Fazer is one of the largest corporations in the Finnish food industry. The company was founded by Karl Fazer in 1891, as a „French-Russian confectionery“ in central Helsinki. Today, it employs over ten thousand people across Finland, Sweden, Russia, Denmark, Norway, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Japan. Its products are exported to almost 40 countries. Fazer’s production is divided into five major areas: Fazer […]
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Eckerö Line is a Finnish shipping company owned by the Åland-based Rederiaktiebolaget Eckerö. Eckerö Line operates one ferry between Helsinki (Finland) and Tallinn (Estonia). Eckerö Line should not be confused with the similarly named Eckerö Linjen, also owned by Rederiaktiebolaget Eckerö, which operates ferry services between Berghamn in the Åland Islands and Grisslehamn in Sweden.
Cargotec Oyj (trading internationally as Cargotec Corporation) is a Finnish company that makes cargo-handling machinery for ships, ports, terminals and local distribution. Cargotec was formed in June 2005 when Kone Corporation was split into two companies to be listed: Cargotec and new KONE. Business areas Kalmar products and services are used in ports, terminals, distribution centers and in the heavy industry. Kalmar products […]
Bittium Corporation is a Finnish company headquartered in Oulu. Bittium is an engineering company in wireless businesses. Bittium specialises in the development of secure communications and connectivity solutions. The company’s customer segments include the telecommunications, Internet of Things, and defense industries. On November 10, 2016, Bittium announced the acquisition of Mega Electronics Ltd and MegaKoto Ltd, Finnish companies based in Kuopio. Mega Electronics […]
Basware Corporation is a Finnish software company selling enterprise software for financial processes, purchase to pay and financial management. The company has operations across over 50 countries on six continents. Basware’s markets include Nordic countries, Europe, Russia, North America and Asia Pacific. The company has its own subsidiaries in Scandinavia, Western Europe and the United States. Additionally, Basware has over […]
Bank of Åland Plc is a Finnish commercial bank and banking group with over 700 employees and operations in Åland, Finland and Sweden. The bank was founded in 1919 and was listed on the stock exchange in 1942. Its president and CEO is Peter Wiklöf. Activity Bank of Åland has 30 branch offices across Finland and Sweden and the number of […]
Amer Sports Oyj is a Chinese-owned Finnishsporting goods company with brands including Salomon, Arc’teryx, Peak Performance, Atomic, Suunto, Wilson, Precor, Armada, ENVE Composites, Louisville Slugger, DeMarini and Sports Tracker.[1] The company is a subsidiary of Anta Sports. Operations Amer divides its operations into three business units: winter and outdoor sports, ball sports (Wilson, Louisville Slugger, and DeMarini) and fitness (of which all products carry the Precor USA brand). The winter and outdoor sports business segment is the largest, […]
Altia Oyj is a Finnish state-owned corporation based in Helsinki, which produces, imports, exports and markets alcoholic beverages. It operates in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Estonia and Latvia. Altia has production plants in Koskenkorva and Rajamäki in Finland and in Tabasalu in Estonia. Altia’s strategy is based on two complementary cornerstones – building own brands and providing a leading Nordic and […]
Aktia Bank Plc is a Finnish asset manager, bank and life insurer with offices in the Helsinki, Turku, Tampere, Vaasa and Oulu regions. Aktia has four business areas: Private customers, Corporate customers, Asset Management and Life Insurance. Aktia has three reporting business segments: Banking Business, Asset Management and Group Functions. Aktia has about 270,000 private customers […]
Ahlstrom-Munksjö Oyj is a global company that provides fiber-based products such as decor paper, filters, release liners, abrasive backings, nonwoven fabrics, electrotechnical paper, glass fiber materials, food packaging and labeling, tape, medical fiber materials for medical diagnostics. More than 90 percent of Ahlstrom-Munksjö’s products are made from renewable fibers. Ahlstrom-Munksjö’s customers represent several industries, including automotive, furniture, construction, healthcare and life science, food and beverage and energy sectors. The company has approximately 8,000 employees worldwide and 45 production or […]
Huurre Group is a Finnish manufacturer of refrigeration equipment. Huurte has a factory in Ylöjärvi and a head office in Vantaa . Huurre Group’s subsidiary Porkka Group manufactures refrigerators, cold rooms, pharmaceutical and laboratory cabinets and serving furniture.
Avant Tecno Oy is an industrial company operating in Ylöjärvi , which manufactures Avant brand small or multi-purpose loaders . The company originated from the bankruptcy of the agricultural machinery manufacturer Ylö -ehdaat Oy in 1991, when the founders of the new company bought the manufacturing rights for the Ylökatti skid steer loaders from the bankruptcy estate and began to develop the equipment further. More than 25,000 […]
Citec is a Finnish technical company operating in the energy, construction, rail equipment and process industries. Citec is also developing various information management solutions. The company was founded in 1984. The number of employees is about 1,100 and the turnover of Citec companies in 2011 was about 58 MEUR. Citec is headquartered in Vaasa and has offices in Finland, […]
Satamaito is a dairy cooperative in Ulvila , owned by 140 western Finnish milk producers. Action Satamaito’s production facilities are located in Friitala , Ulvila . The company moved to Ulvila in stages in 2016–2018 from its previous premises located in the center of Pori, next to the former Pori Brewery . Satamaito officially moved to the Ulvilan premises in November 2018. Port milk directly employs 74 people.
Urho Tuominen Oy (UTU Group) is a 100-year-old Finnish electricity family company. The UTU Group offers its customers high-quality and versatile products and services in the electrical and automation industry. UTU has operations in Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Norway. UTU Oy manufactures and sells park transformers, electrical switchboards and switchgear, and imports and markets high-quality electrotechnical components, […]
The Cimcorp Group is one of the world’s leading suppliers of tire automation systems. The group specializes in the supply of robotics-based automation systems to the tire, food and distribution industries. It designs, programs and assembles robots, the majority of which are exported. Products By 2019, Cimcorp had delivered its products to more than 40 countries on […]
Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj is a South Ostrobothnian media group with offices in Seinäjoki and Vaasa . Ilkka-Yhtymä Group’s business area includes multi-channel publishing, printing of newspapers and advertising materials, as well as securities trading and investment activities. Main products Provincial newspapers Ilkka-Pohjalainen Ilkka (discontinued in 2020) Ostrobothnia (discontinued in 2020) Local newspapers Lake district Jurvan Sanomat Komiat Suupohjan Sanomat Whisk City newspapers Epari Vaasa Window Printed matter […]
Sako Oy , originally until 1938 by Suojeluskuntain Ase- ja Konepaja Oy and until 1985 Oy Sako Ab , is a brand owned by the Italian arms company Beretta , whose weapons are manufactured in Finland in Hausjärvi and Riihimäki .
Raisio Oyj, known internationally as Raisio Group (Nasdaq Helsinki: RAIVV), is a Finnish company that makes cereal products, potato products, animal feeds and engage in life-sciences. Raisio produces Benecol, a ingredient used in a range of Cholesterol-reducing spreads, dairy products and condiments marketed under its Benecol brand name. In 2004, the company divested its paper chemical division, Raisio Chemicals, to Ciba Specialty Chemicals.
Kontiotuote Oy is a Finnish company that manufactures log houses and villas under the Kontio brand. Approximately 2,000 log buildings from around the world are delivered annually from the company’s factory in Pudasjärvi . Production Kontiotuote Oy manufactures log buildings for living and leisure. Selections include log houses, log villas and saunas, garages and courtyard buildings. The material of Kontio houses is used in various forms: […]
Ensto is an international technology company and a family business, that designs and offers electrical solutions for electricity distribution networks, buildings, marine and electric traffic. Ensto manufactures for example solutions for overhead line- and underground cable networks, luminaires, electric vehicle charging systems, electric heaters, control systems, and enclosing systems. Organization Ensto’s owner and parent company, Ensto Invest Oy, is […]
Oulaisten Liikenne Oy is a bus group founded in 1953 and domiciled in Oulainen . The company engages in charter operations and liner traffic throughout Northern Ostrobothnia , so the company is the largest bus company in Northern Ostrobothnia. In addition, Käkelän Liikenne operates local traffic in Raahe . Matka-Rasti is the travel agency of Oulaisten Liikenne Oy. The company has about 100 buses and 150 employees. The company is the seventh bus […]
Nordkalk is a manufacturer of limestone-based products based in Finland. It operates at more than 30 different locations in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Estonia, and Russia. Products The main product groups of Nordkalk are: Limestone products (calcite or calcium carbonate and dolomite) Quicklime (calcium oxide) and slaked lime (calcium hydroxide) Raw materials for paper pigments (flotation calcite, quicklime) Wollastonite
TietoEVRY Plc is a Finnish software and service company whose customer industries are automotive, energy, public administration, logistics, media, forest industry, banking and insurance, social and health care, telecommunications, wholesale and retail, and manufacturing. TietoEVRY’s shares are listed on the Helsinki , Stockholm and Oslo stock exchanges . Organization The company has five business areas : digital consulting, cloud & infra, industrial software, financial […]
Savon Yrittäjät is the regional association of Finnish Entrepreneurs . Savon Yrittäjät is one of the 20 regional organizations of Finnish Entrepreneurs with an area of operation in 19 locations in Northern Savonia. There are about 3,300 members through 25 local associations. As an expert and influencer, Savon Yrittäjät aims to improve the conditions for the profitability of small and medium-sized enterprises […]
Steveco Oy is a Finnish logistics company. Steveco is Finland ’s largest port operator, which offers, among other things, ship unloading and loading services as well as forwarding and ship clearance services. In addition to the ports of Mussalo and Hietanen in Kotka, the port terminals operated by Steveco are located in Vuosaari Harbor in Helsinki . Through its subsidiary Saimaa Terminals, the company also operates in the ports of the Saimaa region, Hamina . and in the port of Mussalo in […]
Unico Finland Oy is a family company that manufactures flexible beds and sofas, owned by Pasi Saarinen and Petri Saarinen. Unico was founded in 1994 and has three different factories in Kauhava, Southern Ostrobothnia , and one factory in Lapua . The mattress factory and central warehouse, the frame factory and the foam cutting plant are located in Kauhava. Lapua makes sofas, deck chairs and […]
Sofor Oy is a Finnish IT service company founded in 1991 in Kauhava . Sofor has offices in five locations in Kauhava , Helsinki , Tampere , Vaasa and Turku . In 2020, Sofor will employ about 55 people. Services and solutions Sofor states that its core competencies are solutions that enhance customers‘ business and decision-making. Areas of specialization include digitalization and robotics, infrastructure solutions, artificial intelligence and analytics, work ability management […]
Etelä-Pohjanmaan Osuuskauppa (Eepee) is the S Group’s Cooperative in the regions of Southern Ostrobothnia (except Evijärvi , Isonkyrö and Lappajärvi ) and the three southernmost municipalities of Coastal Ostrobothnia , ie Kaskinen , Kristiinankaupunki and Närpiö . Its business areas are supermarket trade, convenience store and fuel trade, tourism and catering trade, and car and car accessories trade. In 2017, Eepee sold its agricultural and hardware trade operations to Hankkija .
Isojoen Halli Oy (IHK) is Kauhajoki , South Ostrobothnia in the heart of importation – and the home improvement company . The IKH chain is based on the Finnish import company Isojoen Konehalli Oy, which has extensive experience in the field of technical trade. The company imports a product range of more than 50,000 items from about 30 different countries. The office and logistics center are located […]
VR-Yhtymä Oy , or VR Group, is a Finnish state-owned logistics group that operates passenger and freight services on Finnish railways and roads . VR had a contractual monopoly on long-distance passenger transport by rail, which ended on 1 January 2021. Railway passenger traffic in Finland was fully opened to competition on 1 January 2021 with the Open Access model, where operators can compete on the same sections of line on market terms with their […]
Karelia-Upofloor Oy is a Finnish company manufacturing parquet and other floor coverings , which was formed in 2000 when Karelia Parketti Oy and Upofloor Oy merged into the Karelia Group. In 2007, the Group’s name was changed to Karelia-Upofloor Oy. Theparquet brand of Karelia-Upofloor is Karelia. Plastic floor coverings are sold under the name Upofloor . The company has production facilities in Ikaalinen and Nokia, Finland, and factories in Russia and Romania .
Aina Group Oyj is the parent company of a group formed of Hämeen Sanomat Oy and Hämeen Puhelin Oy. The Group’s business areas are media and ICT technology. The media business is carried out by Hämeen Sanomat and its subsidiaries (eg Hämeenlinna Kaupunkiuutiset, Hämeenlinnan Viikkouutiset and Iskelmä Janne ). The ICT business is carried out by AinaCom Oy , to which e.g. Hämeen Puhelin Oy and Finnet […]
Konecranes Oyj is a Finnish company, headquartered in Hyvinkää, which specialises in the manufacture and service of cranes and lifting equipment. Konecranes products are made for industries handling heavy loads meaning ports, intermodal terminals, shipyards and bulk material terminals. Organization Konecranes has around 17,000 employees in 50 countries and it is arranged into three business areas: service, industrial equipment and port solutions. Port solutions Port Solutions business division […]
DA-Group is a Finnish group producing electronics and technology solutions. The parent company of the technology group is DA-Design Oy. The name DA-Group has been used since 2014 for the operations of the parent company DA-Design Oy and its subsidiaries. The Group’s special expertise is embedded systems , electronics and mechanics, as well as RF, microwave and millimeter wave […]
Atria Plc is a Finnish food industry company. The Atria Group is divided into four business areas, which are Atria Finland , Atria Scandinavia, Atria Russia and Atria Baltic. Atria’s customer groups include the grocery trade, Food Service customers and industry. In addition, it has its own branded Fast Food concept business. Atria’s roots go back to 1903, when its oldest co-operative was […]