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 […]
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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 […]
Lactogal is a Portuguese food products company focused on dairy products, milk, fruit juice and mineral water. It is headquartered in Porto and is placed among the twenty largest agro-food European companies. It has major factories in Oliveira de Azeméis and Vila do Conde. History It was founded in 1996 by the fusion between the three largest Portuguese companies in the sector: AGROS – União das Cooperativas de Produtores de […]
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 […]
Jerónimo Martins SGPS, SA Sociedade Aberta (JM) is a Portuguese corporate group that operates in food distribution and specialised retail. It operates more than 4,400 stores in Portugal, Poland, and Colombia. The group is the majority owner of Jerónimo Martins Retail (JMR), which operates the Pingo Doce super- and hypermarket chain in Portugal. JMR has been run as a 51%-49% joint venture with the Dutch firm Ahold Delhaize since 1982. Jerónimo Martins is listed on Euronext Lisbon, […]
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, […]
Grupo José de Mello is a family-based and family-controlled Portuguese shareholder group playing a diversified role in the Portuguese economy. It is one of Portugal’s biggest corporate groups. The company is named after its founder José Manuel de Mello (December 8, 1927 – September 16, 2009), the heir of an industrial conglomerate, Companhia União Fabril (CUF), which had been founded by his […]
Galp Energia, SGPS, S.A. is a Portuguese corporation which consists of more than 100 companies engaged in activities such as natural gas supply, regasification, transport, storage, and distribution; petroleum products exploration, production, refining, trading, logistics and retailing; co-generation and renewable energy. Its stock was partially listed on the Euronext Lisbon stock exchange in the second half of 2006. History SACOR, CIDLA, SONAP, PETROSUL, and PETROGAL were the main Portuguese […]
EDP – Energias de Portugal (formerly Electricidade de Portugal) is a Portuguese electric utilities company, headquartered in Lisbon. It was founded in 1976 through the merger of 14 nationalised electricity companies. The Group became the first Iberian company to own significant generating and distribution assets in both sides of the border, with a controlling position in the Spanish company HC Energía, and it is also present […]
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.
The EFACEC Power Solutions is the largest Portuguese corporation in the field of energy, engineering and mobility, with many subsidiaries of strong presence in different international markets. Efacec group is the worldwide leader in the fast-charging infrastructure market for electric vehicles
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, […]
Delta Cafés is a Portuguesecoffeeroasting and coffee packaging company headquartered in Campo Maior, Alentejo. The company was founded in 1961 and is among the top market leaders in the Iberian Peninsula. The company belongs to Adruzilo Matos, the personal conglomerate of its founder Rui Nabeiro, which include interests in agribusiness, agriculture, real estate, hotels, and other services.
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 .
CTT – Correios de Portugal is a Portuguese company that operates as both the national postal service of Portugal and a commercial group with subsidiaries operating in banking, e-commerce, and other postal services. It was founded in 1520 by King Manuel I of Portugal, during the Portuguese Renaissance, and CTT is the oldest company still in operation in Portugal to this day. The acronym CTT comes from the […]
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 […]
Critical Software is an international information systems and software company, headquartered in Coimbra, Portugal. The company was established in 1998, from the University of Coimbra’s business incubator and technology transfer centre, Instituto Pedro Nunes (IPN). The company’s headquarters are located in Coimbra, Portugal, with other offices in Porto and Lisbon (Portugal), Southampton (United Kingdom), Munich, (Germany) and California, (United States). Critical Software provides systems and software services for safety, mission and business-critical […]
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 […]
Corticeira Amorim S.G.P.S., S.A., is a Portuguese subholding company belonging to the Amorim Group and claims to have been the world leader in the cork industry for over 130 years, with operations in hundreds of countries all over the world. Corticeira Amorim is responsible for the management of 70 companies engaged in the cork manufacture, research, development, promotion and sale of products and new […]
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
Continente is a retail chain that belongs to Sonae Distribuição, the largest retailer in Portugal. The hypermarket Continente chain is in spread all over continental Portugal as well on Madeira and in the Azores. The supermarket chain Continente Modelo, formerly named just Modelo, has also a nationwide presence. Sonae Distribuição, SGPS, SA, is a subsidiary company of Sonae SGPS.
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 […]
Ramirez & Cia (Filhos), SA is a Portuguese producer of canned fish products, such as tuna and sardines with tomato sauce. It also produces other foodstuffs such as canned salads. The owner is Manuel Guerreiro Ramirez.
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 […]
Cimpor – Cimentos de Portugal is the largest Portuguese cement group, operating in eleven countries – Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Brazil, Tunisia, Turkey, Cape Verde, Mozambique, China, Egypt and South Africa, involved in manufacturing and marketing cement, hydraulic lime, concrete and aggregates, precast concrete and dry mortars. The Brazilian company Camargo Corrêa is the owner of the company. In Portugal, Cimpor has major factories in Coimbra (Souselas), Vila Franca de Xira (Alhandra), Loulé and Figueira da Foz (Cabo Mondego). Cimpor is listed […]
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 […]
Ciberbit, Produções de Software S.A. is a Portuguese software and multimedia developer based in Coimbra. It developed the CBRetail Software, a powerful tool aimed at people in the area of commerce or retail. Founded in 1995, and a pioneer in developing software in Portugal, Ciberbit was the first company to release a commercial videogame, Portugal […]
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 […]
Churchill’s Port is a port wine company based in Porto, founded in 1981 by John Graham, who named the company after his wife, Caroline Churchill. The company targets the British market with small quantities of distinctive wines including vintage-dated ports, late bottled vintage port (LBV), finest reserve and the wines known as „Churchill’s Estates“ which developed to include 10- and 20-year-old tawny […]
Chipidea was a Portuguese analog semiconductor IP design center, headquartered in Oeiras, Greater Lisbon subregion, which had been founded in 1997 by José Epifânio da Franca. In August 2007, it was bought by the US-based company MIPS Technologies for $147 million in cash plus future performance-based stock payments. On May 8, 2009, Synopsys acquired it as the Analog Business Group from MIPS Technologies for $22 million in […]