Henri Heikkinen

Valco Ltd, Finland's leading manufacturer of Valco-branded noise cancelling headphones, announces that the company will continue its plans to invest in Puolanka, despite the political strikes shaking all of Finland.

Valco's director, Raimo Valconen, believes that political strikes, or any other strikes for that matter, won't affect Valco, because "our products are constantly sold out and the delivery times are so long anyway that no strike will even be visible to customers".

Valconen also doesn't believe strikes will ever spread to Valco, because news about strikes, or anything else, arrives in Puolanka a bit later than in other regions.

"Even if the rest of the world stopped, Valco keeps moving. We're confident that by the time everyone else gets back to their desks, we're already one step ahead and have gone home," Valconen adds enthusiastically. He also suspects that the company's employees are so lazy anyway that their striking wouldn't make any difference.

Valco Ltd is committed to its investments in Puolanka and sees this not only as a sign of confidence in Puolanka's vibrant business life and its only moderately alcoholic residents, but also as an opportunity to strengthen the company's position in the intergalactic market.

Valco feels that all the other companies halting investments, shutting down production facilities, and going bankrupt because of the strikes is actually good for the company. That way, Valco can more easily hire the necessary people from the free market for its Puolanka Headphones and Death Star factory.

"The factory will need somewhere between four and five million employees. First four employees to assemble headphones, and eventually five million to build the Death Star. According to our calculations, at this rate there should be enough people available on the free market in the coming years," Valconen reminds us.