Mika Laitinen is a manufacturing and automation professional with more than 30 years of experience in the manufacturing industry, including 16 years at Fastems, a global leader in intelligent factory automation.

Throughout his career, Mika has worked with manufacturers around the world, helping them transform production operations through automation, digitalization, and flexible manufacturing. His expertise spans robotics integration, Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS), software systems integration and factory intralogistics, enabling manufacturers to maximize productivity, responsiveness, and operational efficiency.

Mika has helped numerous defense manufacturers unlock hidden production capacity, improve operational resilience, and maximize the return on their manufacturing investments. He is passionate about demonstrating how flexible automation and digital manufacturing solutions can increase output from both existing and new production resources while supporting long-term growth, readiness and competitiveness.

Drawing on three decades of manufacturing experience and extensive involvement in automation projects worldwide, Mika brings practical insights into how manufacturers can increase capacity, enhance manufacturing readiness, and build sustainable competitive advantage through intelligent automation and digitalized production.