Dinner for Decision-Makers of Manufacturing
Turn Installed Base Visibility into Business Growth
Installed base visibility has become one of the key challenges for manufacturing companies. When product, customer and service data is scattered across systems, partners and manual processes, it becomes difficult to grow service, spare parts, and lifecycle business.
Restaurant Demo, Helsinki
Thu 11.6.2026
15:30–20:00
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Most manufacturers know they lack visibility into their installed base.
This session shows a practical way to fix that, without starting a large transformation.
What we’ll show
What installed base visibility looks like in practice
How partner data is captured and kept up to date
How service teams actually use that data
What changes in day-to-day work
No slides. No long presentations. Just a working demo.
When Installed Base Visibility Is Missing
When installed base data is scattered across systems, partners and manual processes, developing service, spare parts and lifecycle business becomes more difficult.
The Demo @ Demo dinner explores how manufacturing companies can build visibility into their installed base while creating a foundation for new revenue streams.
What you can expect?
Fresh ideas for building future growth around your installed base
Insights into manufacturing, service and lifecycle business trends
The first introduction to the new Solteq LifeBase solution
A practical view of what 360° installed base visibility can look like and examples of how service and aftermarket teams can use installed base data in daily operations
An evening around visibility, growth and modern manufacturing business
Keynotes, a live Solteq LifeBase demo, discussion and dinner with industry decision-makers at Michelin-starred Restaurant Demo in Helsinki.
Welcome
Sacha Helfenstein, Director, Advisory, Solteq
Who Owns Your Customer – Is Your Business Standing Still or Building Growth?
Keynote: Timo Seppälä
When the Best Product Is No Longer Enough
How to Turn a 20-Year Product Lifecycle into a 20-Year Revenue Stream?
Keynote: Mikko Seppä
Solteq LifeBase: Building the Foundation for Scalable Growth in 90 Days
Sacha Helfenstein, Director, Advisory, Solteq
Michelin Dinner at Restaurant Demo
A multi-course tasting menu inspired by the season and the kitchen, offering a unique experience of modern Finnish and European gastronomy.
KEYNOTE
Who Owns Your Customer – Is Your Business Standing Still or Building Growth?
Timo Seppälä, D.Sc. (Tech) works as a university lecturer at Aalto University. His expertise focuses on operations management and the use of digital technologies across different business contexts.
Over the past decade, Seppälä has studied industrial platform economy, related technologies, the transformation of the industrial internet and their impact on Finland’s economic growth and industrial renewal. In addition to his academic work, he has over 20 years of experience in board, leadership and business development roles in Finnish and international companies. He currently serves as Chair of the Board at Koja Group.
In his keynote, Seppälä will discuss how competition in manufacturing is shifting from products to ownership of customer relationships, data and service business.
You will hear:
- Why service and aftermarket business is growing in strategic importance
- How the Data Act and industrial internet are changing the competitive landscape
- Why installed base visibility is becoming a foundation for future growth
KEYNOTE
When the Best Product Is No Longer Enough
How to Turn a 20-Year Product Lifecycle into a 20-Year Revenue Stream?
Mikko Seppä is a Finnish serial entrepreneur, keynote speaker and author with over 20 years of experience in building B2B sales and commercial growth. He is the CEO of HeadQ, a digital sales tool for manufacturing companies.
Seppä is known for challenging established thinking around sales, customer relationships and growth. In his keynote, he will explore why the next competitive advantage in manufacturing is no longer created by the product alone — but by the ability to build continuous business around the full lifecycle of the product.
You will hear:
- Why the best product alone is no longer enough to create competitive advantage
- How to understand your end customer, even when sales or delivery happens through partners
- How aftermarket can be turned from a cost center into a competitive advantage
Näkyvyydestä käytännön kilpailueduksi
Kaksi keynote-puheenvuoroa, miten valmistavan teollisuuden yritykset muuttavat laitekantaan liittyvän tiedon paremmiksi päätöksiksi, tehokkaammaksi toiminnaksi ja kasvuksi.
KEYNOTE
Paras tuote ei enää riitä.
Miten muutat tuotteen 20 vuoden elinkaaren 20 vuoden tulovirraksi?
Mikko Seppä on suomalainen sarjayrittäjä, keynote-puhuja ja tietokirjailija, jolla on yli 20 vuoden kokemus B2B-myynnin ja kaupallisen kasvun rakentamisesta. Hän toimii toimitusjohtajana HeadQ:ssa, joka on digitaalisen myynnin työkalu valmistaville yrityksille. Mikko tunnetaan kyvystään haastaa vakiintuneita ajattelumalleja myynnistä, asiakkuuksista ja kasvusta.
Puheenvuorossaan Seppä käsittelee, miksi valmistavan teollisuuden seuraava kilpailuetu ei synny enää pelkästään tuotteista – vaan kyvystä rakentaa jatkuvaa liiketoimintaa koko laitteen elinkaaren ympärille.
Puheenvuorossa kuulet:- Miksi paras tuote ei enää yksin riitä kilpailueduksi
- Miten laitekantaan liittyvä näkyvyys ratkaisee tulevaisuuden kasvun
- Kuinka huolto-, varaosa- ja palveluliiketoiminnasta rakennetaan jatkuvaa tulovirtaa
Lisää näkemyksiä ja käytännön havaintoja jaetaan puheenvuoron aikana.
KEYNOTE
Kuka omistaa asiakkuutesi huomenna – rakennatko kasvua vai menetätkö sitä?
TkT Timo Seppälä työskentelee yliopistolehtorina Aalto-yliopistossa. Hänen asiantuntemuksensa keskittyy yritysten operaatioiden johtamiseen sekä digitaalisten teknologioiden hyödyntämiseen eri liiketoiminnoissa. Viimeisen kymmenen vuoden aikana Seppälä on tutkinut erityisesti teollista alustataloutta, siihen liittyviä teknologioita, teollisen internetin murrosta ja niiden vaikutuksia Suomen talouskasvuun ja teollisuuden uudistumiseen.
Akateemisen työnsä lisäksi Seppälällä on yli 20 vuoden kokemus suomalaisten ja kansainvälisten yritysten hallitus-, johto- ja liiketoiminnan kehitystehtävistä. Tällä hetkellä hän toimii Koja Groupin hallituksen puheenjohtajana.
Seppälä avaa keynote-puheessaan, miten valmistavan teollisuuden kilpailu siirtyy tuotteista asiakkuuden, datan ja palveluliiketoiminnan omistamiseen. Puheenvuorossa kuulet:
- Miksi huolto- ja palveluliiketoiminnan merkitys kasvaa nopeasti
- Miten Data Act ja teollinen internet muuttavat kilpailuasetelmaa
- Miksi näkyvyys laitekantaan ratkaisee tulevaisuuden kasvun
Lisää näkökulmia ja konkreettisia esimerkkejä puheenvuorossa.
Who Is This Event For?
- Machinery and equipment manufacturers
- Leaders responsible for service, aftermarket, and digital business in manufacturing companies
- Companies struggling with fragmented installed base data
Why Attend?
- See a working practical solution — not just a concept
- Understand what can be achieved in months, not years
- Ask questions in a small and relaxed setting
More than a demo
An evening about visibility, growth, and competitive advantage in manufacturing

Contact information
Ulla Kauppila
Sales Director, Commerce & Data