Seco
About Company
Seco is one of the largest suppliers of integrated solutions for metalworking: we supply tools for milling, turning, hole processing and auxiliary tools. Throughout our more than 80-year history, we have been more than just a supplier of metal cutting tools. We develop and supply our customers with comprehensive technological solutions to maximize the productivity and profitability of their production facilities.
The company is headquartered in Fagersta, Sweden. Today, Seco unites more than 4,100 employees in its representative offices in more than 75 countries around the world. All Seco employees around the world share our common values: customer orientation, an atmosphere of trust and involvement in work.
Seco employees strive to apply their extensive experience in the industry to help our customers solve their production problems. Relationships built on trust and mutual respect are vital for our common success. We carry out joint projects with industrial
Sustainable development
Seco builds its business on the following important aspects:
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financial responsibility;
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environmental responsibility;
- social responsibility.
This is a fundamental condition for successful work. Compliance with the principles of responsibility and the company's desire to organize its work in the global market, taking into account the peculiarities of each region, are the hallmark of our activities.
Seco's corporate ethics rules are based on the financial, environmental and social responsibility of the organization. They define the responsibilities of Seco as a responsible employer, company, responsible business partner, and are also an integral part of working with suppliers. The rules of corporate ethics apply to all employees working in all our branches. These rules have been translated into the languages of all countries in which Seco has operating subsidiaries and conducts its activities.
The company's financial responsibility is based on Seco's desire to create additional benefits for its customers, employees and other stakeholders whose activities have a direct impact on the company's work, as well as those for whom cooperation with Seco is very important. This is achieved by providing high-quality equipment and services aimed at ensuring the productivity growth of our partners.
Seco strives for high efficiency in the use of energy and natural resources in accordance with the principle of "Reasonable consumption – Reuse – recycling". To a large extent, the Group uses systems for the processing and disposal of materials and carries out work to prevent and minimize environmental pollution.
Environmental audit is an integral part of all operations and is regulated by a number of environmental tasks that are updated annually, and their implementation is monitored during internal and external audits.
Our values
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Customer focus, an atmosphere of trust, and involvement in work are the three values that together make up Seco's corporate culture. These three terms contain a set of Seco values, which we call "Our common Values". They not only reflect the company's business picture, but also unite Seco employees belonging to different geographical and cultural regions of the world.
Over time, Seco turned from a small company operating in the town of Fagersta into a group of companies on a global scale with operations conducted on all continents of the world. That is why we believe that it is very important for a Group to have a permanent and unified image, regardless of where its activities are carried out in the world.
The work on this was started in 2007 with the aim of identifying a number of values that could describe the work of Seco. The company, therefore, decided to appeal to its employees for their opinion. After one year of interviews, surveys, seminars and team sessions, three components – enthusiasm for customers, family spirit and personal commitment of each of the employees-were called "Our common values". |
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Employees ' view of our business
In the set of our common values, "Customer orientation" means understanding that fulfilling obligations to customers builds trusting and long-term relationships. The proximity of customers and the high level of service are and have always been two key factors around which Seco's competitiveness has been built. Without customer orientation in working with customers, Seco would not be the company it is today.
The atmosphere of trust is one more quality that characterizes Seco throughout the company's history. Seco maintains an open and friendly working environment, expressing respect for the cultural characteristics of each employee. All our employees belong to one family, in which everyone shares their knowledge with others. Every employee in any of our representative offices is responsible for the implementation of this goal.
We believe that involvement in the work ensures the success of the company and contributes to the improvement of our work. Thus, a common priority for our employees is the constant desire to implement innovative solutions and high quality products and services. These two factors are the key to further success thanks to the efforts of dedicated and motivated employees.
Mission and Concept
MISSION
Seco's business mission is to develop, manufacture and globally sell metalworking products that meet the requirements of our customers in terms of quality, service and cost. Our product range includes solutions for milling, turning, hole processing, tooling.
CONCEPT
Our concept is the recognition of our customers and cooperation with them as a single supplier offering comprehensive solutions for metalworking.
Seco embodies this concept through a personal interest in maximizing the competitiveness of its customers, providing solutions based on high-performance technologies and related services.
Our history of innovation
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The history of Seco begins with a small company Fagersta Bruks, leading its history since the beginning of the 17th century. The company produced steel wire, steel pipes, rifle barrels and springs for railway cars, and since 1932 launched the production of hard alloy products. Gradually, the company produced more and more new cutting tools. One of the alloys was named Seco, which means “I cut " in Latin, this name later gave the name to a separate division in the transformed group of companies.
In the 50s and 60s, the Fagersta Group made large investments in the field of hard alloy production. The Group acquired several manufacturing companies, becoming one of the three largest European manufacturers of tungsten carbide. Several new products were mastered, including replaceable mechanical plates that later became the main profile of the company.
In those years, the revolutionary S25M alloy and the first replaceable coated plates were released. In the 80s and 90s, Seco expanded rapidly and opened several branches outside of Sweden. Today, the Seco Group unites more than 50 subsidiary trade organizations and has its representative offices in more than 75 countries around the world. |
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Quality Policy
The Seco Group's quality policy ensures that our production processes and product quality meet the highest international standards. Our goal is to meet the expectations of our customers, and at best - to provide our customers around the world with products and services of a quality level that exceeds their expectations.
Our production sites are certified in accordance with the ISO 9001 standard. The high quality standards applied at all our production sites allow us to remain one of the leaders of the world market of metal-cutting tools.
Each member of the Seco team is personally responsible for quality. We regularly develop and conduct internal staff trainings designed to improve our understanding of customers, their experience and their expectations of our products and services. With our LIFE program (Little Improvements From Everyone, "Small improvements from Everyone"), every Seco employee has the opportunity to have a positive impact on our business processes, and as a result-in meeting the needs of customers.
Our principles in the field of quality
Seco® provides its customers with high-performance solutions for the metalworking industry. We focus on improving the productivity and competitiveness of our customers ' production facilities and establishing long-term mutually beneficial partnerships.
Solving the problems of our clients
- The high quality of our products ensures the high and consistent quality of our customers ' production processes.
- We always strive to be at the forefront of the development of the metalworking market.
Zero level of marriage
- Zero marriage is our guiding principle in everything we do.
- Our approach to achieve this goal is to be active and act proactively.
- If any inconsistencies occur, we will immediately take measures to correct them.
Additional processes
- We strive to improve efficiency and optimize our processes in order to increase productivity in our own operations and in the operations of our customers.
Continuous improvement
Quality improvement goals, plans and measures are an integral part of our work.
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