Idealization in a
group can be a great tool when new ideas are
needed in faster pace.

Our INNOVATE services are designed to create
new product and service ideas and resolve
product-related problems. In idea making
processes we use the most widely-known
methods and our own specific variations of
them.

INNOVATE

DESIGN services
•Industrial Design
•Product Identity Development
•Transportation Design
•Visualizations and Animations

Strategic perspective, open-mindedness, user-
orientation, and smooth cooperation with
technical experts are emphasized in our design
work.
.
Versatile experience from the various areas of
design combined with the continuous following
of innovations and trends enable us to design
products that are easy to use and manufacture,
while also being of the highest quality.


DEVELOP services
•Mechanical Design
•Prototypes
•Software / Hardware
•Problem Solving

Our DEVELOP services cover all the
components of embedded system development,
mechanical design and comprehensive range of
simulation and analysis services.

Our prototype service is a product development
support function used for ensuring the
functionality of ideas and plans in practice.

DEVELOP

MANAGE services
•China Operations
•Identity and Brand Management
•Project Management

Management is defined as an act of getting
people together to accomplish desired goals
with available resources efficiently and
effectively. LINK´s professional project
managers and team leaders help you to hit the
goal.

We also think that a key to succes is a skill to
network. One of the cornerstones of our
business expertise is the active utilisation of our
partner network.


People Behind the Knowledge

People play a key role when developing innovative
products as a product developer as well as a user.
We produce and refine services where technology,
visuality and usability combines seamlessly into
one.

Our absolute strength is LINK personnel which has
multidisciplinary experience and updated education.
Our personnel is combined with enthusiasm and the
professionalism generated by experience.

LINK staff in brief
• Age distribution: 25 – 52 years
• Educational background: M.Sc, B.Sc, MA, BA
• Experience in R&D: approximately 8,5 a/person


Award Winning Design

The designers and engineers working at LINK take great pride in delivering innovative solutions, and don’t shy away from
taking on big challenges in product development.

These efforts have not gone unnoticed, and our professionals have repeatedly been awarded for example
the prestigious biannual Finnish Fennia Prize design award, as well as Good Design award.


Who Do We Work With?

LINK cooperates closely with companies covering a broad spectrum. Here are presented some of the companies we have had
the pleasure to work with both in Finland and internationally over the years. The scope and focus of each project may be
different, but the end goal always remains the same: To create a winner product which combines innovation, ease of use,
efficiency and quality.

ABB Oy Metso Oyj Genimate Oy Thermo Fisher Scientific Oy
Alppilux Oy Misa Oy Green House Effect Oy Transtech Oy
Chiller Oy Norpe Oy Herrmans Oy (Nordic Lights) Vaisala Oyj
EADS Secure Networks Oy Oilon Energy Oy HK Instruments Oy Wallius Hitsauskoneet Oy
Ensto Optomed Oy Hollming Oy Winwind Oy
FCheck Oy Patria Land Systems Oy Huurre Finland Oy VR-Yhtymä Oy
Fibox Oy Ab Ponsse Oyj Iittala Group Oy Ab Väinö Korpinen Oy
Fiskars Brands Finland Oy Powerkiss Oy I-Valo Wärtsilä Finland Oy
Gardner Denver Oy PROTOLAB OY Kemppi Oy ZenRobotics Oy
GE Healthcare Finland Oy Raha-automaattiyhdistys KONE Oyj
Genimate Oy Rocla Oyj Konecranes Oyj
Green House Effect Oy Sarlin Furnaces Oy Ab Larox Flowsys Oy
Herrmans Oy (Nordic Lights) Serres Oy Ludus Helsinki Oy
HK Instruments Oy Sisu Defence Oy Steris Finn-Aqua Oy
Hollming Oy Stalatube Oy Sulzer Pump Solutions Finland Oy
Martela Oyj GE Healthcare Finland Oy There Corporation Oy


KONE

“KONE is one of the global leaders in the elevator
and escalator industry. The company has been
committed to understanding the needs of its
customers for the past century, providing industry-
leading elevators, escalators and automatic
building doors as well as innovative solutions for
modernization and maintenance.”

www.kone.com
Cooperation with LINK since 2000


METSO

“Metso is a global supplier of technology and services to customers
in the process industries, including mining, construction, pulp and
paper, power, and oil and gas. ”

www.metso.com


POWERKISS

“PowerKiss was founded in October 2008 by a
bunch of professionals with a strong background in
user centered product development and a dream of
wire-free planet.”

www.powerkiss.com


FISKARS BOAT – BUSTER XXL / AWC

“The most popular motorboat in the Nordic countries, Buster offers an
extensive range of the best options for versatile recreational boating and
demanding work. “

www.buster.fi


ROCLA - MITSUBISHI

“Rocla develops, manufactures and markets electric
warehouse trucks and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and
information services during their lifespan.”

www. rocla.com


PONSSE

“The company develops and manufactures innovative harvesting
solutions that follow the principles of sustainable development and
are based on customer needs.

The company was established by forest machine entrepreneur Einari
Vidgrén in 1970, and it has been a pioneer of timber harvesting
solutions based on the cut-tolength method ever since. “

www. ponsse.fi


KEMPPI

“Kemppi is a world-leading manufacturer of arc welding equipment
and a provider of solutions for highly productive welding.”

www. kemppi.com


ESPOTEL

“Founded in 1986, Espotel is Scandinavia’s leading provider of R&D
services for embedded systems development.

Providing professional research and development services and ODM
products, we apply and participate in the development of the latest
technology. Together with our partner network we offer a full range
of services in the design of embedded systems.“

www. espotel.fi


MARTELA
“At Martela we design and supply complete interior solutions for working environments and public
spaces. Our objective is to offer our customers and partners a service that is the best in the business
and high-quality products that are ergonomic and innovative. Martela is the largest company in its
sector in Finland and is one of the three largest in the Nordic region.”

www.martela.fi


VR- Transtech

“ VR Group is a customer-oriented and environmentally responsible
Finnish state owned transport company. They serve freight service
and public transport customers with rail and road transport services.“
www. vr.fi


GreenHouseEffect

“GreenHouseEffect´s plantwall utilizes
hydroponic grow technique where plants are
grown without soil. Every 1m2 area of wall sold
GreenHouseEffect purchases 1000m2 rainforest
in protection trough World Land Trust –fund. “

www.gheffect.fi


WÄRTSILÄ

“Wärtsilä is a global leader in complete
lifecycle power solutions for the marine
and energy markets. By emphasizing
technological innovation and total
efficiency, Wärtsilä maximizes the
environmental and economic
performance of the vessels and power
plants of its customers.”

www.wartsila.com


METSO

“Metso is a global supplier of technology and services to
customers in the process industries, including mining,
construction, pulp and paper, power, and oil and gas. ”

www.metso.com


ABB MARINE

“ABB Marine Systems is a leading manufacturer of electric power and
propulsion systems for ships. We are a global maritime organization,
providing innovative, reliable, safe and environmentally-friendly
solutions and qualified services to reduce operational costs and ensure
optimum vessel lifecycle for our customers.”

www.abb.com


ZenRobotics

“ZenRobotics Ltd. is the world leader in robotic
recycling systems. The ZenRobotics Recycler waste
sorting system uses robots to pick raw materials from
Construction and Demolition (CND) waste. The
system relies on artificial intelligence technology in
both identifying the valuable raw materials in the
waste, and in controlling the robot’s adaptive picking
motions.”

www.zenrobotics.fi
Copyright © LINK design and development Cooperation with LINK since 2009

WINWIND

“WinWinD offers 1 MW and 3 MW wind turbines combined with a
variety of product and service options from project development to
turn-key construction of wind parks.

WinWinD turbines are known for their operational
efficiency especially at low wind speeds, and the turbines have
excellent grid compatibility features.”

www.winwind.fi

SALES

Mr. Jaakko Anttila Mr. Jukka Tuominen

Integrated Product Development and Innovation Services Graphical Interface Design

jaakko.anttila@linkdesign.fi jukka.tuominen@linkdesign.fi

+358 40 770 3020 +358 50 5666 290

Ms. Piritta Winqvist Ms. Saara Anundi

Industrial Design and Usability Services Industrial Design

piritta.winqvist@linkdesign.fi saara.anundi@linkdesign.fi

+358 40 549 0752 +358 40 549 0752

Mr. Jari Lehikoinen Ms. Kate Korpela

Mechanical Design, Engineering Marketing

jari.lehikoinen@linkdesign.fi kate.korpela@linkdesign.fi

+358 50 303 8395 +358 40 751 5666

Mr. Petri Hannukainen
Mechanical Design, Engineering www.linkdesign.fi
petri.hannukainen@linkdesign.fi
+358 400 760 802


THANK YOU LINK design and development Ltd
Myyrmäentie 2B FI-01600, Vantaa, Finland

www.linkdesign.fi


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