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10.09.2026 • Business Joensuu news

Succeed in North Karelia! – Joint Stand at Alihankinta 2026

North Karelia’s strong industrial expertise will be on display at Alihankinta 2026 in Tampere from 29 September to 1 October 2026. Companies from our region will gather at the North Karelia joint...

01.12.2025 • Business Joensuu news

Finland’s Longest-Running Startup Competition is now Susicorn

PRESS RELEASE 1 December 2025 The Start Me Up business idea competition, organized since 1999, has been renewed and will take place under the name Susicorn Startup Competition in 2026. It is...

23.10.2025 • Business Joensuu news

Eastern Finland Energy Forum 2025: Finland’s Electricity Grid Faces Historic Expansion to Power the Green Transition

At the Eastern Finland Energy Forum 2025, leading energy infrastructure experts from Fingrid, Caruna, and OX2 presented a unified message: Finland’s electricity grid must undergo rapid and strategic...

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

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21.09.2026 • ICT and digitalisation

Kelluu builds new factory at Joensuu GreenPark– airship production to triple

Kelluu is building a new production and R&D factory at GreenPark in Joensuu. It will triple the company's manufacturing capacity and take output to one hundred autonomous airships a year. The...

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16.09.2026 • Forest bioeconomy and circular economy

News | Ilomantsi

Succeed in North Karelia! – Joint Stand at Alihankinta 2026

Finland’s Longest-Running Startup Competition is now Susicorn

Eastern Finland Energy Forum 2025: Finland’s Electricity Grid Faces Historic Expansion to Power the Green Transition

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

The Start Me Up 2024 business idea competition received 168 proposals

How are companies in Ilomantsi in 2024?

Finnish Enterprise Agencies and Business Joensuu collaborate

Register for the Start Me Up Business Idea Competition Award Gala on May 15, 2024

Start Me Up business idea competition fuels success for international ventures – Seeking ideas again from February 1st

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Kelluu builds new factory at Joensuu GreenPark– airship production to triple

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

Succeed in North Karelia! – Joint Stand at Alihankinta 2026

Redstone launches new €10 million growth fund to invest in North Karelia’s most promising startups

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

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