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26.10.2022 • City of Joensuu

Lifting + transport + growth = Tarvainen

It is impossible to reach a stable state: all-affecting change is impossible to avoid. Bad times are around the corner unless business is making profit, says Jani Tarvainen, Managing Director of...

29.09.2022 • City of Joensuu

Feteco Oy: Entrepreneurship through corporate purchase

Jukka Kurkinen had his eye on entrepreneurship for several years before he became the entrepreneur of Feteco Oy through a change of ownership.

27.09.2022 • Heinävesi

A good reputation is worth its weight in gold!

The 31-year-old Leväniemi Activity Centre is a true millennial. An innovative motivator that nurtures environmental values and responsibility, and uses social media skilfully. This company is...

15.08.2022 • Start-up entrepreneurs

Lääkäriasema Ystävä Medical Center: Maintaining a relaxed atmosphere is job number one at this paediatric specialist clinic

Located on Suvantokatu, the new Lääkäriasema Ystävä Medical Center is more like a fairytale illustration than a doctor’s office. The impetus for paediatric specialist Petra Salmi’s dream of having...

08.06.2022 • Green transition

Revisol Oy Janne Haavisto: increasing recycling rate through logistics and innovation

Revisol Oy is an agile, medium-sized circular economy company that is currently preparing its sixth location in Marjala, Joensuu. Locating in Joensuu is a strategic choice for the company whose...

23.05.2022 • City of Joensuu

Janne Rantanen from Soseex Oy: unique service, Joensuu!

“The whole package was done after one phone call – incredible service,” says Janne Rantanen, Managing Director of Soseex Oy, while explaining how smoothly the food company was established in Joensuu...

20.04.2022 • City of Joensuu

Competence, growth and internationalisation

A full-service, well-known glazing company. This is what entrepreneur Jarkko Tarnanen from Kimmelux is currently constructing, after buying the company’s bankruptcy estate with his partners last...

22.03.2022 • City of Joensuu

"Striving for intense growth"

“From coffee men in the east to beer men,” headed Olutposti a Finninus magazine focusing on beer, when the owners of Unison Coffee, Tomi Sutinen and Miska Kämäräinen, and Tomi Piipponen, who joined...

22.02.2022 • City of Outokumpu

Piippo bales service business into new growth

Piippo Oyj, one of the world's leading producers of baling nets and wires, has updated its strategy. In March this year, the 80-year-old company now invests heavily in the development of its Agri...

26.01.2022 • City of Outokumpu

On a way to doubling its size

- "Looking very good! The turn of the year is usually a quiet period but has now been totally different. Customer companies have many development projects and plant investments coming up,” says Mikko...

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27.10.2026 • Business Joensuu news

North Karelia Named Europe’s Most Authentic Cultural & Nature Tourism Destination

North Karelia has received the prestigious European Travel Awards 2026 recognition as the Most Authentic Cultural & Nature Tourism Destination. The award highlights the region’s unique combination of...

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24.10.2026 • City of Joensuu