All of Mirka’s products are manufactured in Finland and more than 90 % are exported and sold in over 80 countries, including via subsidiaries located in Europe, North America, South America and Asia.

Mirka's production facilities, the head office and department for research and development are located in Jeppo on the west coast of Finland. The textile bottom material for the net products is manufactured in Karis. A part of the production, the warehouse for finished products and the shipping are located in Oravais, close to Jeppo, from where Mirka products are exported worldwide.

Fourteen subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Germany, the U.S.A., Sweden (branch offices in Norway and Denmark), France, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, Singapore, China, Russia, Canada and India are maintaining close contacts with individual customers on a local level.

Environmental responsibility is a natural part of Mirka’s activities and product development. We make sure to take the environment into consideration in all our activities by following the environmental management system ISO 14001.

Already in the product planning stage, the environmental issues and the recycling policy are taken into consideration. Not only do we strive to consider the environmental impact of our own operations, but we also co-operate with our subcontractors in order to pay attention to the environmental impact in all stages of the planning and production process.

Another aspect of our environmental policy states that the equipment and the abrasives manufactured at Mirka have to be long-lasting. One aim in our production development is also to make the products even more long-lasting, which furthermore will mean a reduction in the amount of waste. We also strive to make our product packages easily recyclable. A future aim is to develop new materials that are even more environmentally friendly than the present ones.

We constantly try to improve our customers work environment as well as develop the ergonomic features of our products. The dust-free abrasive, Abranet®, developed and patented by Mirka, has made a large improvement towards work safety and reduced environmental impact. Abranet® remarkably improves the traditionally demanding working conditions in factories and paint-shops by reducing the amount of hazardous dust in the air when sanding. Workers avoid being exposed to the dust, the requirements for air-conditioning are smaller and therefore the energy costs can be reduced.

Eco-efficiency and continuous development are our principles when choosing both raw materials as well as planning the structure of our products. In most cases, an environmentally friendly production process will also be economic, precise, effective and safe. These are the types of processes we want to develop and work with.

The Mirka motto, ‘Quality from Start to Finish’, states the company’s high standards for all to see. We set high standards for ourselves, our environment and our products and innovation is at the forefront of our success. Mirka people are encouraged to continually challenge traditional concepts and apply creative thinking to develop unique solutions that give customers a clear edge. For example, Mirka’s Net Sanding concept makes it the first abrasives manufacturer in the world to develop a dust-free sanding solution that actually achieved what it set out to do – sand without dust!

Mirka is also the first company in the abrasives sector to be independently assessed and certified for the three most important quality standards – ISO 9001 quality assurance system, ISO 14001 environmental management system and the OHSAS 18001 occupational health and safety management system.

All of Mirka’s products are manufactured in Finland and more than 90 % are exported and sold in over 80 countries, including via subsidiaries located in Europe, North America, South America and Asia.

Mirka’s focus on R&D has allowed it to offer a complete range of technically superior, high quality abrasives, tools and supplementary products. Together they offer a total innovative solution that delivers real benefits to customers in terms of speed, first-class efficiency, surface finish quality and cost effectiveness.

The extensive range includes unique and patented products such as Abralon and Abranet which have quickly become highly-regarded names in the abrasives field. In fact, the performance of these innovative dust-free surface finishing technologies has proven so superior to traditional systems, they have already changed many people’s perceptions of sanding.

By maximising efficiency while also minimising costs it’s easy to see why the Mirka range is more than a match for the most demanding applications.

Mirka is the ultimate ‘total sanding solution’!