Camcut AB strengthens its operations in Sweden with an experienced machining specialist
Camcut AB is strengthening its local operations in Sweden as Jan-Erik Saukko, with approximately 25 years of experience in metal cutting, has started as a Technical Sales Specialist. Based in southern Stockholm, Saukko is responsible for technical sales and the development of customer relationships, primarily in the Stockholm region, Mälardalen, Uppland and the Uppsala area.
Jan-Erik’s work focuses particularly on cutting tools and tooling solutions from Walter Tools as well as other solutions for the manufacturing industry represented by Camcut. Thanks to his long background in machining, his role is not only about selling individual products, but about understanding the customer’s production and finding practical, workable solutions to develop their machining processes.
Jan-Erik is Camcut AB’s first technical salesperson working locally in Sweden, but the entire Camcut Group organization stands behind the Swedish operations. The Group’s shared resources support Camcut AB in areas such as customer service, order processing, purchasing, invoicing, logistics, marketing and the development of digital services.
“We are not building our operations in Sweden around a single person. Jan-Erik is responsible for local sales and customer work, but he has the expertise of the whole Group and our partners at his disposal. For us, it is important that the customer gets a local contact person who understands metal cutting in practice and can discuss production on the same technical level as the customer,” says Janne Pesonen, Managing Director of Camcut AB.
The team supporting Camcut AB’s operations in Sweden together with the new Technical Sales Specialist, Jan-Erik Saukko. From left in the photo: Mikko Vepsäläinen, CEO of Camcut Group, Jan-Erik Saukko, Salla Pesonen, Administration Manager, and Janne Pesonen.
25 years of experience in metal cutting and CNC manufacturing
Jan-Erik Saukko’s interest in metalworking was sparked already during his studies and led to a long career in the manufacturing industry. Over the course of his professional career, he has worked at MG Instrument, LK Precision Parts and, most recently, for almost ten years at LKAB Wassara AB.
Over the years, Saukko has built extensive hands-on experience in turning, milling, CNC machining and industrial manufacturing. In addition to his machining background, he has nearly ten years of experience with CAM software and modern high-efficiency toolpaths, especially in GibbsCAM.
The combination of practical machining and CAM programming makes it possible to view the customer’s situation from a broader perspective than just choosing a single tool. Besides the tool itself, factors such as programming, machining strategy, fixturing, cutting data, machine characteristics and the functionality of the entire manufacturing process can influence the final solution.
“When you have stood at the machine yourself and programmed parts, you understand that everything in production is interconnected. Not even a good tool solves everything if the rest of the process doesn’t support it. For me, it is important first to understand what the customer is manufacturing and where the real challenge lies,” says Saukko.
Solving technical problems and continuously developing his skills has been a central part of his professional life.
“In metal cutting, learning basically never ends. Materials, tools, machines and methods are constantly evolving. I want to share my own experience with customers, but it is just as important to listen to their experience and keep learning myself. The best solutions are usually found together.”
Jan-Erik Saukko is responsible for Camcut AB’s technical sales and the development of customer relationships in Sweden. With around 25 years of hands-on experience in metal cutting, he has a strong foundation for helping customers develop their production and machining processes.
Although Saukko has tried other roles during his career, the manufacturing industry has always drawn him back.
“My heart belongs to industry,” he sums up.
In his new role, Saukko is particularly looking forward to customer visits, meeting new people and the opportunity to use his long machining experience from a new perspective.
“It’s interesting to see different production environments and solve very different machining challenges. A customer may have a small, specific problem or a broader need to develop the entire process. Both are equally interesting when you can work with them in practice.”
Saukko serves customers fluently in Swedish, Finnish and English.
Before his actual customer work began, he spent his first work week together with the Camcut Group team in Finland. During the onboarding, they went through Camcut’s products, systems, ways of working and partners, and built up the practical cooperation with the people who support Camcut AB’s daily operations.
The Camcut Group’s administrative organization serves the Group’s companies across borders. For example, Administration Manager Salla Pesonen is responsible for customer service, order handling, purchasing, invoicing, logistics and delivery coordination also for Camcut AB’s customers. Jan-Erik, in turn, focuses on local sales, customer visits and technical customer work.
“The first week was a good way to quickly get into how Camcut operates and to get to know the people who are behind my work. Even though I work in Sweden and meet customers here, I am not doing the job alone. The entire organization is behind me,” says Saukko.
Close cooperation with Walter Tools continues in Sweden
Walter Tools has been one of Camcut’s most important partners since the company was founded. Camcut is a Gold Level Channel Partner of Walter Tools, and Walter’s cutting tools and tooling solutions are also an important part of Camcut AB’s offering in Sweden.
At the start of his new role, Jan-Erik took part in intensive product training on Walter Tools’ products and solutions together with Anders Oxonius, Application Engineer / Technical Trainer at Walter Norden, and Jörgen Frisendahl, Sales Manager – Sweden & Export Markets at Walter Tools. The cooperation with Walter Tools already has a strong practical foundation. Jan-Erik and Anders Oxonius are former colleagues, and their previous cooperation now continues in a new form, with Jan-Erik working in technical sales at Camcut AB and Anders as a technical specialist and trainer at Walter Norden. Together with Jörgen Frisendahl and the rest of Walter’s organization, this creates excellent conditions for close collaboration around customers and technical solutions in the Swedish market.
“It feels good to continue working with Anders and at the same time work closely with Jörgen and the rest of Walter’s organization in my new role. Anders and I have known each other for a long time, so it’s easy to discuss technical issues directly and in practical terms. Walter’s product range is extensive, and close cooperation with their technical organization and sales is an important part of our ability to help customers even in demanding machining situations,” says Saukko.
According to Pesonen, close collaboration with manufacturers’ technical and commercial organizations is a core part of how Camcut works.
“Walter Tools has long been a very important partner for us. In Sweden, we want to build our operations so that the local customer work, Camcut AB’s expertise, and Walter’s technical and commercial organization support one another. Jan-Erik’s and Anders’ previous cooperation, as well as Jörgen’s role in the Swedish market, give us a very strong foundation for this,” says Pesonen.
Pictured from left: Jan-Erik Saukko, Jörgen Frisendahl and Anders Oxonius. During the training, Jörgen and Anders introduced Jan-Erik to Walter Tools’ products, solutions and their practical applications in metal cutting. The close cooperation with Walter Tools supports Camcut AB’s technical sales and customer work in Sweden.
From practical expertise to a broader service offering
Camcut was founded in 2014 on the idea that cutting tools, CAM software and expert services for manufacturing should be viewed as a whole that supports the same manufacturing process.
In just over ten years, operations have expanded from cutting tools and CAM software to solutions for tool and workholding, measuring and quality assurance, workshop products, digital services and expert services for manufacturing process development.
Camcut serves several hundred customers, from small workshops to large international industrial companies and technical education organizations. The partner network includes over 40 international manufacturers, software companies and technology firms.
In addition to products, the business includes training, technical support, implementation, CAM programming and method planning. The idea is, when needed, to go deeper than a single tool and review the entire manufacturing process together with the customer.
“Jan-Erik’s background fits well with how we want to work with technical sales. We don’t go to the customer just to present products. First, we need to understand what is being manufactured, on which machine, with which method, and where the challenges in the process are. Only then can we assess which solution actually benefits the customer,” says Pesonen.
Key personnel from Camcut Group introduced Jan-Erik to Camcut’s products, systems and ways of working during his first work week.
Operations in Sweden are part of Camcut Group’s international growth
Camcut Group was founded in 2025 to provide a foundation for international growth. The Group includes Camcut Oy and Camcut AB, which is responsible for operations in Sweden. The Group’s shared resources are used to support the local companies in areas such as administration, marketing, business development and digital services.
Sweden was chosen as the first new market partly because of its strong manufacturing industry and the discussions held with Camcut’s long-term partners.
The intention is not to copy an existing operating model directly into a new market, but to combine the Group’s existing expertise with local presence and build the business together with Swedish customers.
“The task of Camcut Group is to develop shared services, expertise and digital solutions that can be used locally in different markets. In Sweden, Jan-Erik’s practical experience in metal cutting and his local customer work are now being combined with the whole we have built up over more than ten years,” says Mikko Vepsäläinen, Managing Director of Camcut Group.
Digital services are part of Camcut Group’s shared operations. The free Camcut app, launched in 2018, has been downloaded more than 200,000 times worldwide and already several thousand times in Sweden.
The app has been developed as a technical handbook for machine operators, CAM programmers, production engineers, students and other professionals in the manufacturing industry. It includes, among other things, extensive threading data and ISO tolerance tables, calculation tools for metal cutting and other technical calculators as well as various tables and guides.
The app is free of charge and available in 11 languages, including Swedish.
“The starting point for the app is very practical. We wanted to gather the technical information that is continuously needed in the workshop in one place so that it can be quickly found even on a mobile phone. The Swedish content has been in the app for a long time, and now that our local operations are growing, its importance is increasing further,” says Vepsäläinen.
Camcut is also active on social media. On Facebook, the Swedish audience is served by Camcut Sverige, where Swedish-language content is published about metal cutting, tools, technology and other current topics in the manufacturing industry. On LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube, Camcut operates under the name Camcut Group. The most viewed video on the YouTube channel has received nearly two million views.
The goal is long-term partnerships with Swedish workshops
Camcut Group employees who support Camcut AB’s operations also introduced Jan-Erik, during the training, to Camcut’s wide range of partners and solutions, which include Walter Tools, Toolhive, up2parts, Kemmler and Mahr.
Camcut AB’s operations in Sweden are being built step by step. With Jan-Erik’s start, there is now a local technical specialist with practical experience in metal cutting working directly in customers’ production environments.
Behind him are the other employees of Camcut Group, a partner network of more than 40 manufacturers and technology companies, and technical experts from, among others, Walter Tools. These resources can be combined as needed to solve the customer’s problems or develop their production.
“For me, the most important thing is to build trust with the customer. That is not created by trying to sell as much as possible during the first visit, but by listening, understanding the production and being able to help when there is a real need. If the customer feels that he or she can call me even when a difficult technical situation arises, then we are on the right track,” says Saukko.
According to Pesonen, Camcut AB’s operations in Sweden will be built exactly around this way of working.
“In Sweden, our goal is to do the same thing we have been doing for over ten years: help companies in the manufacturing industry develop their production, efficiency and competitiveness. We combine cutting tools, software solutions and our expert services into a whole that is backed by our solid practical expertise in metal cutting. We want to be a technical partner that can participate in developing the customer’s entire manufacturing process,” says Pesonen.
Location: Stockholm region
