Before heading to Iowa State University for a doctorate, he enjoyed a three-month stint as a welding inspector at Finland's Oy Tampella Ab, a manufacturer of industrial parts.

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It bought a privately owned Finnish company, Martis Oy, in 1993 and is selling cable telephone systems in the Netherlands, in partnership with Dutch company A2000.

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