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23.09.2024 • Business Joensuu news

Joensuu's Vitality Pledge – The Easiest City for Businesses in Finland

Joensuu aims to be the easiest city for businesses in Finland. To support this goal, the city, Joensuu Entrepreneurs Association, Pielisjoki Entrepreneurs, and Pyhäselkä Entrepreneurs have signed a...

27.08.2024 • Business Joensuu news

Konepalvelu Kuivalainen revs up its engine for growth

The vast halls at Ivontie, in Joensuu, are a notable landmark on national route 6. Signs for East MX, KTM, Husqvarna and GASGAS light tell riders on motorbikes and electric bicycles where the haven...

21.08.2024 • Business Joensuu news

Business Whisperers supporting businesses in Joensuu

Release August, 21, 2024 We aim to make Joensuu the most business-friendly city of its size in Finland, where companies can easily be heard, operate, develop, and grow. This fall, the Business...

29.05.2024 • Business Joensuu news

The Heinävesi recipe for success: Cooperation and village neo-renaissance

Complete rejection. That was the general feedback that Heinävesi residents gave in spring 2022 to the planned development of Kermanranta Harbor. At the time, Virpi Pakarinen had moved back to...

28.05.2024 • Business Joensuu news

How are companies doing in Heinävesi in 2024?

Press Release May 28, 2024 Business Joensuu’s How are companies doing? campaign is underway for the fourth time in Heinävesi in June 2024. During the campaign, Business Joensuu's experts will...

15.05.2024 • Business Joensuu news

Space age diagnostic device for healthcare and consumers – VitalSigns is the winner in the Start Me Up 2024 business idea competition

VitalSigns Oy’s innovation in the field of health technology, the Response 1.0 diagnostic device, has been awarded the first prize in the Start Me Up business idea competition. The smart device...

09.04.2024 • Business Joensuu news

The Start Me Up 2024 business idea competition received 168 proposals

This year, the Start Me Up business idea competition received 168 accepted proposals, with the aim of discovering and supporting new growth entrepreneurs and startups. After the initial screening by...

03.04.2024 • Business Joensuu news

How are companies in Ilomantsi in 2024?

Press Release April 3, 2024Business Joensuu's How are companies? campaign is being held in Ilomantsi for the fourth time in April 2024. During the campaign, Business Joensuu's experts actively engage...

25.03.2024 • Business Joensuu news

Finnish Enterprise Agencies and Business Joensuu collaborate

Business Joensuu has joined the Finnish Enterprise Agencies (Suomen Uusyrityskeskukset ry) as a member since March 1, 2024. Through this partnership, Business Joensuu will now be involved in the...

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16.09.2026 • Forest bioeconomy and circular economy

Insight: The forest sector has new products – now we need to bring them to market

A recent Yle article (4 September 2026) on new forest industry products raises an important question. Finland has invested heavily in forest sector research and new product development, so why are we...

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10.09.2026 • Business Joensuu news