Back in 1970 there was a young Finnish entrepreneur and inventor who wanted to act smarter. He developed a landfill compactor built around an ordinary tractor equipped with rubber wheels. Soon also the first real landfill compactor with two full-width iron drums was manufactured for an exhibition in Hanover, Germany, in 1971. The unit was sold and delivered to a German customer and so Tana’s first steps towards becoming a global waste management business were taken. Our name ”Tana” derives from a Finnish word meaning robust and sturdy. When the company was sold, its new owners wanted to keep things simple and productive. Switching the focus into developing the best tools for landfill customers brought a complete turnaround. All product lines other than landfill compactors were discarded. Customer experiences and feedback were gathered and carefully listened to in order to create even better landfill compactors.

We realized that our deepest wish was to help your customers’ business thrive. Instead of focusing solely on the machines, we look at your business and operations as a whole. 

We were one step ahead in the market with IoT and decided to merge our machines with intelligent systems. Today, we offer an intelligent yet simple real-time platform that helps you manage your operations — and get things done more efficiently.  

We believe a well-designed machine always comes with well-designed care. Trust is our currency. It is earned with responsibility and consistency. Raw power delivers, but it is responsibility that makes us design machines that is easy-to-use, efficient, and enduring. We strive to build intelligence and innovation into every one of our machines, because our ultimate goal is to turn waste into value. Value for the user, value for the owner, and value for the planet. 

But words don’t matter, results do. We can explain all we want. Ultimately, it’s a question of whether the job gets done. 

With Tana, it does.