Business stories | City of Joensuu (2)

Business Stories | City of Joensuu (2)

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11.12.2023 • City of Joensuu

Deeper cooperation between mind and body

External perspective, ideas for productisation and new milestones for development. This was what Tara Tuomisilta from trauma and psychotherapy centre Geneesi and Maiju Rissanen from body therapy...

12.09.2023 • City of Joensuu

Stronger through coaching

The year 2019 was a turning point for Maarakennus Niemeläinen. The construction sites became quiet, which in itself was not unusual in a sector sensitive to cyclical fluctuations. Riku Alitupa, who...

14.08.2023 • Start-up entrepreneurs

Building entrepreneurship

From a sole trader to a limited liability company – that’s the path that Anni Vento from Joensuu is currently progressing along. In autumn 2022, Vento participated in Business Joensuu’s start-up...

23.05.2023 • City of Outokumpu

Providing Hymynkare with knowledge, skills and emotion

- The work had become caring for a computer, even though I should have been taking care of people. I had to find another kind of solution, Katri Koskisuu-Reijonen says, describing how she felt in...

17.04.2023 • Start-up entrepreneurs

VoiceFit - the new and glamorous life of a soprano!

Is this it? A couple of years ago when Henna-Mari Luolamo posed herself this frustrated question, she was going through what she describes as some sort of a crisis. Working as a singing teacher and...

22.03.2023 • City of Joensuu

Reliable, competent and reachable

The desire to develop and become developed is characteristic of PrimeTalous Oy's entrepreneur Heidi Laaninen. After working for years as an employee at an accounting firm, she chose entrepreneurship...

28.12.2022 • City of Joensuu

Pets – a sector full of possibilities

We can hear barking from the majestic spruce forest along Ketunpesäntie Street in Joensuu. Anita Seppälä is taking the Bernese Mountain Dog Sanni for a walk. Anita Seppälä and her husband Hannu...

23.11.2022 • City of Joensuu

One door to entrepreneurship

Asia, South America, Europe. Jarno Valkonen travelled around the world for 17 years, carrying the responsibility for gigantic pulp mill projects. But a couple of years ago, he simply had enough of...

04.11.2022 • City of Joensuu

Imake Look: It’s easier to specialize and stand out in Joensuu

Imake Look is a hair salon, barbershop and training studio established in 2020 and located on Teollisuuskatu in Joensuu. In addition to hair care services, they offer makeup services, permanent...

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...

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29.07.2026 • City of Joensuu

Kelluu expands to Canada, brings persistent airship surveillance to the Arctic

Kelluu, the Finnish company behind the world's largest autonomous airship fleet, is expanding into Canada. The new location is at Area X.O in Ottawa, Canada's national hub for defence innovation. It...

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02.07.2026 • Business Joensuu news