EMPROWA AB · MALMÖ · 2014
Operator-built systems
for the directors of the shopfloor.
Emprowa builds and owns B2B software for the people who run factories — designed by operators who have spent decades on the floor, not by SaaS founders who heard about Lean at a conference.
WHAT WE ARE
Our mission is to bridge the gap between high-level industrial strategy and shop-floor reality.
Built on three decades of operational excellence.
Emprowa AB was founded in Malmö in 2014 by Gösta Seuranen, bringing together over 25 years of deep industrial expertise. Following a ten-year tenure at Tetra Pak and five years at Efeso Consulting, Gösta has spent the last twelve years as a specialised Efeso contractor leading large-scale WCOM and TPM rollouts.
This expertise has been deployed across global operations for industry leaders, including:
- Pulp, Paper & Packaging
- Stora Enso · SCA · BillerudKorsnäs
- Food, Beverage & Consumer Goods
- FrieslandCampina · Heineken · Oatly · Nobia
- Healthcare
- Galderma
Global footprint
- Nordics
- Sweden · Finland
- Europe
- Netherlands · United Kingdom
- Asia
- China · Indonesia · Vietnam · Thailand · Mongolia
- Americas
- United States
Our evolution: productising expertise.
After decades of traditional consultancy, we recognised that the greatest barrier to sustained excellence is the “knowledge gap” left behind when a consultant exits. To solve this, Emprowa has shifted from selling hours to providing digital operating systems.
We have distilled nearly three decades of grey-hair experience into specialised platforms designed to automate discipline and scale results.
- Founded
- 2014
- Registered
- Malmö, SE
- Products
- 2 Platforms
- VAT
- SE556966101901
OUR PRODUCTS
Two products. One discipline.
LeanTheCompany
The Lean Transformation Platform
A digital workspace for plant-cell Lean transformations — VSM, Makigami, Kaizen, A3 — with an AI sensei built into the canvas.
For: Operators, Lean coaches, Transformation Cells
Visit leanthecompany.comTPM-OS
Total Productive Maintenance, operating system
TPM pillars and autonomous-maintenance routines for plants that have outgrown spreadsheets but aren't ready for SAP PM.
For: Maintenance leads, plant managers, TPM pillar champions
Visit tpm-os.comSUSTAINABLE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
Continuous improvement is a systems problem.
We build the systems that make it stick.
Operator-built, not consultant-built.
The founders of most "Lean software" never ran a kaizen on a real production line. We have. The tools reflect it — terminology, defaults, friction in the right places.
The discipline beats the dashboard.
Most plants don't fail because they lack a dashboard. They fail because the daily routines aren't written down, aren't shared, aren't owned. Our products encode the routines. The dashboards come second.
We sell software, not retainers.
We don't bill by the day. We don't sell projects. We sell software that pays back inside a quarter for an operator with a laptop and a problem.
THE FOUNDER
Gösta Seuranen.
Bridge between engineering, business and the shop floor
Gösta brings a triple-threat perspective to industrial digital transformation — combining deep technical engineering, international business strategy, and decades of frontline manufacturing leadership.
Technical roots
A graduate of the Lund Institute of Technology (LTH), Gösta's career began in R&D and product development. He spent a decade as Technical Director for industrial startup Emotron AB, leading development of power electronics and drives for global giants like ABB, Munters and Danfoss.
Business strategy
An MBA in International Business from Uppsala University adds the strategic frame for scaling operations across borders.
Operational leadership
27 years in the field, with the last 15+ years specialising in the digital and physical rollout of WCOM and TPM systems for world-leading multinationals.
View full profile on LinkedIn →“I’ve spent my career designing the drives that power the machines, and the systems that power the people. These systems are the culmination of that journey — merging technical precision with operational discipline.”
UPDATES
What we’re working on.
No updates yet. Check back when LeanTheCompany opens its founding-100 cohort, or when TPM-OS goes live.
CONTACT
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