Robit’s promise to be Your partner for a more sustainable tomorrow

Sustainability as a topic has been present in business for a long time already, however, it has been gaining more and more traction and attention in recent years. This has caused many companies, including Robit, to re-orient themselves, in order to bring sustainability-related matters more into focus. At Robit, this is done by committing to new sustainability KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) and asking the company’s stakeholders to do the same. Robit has always had sustainable practices, like sourcing materials from responsible partners, as well as setting a high priority to employees’ health and safety. Recently, however, the company has been in the process of doubling down on its sustainability efforts and setting clear objectives for these practices, based on a common vision created through extensive cooperation between the management and the employees. With the launch of the ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) roadmap in September 2021, the ESG practices of the company have been refined and further defined.

As a result, Robit’s actions have been divided into four key areas:

• Sustainable partnerships: Robit works with partners that share and respect its ESG principles and aims.
• CO2 emission reduction in the value chain: Robit not only cuts the CO2 emissions caused by its own operations, but also strives to influence emissions’ reductions at its external stakeholders.
• Healthy and happy workplace: Robit maintains a desired work environment by ensuring the safety of its employees and continuing to build diversity and inclusion as central and empowering parts of the company culture.
• Efficiency throughout product lifecycle: Robit treats its materials with respect, increasing efficiency and reducing waste in its own and its customers’ operations, while also lengthening product lifetime through training and value adding services.

The aim of these four pillars is to tackle sustainability issues from several directions at once. This creates a holistic approach that extensively addresses different areas of the business, which Robit will use to establish itself as a company tackling important issues in innovative ways. Furthermore, they are already ingrained in Robit’s culture and working practices, thus benefitting the company’s day-to-day operations.

Even though the concrete KPIs for the above key areas were launched only last September, there are already several actions taken and some significant results that have been reached.

• Robit targets to have a minimum of 90 percent of its supplier spend coming from suppliers who have committed to Robit’s supply chain policy. The result at the end of 2021 was already at 79 percent.
• A first step towards CO2 emission reduction was taken by building a calculation tool to recognize Scope 1 and 2 CO2 emissions caused by Robit’s own operations. The company will also increase the share of green energy in its factories, with the first changes having been implemented at its Australian factory in October 2021.
• For a healthy and happy workplace, the KPI is to target zero lost time incidents, based on LTIF (Lost Time Incident Frequency). In 2021 the result was 2,1, which is already a significant improvement from 4,2 in 2020. In January 2022, Robit reached LTIF of 0,0.
• To increase efficiency throughout product lifecycle, Robit has set a KPI of providing at least 1 000 hours of consultative sales training annually to the sales and technical personnel of the company and its distributors. Additionally, Robit has set the target to achieve over 90 percent waste recovery ratio in its factory locations. The 2021 results for these were 921 hours and 87 percent, respectively, bringing the company very close to reaching these milestones.

Keep checking back with Robit to learn more!

Robit Plc’s Annual General Meeting was held yesterday at Hotel Ilves in Tampere. A good number of shareholders gathered together at the venue.  

 

– This year, we were able to hold a traditional general meeting in person. It was great to meet Robit’s shareholders and discuss current issues with them, says Arto Halonen, Robit’s new CEO.

Please read the Resolutions Of The Annual General Meeting.

Ville Peltonen has been appointed the company’s interim CFO as of 16 March 2022, when Arto Halonen takes over as the company’s CEO. Peltonen started at the company as Group controller in 2020.

Read more in the stock exchange release: https://www.robitgroup.com/release/ville-peltonen-has-been-appointed-robit-corporations-interim-cfo-march-16-2022/

Tommi Lehtonen has moved on to new challenges and the company’s Board of Directors has appointed Arto Halonen to replace Lehtonen as of 15 March 2022. Halonen has previously served as the company’s CFO and Chief Operating Officer. Harri Sjöholm, Chairman of the Board, would like to thank Lehtonen for his significant contribution to the company’s success.

Read more: https://www.robitgroup.com/release/group-ceo-tommi-lehtonen-to-leave-robit/

It’s been a decade since the first and only Geo-Congress focusing on the State of the Art and Practice in Geotechnical Engineering. Join researchers, practitioners, students, and contractors from around the globe for the 10-year update. Come hear the latest and network with the leaders of our profession in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, March 20-23, 2022.

Through our technologies and support, we are pleased to help the major construction sector with all their drilling needs and offer the solutions to even the toughest projects. We will introduce the brilliant solutions and technologies of geotechnical applications. Come and meet our experts to hear more about the widest offering in top quality drilling consumables at our booth #810!

Warmly welcome!

Robit Plc’s Annual Report, Corporate Governance Statement and Remuneration Report for the year 2021 have today been published in Finnish and English in PDF format on the company’s website at https://www.robitgroup.com/investor/financial-information/.

The Annual Report contains the Board of Directors’ Review and the Financial Statements 2021. The Financial Statements includes Consolidated Financial Statements, Robit Plc’s Parent Company Statements and the Auditor’s Report.

Please read the report: Robit Plc Annual Report 2021

Connect to a vibrant exchange of information, ideas and products. Collaborate with colleagues and leaders from across the industry and get the insights, information and tools you need to excel in an era of innovation and economic change at the MineXchange 2022 SME Annual Conference & Expo – the premier event for the mining, metallurgy & exploration industry! Conference will take place on February 27 – March 2, 2022, Salt Lake City, USA.

Get a firsthand look at our new products, comprehensive services and integrated solutions. Get familiar for our new Top Hammer Rbit series as well as tubeless DTH WH TL hammer family and DTH bits. Find also Robit® M Sense Systems – the easiest solution on the market brings borehole deviation measurement to the hands of everyone!

We serve You at our booth #2720. You are more than welcome!

Robit team

Join nearly 1,600 blasters, manufacturers, government officials and industry leaders at the world’s largest conference on explosives engineering, sponsored by the International Society of Explosives Engineers in Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino on 28 January – 2 February 2022. You will find us at the booth #1624.

We’ll introduce our leading solutions for drilling and deviation measuring of blast holes. Get familiar for our new Top Hammer Rbit series as well as tubeless DTH WH TL hammer family and DTH bits. Find also Robit® M Sense Systems – the easiest solution on the market brings borehole deviation measurement to the hands of everyone!

Warmly welcome, Robit Blasting Team

We introduced the new Robit Superior Rbit™ Button Bit Series‘ bigger diameters a year ago.

Soon we are going to launch sizes from 32 mm (1¼”) up to 57 mm (2¼”) for bolting, drifting and tunneling.

With the Rbit™, our commitment is to help our customers to reduce the total drilling costs by achieving faster rate of penetration and the lowest cost-per-meter.

Stay tuned!

Hilla Niemelä is one of the rising young stars in Finnish skiing. Her main target for the current season is the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Norway in February 2022. A corporate supporter of sports, Robit signed a sponsorship and cooperation agreement with Hilla in late summer 2021.

The collaboration between Robit and Hilla is based on shared values and jointly produced media content that gives glimpses into Hilla’s training, racing career, goals, current affairs and future expectations. Hilla kept a training diary for our readers in November 2021.

Monday, Nov 1
The competition season is knocking at the door, with races for the next three weekends. The autumn training has gone well and I am looking forward to the races. I have only one race in the Vuokatti Finnish Cup, the freestyle sprint. In previous years, I’ve been in pretty good shape at the season start. After easing up the last couple of weeks, we’re now training intensively, which might affect the upcoming sprint.

Whatever the race mood on Saturday, we have a good plan. On Friday I will do a preparatory training and it will indicate the race mood better. I’ve only skied outside a few times because the warm weather has made the track a bit softer and slower. In Vuokatti I can also ski on the tunnel, where the conditions are always the same. The track in the tunnel is a bit harder, which suits me better at the moment. However, the Saturday race will probably be quite soft and slow.

Saturday, Nov 6
The race was exactly as I thought it would be. Legs were insensitive and skiing felt like a chore. Yesterday’s power workout didn’t bode well, but I felt better than yesterday. My coach and I came to the conclusion that I just hadn’t done enough skiing in the mush to be successful today. However, so far so good, no need to make changes. Next up, more snow touch and aerobic training before the next race.

Saturday, Nov 13
Today, national competition in free style, 9 km distance. It was my first race with the new pair of skis I got yesterday. They worked perfectly, but my performance was a bit sluggish. The ground was quite soft and it’s the hardest for me to ski on. Still, first distance race of the season, and even with a weaker performance, I did alright compared to the others.

Sunday, Nov 14
Today was the classic style sprint. Three years ago, this distance was very good for me, but since then I haven’t been able to measure up my performance for lack of races. I was very nervous about the race, but in the end I really enjoyed it. It was great training for next week’s Finnish Cup, where I’m competing in the same distance. I managed to do all four starts and now I’m much more confident for next week!

Friday, Nov 19
Arrival in Taivalkoski. Tomorrow is my long awaited classic style sprint. This is also the qualifying weekend for the Ruka World Cup, so it’s going to be an exciting race. Feeling good and confident for tomorrow’s race.

Saturday, Nov 20
Taivalkoski Finnish Cup sprint. Disappointment. Even though I qualified 17th, the skiing felt stiff and phlegmatic. The heat was a bit better, but still the skiing felt and looked bad technically. I was 15th in the final results, my best so far in the Finnish Cup, but my goal was to reach the semi-finals. It irks me that I couldn’t give my everything the way I wanted. Tomorrow is another day though. I’m doing the classic style 10 km.

Monday, Nov 22
No start for me on Sunday. Today the doctor prescribed antibiotics for an ear infection. Maybe that was the reason for Saturday’s poor performance. Usually the body gives clear signals before getting sick. Now I’ll just try and get better; my next start will be in early December at the Ruka Winter Games, if I’m well by then. Luckily I got to see a doctor quickly and I’ll defeat this illness as quickly as possible. The season is still young and I’m not worried, although falling ill is never a good thing. It’s only after new year that I need to get up to full speed. Plenty of time to prepare! 😉

The end of the year brings no greater joy than the opportunity to express to You Season’s Greetings and good wishes. May your holidays and New Year be filled with joy.

Robit Team

The latest issue of Robit’s customer magazine Bulletin has been published! 2/2021 issue features articles i.a.: “Pinnacle & Robit: Partnership poised to gain market share in Canada” and “Ausdrill & Robit: A long-term relationship Down Under”.

Read the magazine here:  Bulletin 2/2021

Today, the term energy well is used instead of the thermal well, as an energy well is increasingly used for both heating and cooling. Robit is strongly involved in developing increasingly better products for drilling energy and water wells. Each year, Robit’s products are used to drill more than 30,000 water and energy wells worldwide. Thus, the company is closely linked to the utilisation of emission-free green energy and sustainable development.

Robit’s product portfolio includes the necessary equipment for drilling from 4” diameter to 18” inch energy wells. Deeper energy well drilling has also begun worldwide for geothermal power plants. In Otaniemi, Espoo, Finland, for example, drilling has reached the depth of about 6.4 km. The temperature of water pumped from that depth is over 100 °C.

A modern efficient heat pump connected to an energy well can save over half the energy costs compared to, for example, oil and electricity. Compared to an oil boiler, for example, which must be replaced every 15 to 20 years, only moving parts must be replaced in the heat pump within the same period. The heat pump can simply be described as a device that utilises so-called free energy, which is present in ground and bedrock.

Warmly welcome to visit us at the biggest groundwater industry event – Groundwater Week in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, between 14th and 16th December 2021. You will find us at the booth #1027 on Wednesday and Thursday. Our team will introduce you the widest range of top quality well drilling tools.

Navigate the future with us at the biggest groundwater industry event – Groundwater Week in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, between 14th and 16th December 2021. You will find us at the booth #1027 on Wednesday and Thursday.

Our team will introduce you the widest range of top quality well drilling tools: DTH hammers, pilot bits, ring bits (casing advanced and under reamer systems), DTH bits, rotary bits, drill pipes, shock absorbers, subs, check valves, hammer sleeves and accessories. See the new tubeless WH TL -hammer series for DTH drilling, which functions without the foot valve, often considered to be the most fragile part when drilling, thus eliminating the operational downtime needed to replace the valve. The hammer features improved strength and optimal performance, as well as adjustable airflow, to allow for increased efficiency. Please read more from Robit DTH WH TL Hammer Catalogue.

Robit products are specially designed to offer maximum reliability with cost-effective drilling in variable ground conditions.

Emission free sustainable green energy with Robit well drilling products!

Robit NGWA-team