About us
“I told you so!”
In 2023 we have 70 employees, 8 of whom are family members. We believe that our people are the biggest asset in our company. Their know-how has an important role in achieving the company vision. We thrive to provide our customers satisfaction using innovative technologies, while maintaining the family and work friendly business environment we are proud of as a company.
Facilities are located conveniently between Tallinn and Paldiski, Estonia.
70 Employees
7 Manual Bending Machines
4 Robotic Bending Machines
Punching / Laser
Capacity
500 T/Month
Average 7-12 Years Employee Experience at AS VALDEK
Approx. 13 Million € 2023 Turnover
History
Starting Up
The company started as a one man show by Mihkel Valdek in his own garage.
In 1995 he purchased the production building at Piiri 12A, Kelia to expand the production area from 188 m² to 300 m².
Catching Up
Purchased CNC controlled punching and bending machines.
Caught up to base technology standards for current sheet metal production companies.
Changing Up
All 3 sons of Mihkel Valdek joined the company with strong ambitions to grow and lead success for the company.
Began new changes such as expanding the production building and integrations of own developed software to main ERP.
Looking Up
With the expansion of the building complete, it was time to start on longer goals for the future. The future main production facility at Väljaotsa, Keila is currently in development.
We are constantly challenging ourselves to think of new ideas and setting new standards to make our company at the front line in the sheet metal production industry.
Certificates
Our company complies with the quality management system ISO 9001:2015 and environmental management system ISO 14001:2015.
AS Valdek follows these management principles:
- reliability; professionalism;
- high quality of products; implementation of new technologies;
- high motivation of employees;
- clear and easy-to-understand rules;
- safe and healthy working environment;
- continuing development and learning by employees;
- environment-friendly production; compliance with legislation (standards and legislative acts);
- customer requirements.
In environmental management we take into account:
- sustainable use of raw materials and recycling;
- technical condition of appliances;
- waste management;
- controlled use of chemicals;
- energy use;
- noise pollution;
- sustainable use of natural resources.
Participation in creating family and work-friendly work environment and organizational culture
In a silver-level organisation the management knows how to make the organisation’s culture more family-friendly.
This is done by giving the employees more autonomy and by replacing job descriptions with role descriptions.
Such a company is also characterised by inclusive management, reduced bureaucracy, lack of micro-management, etc.
TOP 2021
Estonian business newspaper ranked AS Valdek as one of the top ranked companies of 2021
Gasell 2014/2017
50%profit increase over three years
New production
Väljaotsa, Keila
Innovate tomorrow’s productions,
solving tomorrow’s needs.
Building Area: 7500 m2
Production Area: 6400 m2
Production Area:
- Bending
- Punching
- Assembly
- Sub-Operations
- Laser Cutting
- Powder Painting
- Coil-Cutting
- Automated Store System
etc.