Business in a good shape

The Pronor Control team standing together outdoors in front of a sign with the company logo on a sunny day.

Sawmill Automation is progressing jerkily

Raimo Seppänen, Chairman of the Board of Pronor Control Oy, which provides Automation and electrification design for the sawmill industry, has extensive experience of sawmills

Tomi Vikström looks at the camera

From the tree to the far and the sea

In the summer of 2023, the company acquired the marine furniture business of its competitor Rauma Interior Oy. As a result of the transaction, Pori Woodworking now also operates in Rauma. The number of employees and production increased significantly. “Of course we thought about

Maintenance workshop

Sah-Ko's modern history as a family business dates back to 1955. At that time, the company Estama & Sutela, which was active in civil engineering, bought the Oulun Saha ja Kone company, which was founded in 1952.

Aerial view of the Lappwalli area of ​​single-family homes built with wooden elements.

Towards light and new houses  

Lapwall Corporation's Business Director Kari Viljamaa emphasizes that it is not worth hiding behind a weak market and must not be done. "You can easily save yourself from death there. But when you do

A person blows ecowool into the upper floor of a building for insulation.

Yesterday's news in isolation

Ekovilla Oy, which mainly uses recycled newsprint as the raw material for its blown wool, has been committed to ecology and the circular economy for over 40 years. However, the story of ecological insulation in Finland began as early as

Kai Laaja, Aki Laaja and forestry machine operator Marko Koppelomäki are chatting next to the forestry machine in a logging area.

Experts from your own study path 

“For a while, we also repeated the mantra that it was difficult to get skilled people into the harvesting chain and wondered whose job it was to train them. Then we stopped banging our heads against the wall and started building

A tree seedling planting machine manufactured by Risutec Oy, with tree seedlings ready to be planted.

Tree seedlings can be planted efficiently with a machine

The story of Risutec from Nakkila started with an insight. Jussi Aikala, a business economist with a degree in international trade, was working in a hardware store in the 2010s when his parents' farm in Nakkila underwent a generational change. "When there is a generational change, it is customary to cut down the forest first,

Stone wood in the roof battens of the grandstand at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.

Stone makes wood durable 

If you have visited the Helsinki Olympic Stadium after its multi-year renovation was completed in autumn 2020, you have certainly noticed the impressive wooden slatted ceiling. There are over 500 slats in the ceiling.

Measuring devices from North Karelia to the world 

Aca Systems manufactures measuring devices for analyzing coating paste, paper porosity and finished rolls with software. The headquarters are located in the village of Sotkuma, Polvijärvi, with a population of approximately 500. The CEO is Vesa Kukkamon.