Automation, instrumentation & electrification

Life-cycle planning minimizes the risks, costs, and environmental impact as well as contributes to timely investments

In electrical automation, the goal of life-cycle planning is to optimize the life-cycle cost of a system or piece of equipment, minimize its environmental impact, and manage the risks involved.

Effective life-cycle planning and maintenance enable significant cost reductions. Reducing the environmental impact of products and services may include improving resource-efficiency and energy-efficiency as well as the reuse of materials. Professional life-cycle planning can identify and manage the risks concerning a system or piece of equipment, thereby preventing unforeseen production outages or malfunctions.

Insta employee and customer at the heating plant

Our life-cycle services ensure operability even under demanding conditions

Our life-cycle services include safety and modernization surveys, replacements, overhaul services, spare part deliveries, and operation and maintenance training for the personnel. We work with production facilities, automation systems and electrical automation equipment, providing life-cycle planning and life-cycle service implementation. We are independent of any specific systems or equipment, which means that we will always deliver the technology that serves the customer in the best possible way.

We can help you keep your processes running and ensure uninterrupted deliveries. Our life-cycle services ensure the operability of electrical automation systems and equipment even under demanding conditions.

The guidelines for life-cycle management are defined together

Our life-cycle services for customer systems or equipment cover the planning, implementation of actions, and maintenance in the scope agreed upon with the customer. We can offer you the maintenance and development services for automation and electrical systems as well as the training and on-call services you need.

In addition to contract-specific service packages, we offer life cycle, upkeep, and maintenance services as separate project-specific services.

After defining the guidelines with you, we can start going through your equipment systematically and prepare a long-term plan that presents the future maintenance needs of your equipment. We carefully document all of the work.

Data brings intelligence and forecasting into maintenance

Maintenance and renovation of equipment are also needed for the collection and transfer of data. System and equipment upgrades and replacements provide opportunities to create something new and develop the business further through digitalization.

Decades of experience in working in industrial environments and investments in continuous development make us a qualified partner for data-driven industrial maintenance projects. Industrial data projects make production processes more stable, improve productivity, and create forecast models and engines that contribute to better adjustment and control of maintenance and production.

Intelligent maintenance based on measurements and data analysis drives sustainable development, improves competitiveness, and acts as a strategic tool. Since intelligent maintenance is guided by expected changes in equipment condition that are forecast based on regular measurements rather than running hours or production volumes, it reduces the risk of production failures.

Total optimized preventive maintenance is reflected in production through various production methods and strategies. It refers to advance measures for optimizing the production capability and equipment lifespan. This ensures the reliability of production and extends the service life of equipment.

Insta Key Account Manager Lasse Hietala, Tampere Water technical expert Heikki Syrjälä, and current Head of Maintenance and Lifecycle Projects Janne Niiranen at the Mustalampi water intake facility.

Maintenance and life-cycle service contracts

We have developed our contract model for maintenance and life-cycle services over the course of more than 20 years, and we offer it to our customers operating in water services, energy production and distribution, stage technology, and the food industry. Among other things, it includes on-call service around the clock, the documentation and life-cycle management service Insta Wahti™ Support, which we developed for automation systems based on customer needs, and a contractual operating model based on the SOPIVA guidelines by the National Emergency Supply Agency.

DS Smith's Tampere factory photographed from the air.

Comprehensive partnership in maintenance

Our services also include the comprehensive maintenance and life-cycle management of production technology. This continuous service is offered on location at the customer’s facility. Our partnership model is designed to be as simple and interactive as possible. We carry out maintenance and upkeep activities at the customer’s facility according to the agreed needs, and our services may also include regulatory responsibilities in terms of electrical supervision and operation management. We can also help with procurement, if needed.

References-15.12.2021

Case Finnsementti: Improved operational reliability through main power distribution modernization

The pneumatic disconnectors, circuit breakers, protection relays, current transformers, and all auxiliary equipment with wiring in the dual busbar system of an old power plant were renewed in a large scale main power distribution modernization project at Finnsementti’s Parainen plant. Implemented without a single unplanned outage, the modernization significantly improved operational reliability, the plant has experienced no power outages caused by equipment failures since the modernization.

ModernizationElectrificationLifecycle services

References-4.12.2020

Case Kuopion Vesi Oy - Strategy Led to Partnership – Insta Delivers Advanced and Secure Solutions for Kuopion Vesi

With the modernization of the Lehtoniemi wastewater treatment plant, the Itkonniemi water treatment plant and several other renovation projects Insta has become a trusted maintenance and life cycle service partner for Kuopion Vesi. Kuopion Vesi has pursued a strategy based on one automation supplier and a unified automation system — an approach that harmonizes solutions, improves maintenance efficiency and enables a more streamlined stand by model with a smaller on call team.

AutomationLifecycle servicesCritical infrastructureInsta WahtiTurn-key deliviries

References-20.10.2020

Insta secures the availability of district heating through maintenance and development services

Tampereen Energia, specialized in energy production, distribution, and sales, has in recent years focused on addressing the challenges posed by climate change. This has required investments in renewable energy sources and smart solutions. District heating plays a central role in this overall effort.

Critical infraGreen transitionLifecycle servicesMaintenanceAutomation

News-15.6.2026

Insta is participating in the SecureSoC project, which strengthens cybersecurity, security of supply and semiconductor expertise in Finland

Tampere University has launched the SecureSoC project that aims to develop secure system-on-chip (SoC) technologies for future critical systems in Finland. This collaborative development initiative is funded by Business Finland and involves Insta, Nokia, VLSI Solution, Wapice, Xiphera and TTTech Flexibilis as industry partners. The total budget for the three-year SecureSoC project is €6.7 million.

Press ReleaseCyber securityNetwork securityInformation security

References-8.6.2026

Case Fishheart: An innovative solution guides migratory fish safely past dams

The Fishheart system developed by a Finnish company safely guides endangered migratory fish past dams to their natural spawning grounds. Insta and Siemens supported the system’s development into the scaling phase and enabled its international growth.

AutomationTurn-key deliviries

News-4.6.2026

Protecting mission-critical communications in the quantum era – Insta launches new SafeLink Confidential™ release

Finland's first encryption solution evaluated for post-quantum security helps protect government, defence and critical infrastructure communications across Europe.

Cybersecurity consultingDigital identityPress ReleaseNetwork securityData privacyInformation security

Your lifecycle partner for industrial automation, electrification, and digitalization