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27.11.2023 • Business Joensuu news

ForteAI’s smart resume service revolutionises the job search and recruitment experience – € 90,000 in growth funding, presentation at Slush 2023

Joensuu-based ForteAI fully automates resumes and streamlines job searches through artificial intelligence and machine learning. ForteAI transforms resumes into artificial intelligence agents that...

24.11.2023 • Green transition

Nearly 1.2 billion euros worth of green investments are underway in North Karelia

The renewable energy cluster being developed in the Biotie industrial park took a step forward on Thursday, November 23, as the foundations of Joensuu Biocoal production facility were celebrated.

08.11.2023 • Business Joensuu news

The Ideation Competition seeks solutions to companies' climate challenges

Press release on November 7, 2023City of Joensuu

At the end of November, a brainstorming competition called Hack Me Up will be held for students, where climate-smart solutions for the benefit of...

08.11.2023 • Photonics industry

Joensuu joins the Chips for Europe Initiative

Expertise in micro- and nanophotonics stemming from Joensuu, Finland, is joining the Chips for Europe Initiative, which addresses challenges related to the availability of microchips in Europe.

01.11.2023 • Photonics industry

Tech students arrived at the campus

In Joensuu, one out of every three people you see on the streets is a student, and now we also have a fair number of fresh students of technical subjects, also known as teekkaris. At the beginning...

25.10.2023 • Business Joensuu news

Start Up Fund Joensuu convinced of PUHI, a company producing biochar with pyrolysis, and will invest in the company

Start Up Fund Joensuu will invest EUR 100,000 in PUHI Oy from Liperi. The company uses pyrolysis technology to produce biochar from demolition wood and sees good prerequisites for its operations also...

09.10.2023 • Business Joensuu news

The Joensuu innovation ecosystem showcases the region's strengths on the global stage

In Joensuu, the focus is on fostering innovation and international growth in the fields of forest bioeconomy and photonics. Sustainable innovations and new businesses are being created around forests...

27.09.2023 • Business Joensuu news

Growth funds investing EUR 150,000 in Joensuu-based Norrapro Oy, which manufactures water handling systems for bedrock facilities

The Start Up Fund Joensuu and the North Karelia Growth Fund invest in Norrapro Oy, which produces water handling systems for rock construction. The growth company collected a total of EUR 350,000 of...

26.09.2023 • Forest Joensuu

Joensuu-based Katriina Nuutinen designed the European Forest City of the Year Award for EFI

The European Forest Institute (EFI) annually awards the European Forest City of the Year Award to a city hosting EFI's annual conference. The 2023 EFI conference took place on September 20-22 in Novi...

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13.12.2024 • City of Joensuu

The Joensuu Region's Economy is Thriving: Major Investments and International Success

A new factory is being built in Kitee with €29 million in funding, Valio is creating 100 new jobs in Joensuu, and Kelluu Oy has gained international recognition through NATO's DIANA program....

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13.12.2024 • Business Joensuu news

The Eastern Finland BORDERLAND event brought together investors, companies, and experts interested in border security and dual-use technologies in Helsinki

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ForteAI’s smart resume service revolutionises the job search and recruitment experience – € 90,000 in growth funding, presentation at Slush 2023

Nearly 1.2 billion euros worth of green investments are underway in North Karelia

The Ideation Competition seeks solutions to companies' climate challenges

Joensuu joins the Chips for Europe Initiative

Tech students arrived at the campus

Start Up Fund Joensuu convinced of PUHI, a company producing biochar with pyrolysis, and will invest in the company

The Joensuu innovation ecosystem showcases the region's strengths on the global stage

Growth funds investing EUR 150,000 in Joensuu-based Norrapro Oy, which manufactures water handling systems for bedrock facilities

Joensuu-based Katriina Nuutinen designed the European Forest City of the Year Award for EFI

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The Joensuu Region's Economy is Thriving: Major Investments and International Success

Business Whisperers 2024 campaign reached over 500 companies and highlighted business needs

Kelluu selected for NATO’s DIANA Programme from over 2,600 applicants

Internationalisation award of the President of the Republic of Finland to Forest Joensuu

The Eastern Finland BORDERLAND event brought together investors, companies, and experts interested in border security and dual-use technologies in Helsinki