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List Of Finnish Government Enterprises
This is a list of Finnish government owned companies: Wholly owned * Alko * OHY Arsenal * CSC - Tieteellinen laskenta * Destia * Finavia * Finnvera * Hansel Ltd. * Motiva * * Patria * Rahapaja (Mint of Finland) * Solidium * Suomen Erillisverkot * Posti Group * * Suomen Vientiluotto * * VR Group Shared majority ownership * *Finnair *Fortum * Gasum * * Kemijoki * Neste Oil * Raskone * Finnfund * (a joint venture with Tieto) * Neova * Veikkaus * Finnish Broadcasting Company Shared minority ownership * Altia * Ekokem * Engel Yhtymä * Fingrid * Gasum * Licentia * Santapark * Silta * Suomen Siemenperunakeskus * Vuotekno *Companies in state-owned investment company Solidium's portfolio: **Elisa ** Kemira ** Outokumpu ** Outotec ** Rautaruukki ** Sampo ** Stora Enso ** Talvivaara ** TeliaSonera ** Tieto Commercial Government Agencies * Metsähallitus (Forest and Park Service) * Senate Properties Defunct * VPU Pukutehdas See also * Government of Finland * List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, opposite Estonia. Finland has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Helsinki. The majority of the population are Finns, ethnic Finns. The official languages are Finnish language, Finnish and Swedish language, Swedish; 84.1 percent of the population speak the first as their mother tongue and 5.1 percent the latter. Finland's climate varies from humid continental climate, humid continental in the south to boreal climate, boreal in the north. The land cover is predominantly boreal forest biome, with List of lakes of Finland, more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first settled around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period, last Ice Age. During the Stone Age, various cultures emerged, distinguished by differen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnair
Finnair Plc (, ) is the flag carrier and largest full-service legacy airline of Finland, with headquarters in Vantaa on the grounds of Helsinki Airport, its airline hub, hub. Finnair and its subsidiaries dominate both domestic and international air travel in Finland. Its major shareholder is the government of Finland, which owns 55.9% of its shares. Finnair is a member of the Oneworld airline alliance. Founded in 1923, Finnair is List of airlines by foundation date, the fifth oldest airline in continuous operation and is consistently listed as one of the safest in the world. The company's slogans are ''Designed for you'' and ''The Nordic Way.'' History Founding In 1923, consul Bruno Lucander founded Finnair as Aero O/Y (''Aero Ltd''). The company code, "AY", stands for Aero Osakeyhtiö, Osake-yhtiö ("yhtiö" means "company" in Finnish). Lucander had previously run the Finnish operations of the Estonian airline Aeronaut. In mid 1923, he concluded an agreement with Junkers F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engel Yhtymä
Engel means "angel" in some Germanic languages. Engel or Die Engel may refer to: People * Engel (surname) * Engel Beltré (born 1989), Dominican baseball player Music * Engel (band), a Swedish industrial/melodic death metal band * Engel (song), "Engel" (song), a 1997 song by Rammstein * "Engel", a 2014 song by Admiral P featuring Nico D * "Engel", a 2012 song from the album ''Raise Your Fist'' by Doro Others uses * Engel (role-playing game), ''Engel'' (role-playing game), a 2002 role-playing game * Frau Engel, a character in the Wolfenstein video game series * Marian Engle Award, a Canadian literary award presented annually from 1986 to 2007 * Engel Stadium, a baseball stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States * De Engel (Lisse), a community in the municipality of Lisse, South Holland, the Netherlands * De Engel (restaurant), Rotterdam, the Netherlands See also * * Engle (other) * Engels (other) * ''Engel v. Vitale'', U.S. Supreme Court decision ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekokem
Fortum Waste Solutions Oy (formerly Ekokem) is a Finnish company that provides recycling and waste management services for industries, cities, and communities. Fortum Waste Solutions is part of Fortum Corporation. Fortum Waste Solutions covers a network of over 30 offices in Finland, Sweden, and Denmark. In 2014, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) selected Fortum Waste Solutions as one of the companies to incinerate wastes produced in destruction of Syria's chemical weapons. See also *List of Finnish government enterprises This is a list of Finnish government owned companies: Wholly owned * Alko * OHY Arsenal * CSC - Tieteellinen laskenta * Destia * Finavia * Finnvera * Hansel Ltd. * Motiva * * Patria * Rahapaja (Mint of Finland) * Solidium * Suomen Erillisver ... References Waste management companies of Finland 1979 establishments in Finland Government-owned companies of Finland Riihimäki Waste companies established in 1979 Waste S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altia
Altia Oyj was a Finnish state-owned corporation based in Helsinki, which produces, imports, exports and markets alcoholic beverages. It operates in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Estonia and Latvia. Altia has production plants in Koskenkorva and Rajamäki in Finland and in Tabasalu in Estonia. Altia's strategy is based on two complementary cornerstones – building own brands and providing a leading Nordic and Baltic service platform for partners to develop their business. The largest imported brands are Drostdy-Hof, Two Oceans and Jack Daniel's. Altia's sales companies in the alcohol monopoly countries are Altia Finland, Alpha Beverages and Wennerco in Finland, Altia Sweden, Bibendum and Philipson Söderberg in Sweden and Interbev, Bibendum, Strøm and Best Buys in Norway. Altia Denmark, Altia Eesti, Altia Latvia and Jaunalko operate in the open markets Denmark, Estonia and Latvia. The corporation was formed from the production and import sectors of the old alcohol monop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Broadcasting Company
Yleisradio Oy (; ), abbreviated as Yle () (formerly styled in all uppercase until 2012), translated into English as the Finnish Broadcasting Company, is Finland's national public broadcasting company, founded in 1926. It is a joint-stock company, which is 99.98% owned by the Finnish state and employs around 3,000 people in Finland. Yle was long funded by revenues obtained from a broadcast receiving license fee payable by the owners of radio sets (1927–1976) and television sets (1958–2012) and through a portion of the broadcasting license fees payable by private television broadcasters. Since 2013, the license fee has been replaced by a public broadcasting tax (known as the Yle tax) collected annually from Finnish citizens and corporations. The main part of the Yle tax is collected from individual taxpayers, with payments assessed on a sliding scale. Minors and those with an annual income less than €7,813 are exempt. At the lower limit, the tax payable by individuals is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veikkaus
Veikkaus Oy is the Finnish government-owned betting agency which holds a monopoly in the country. It was formed in 2017 as a merger of three previously existing betting and gambling agencies of Veikkaus, Fintoto and Finland's Slot Machine Association. In January 2019, Veikkaus announced a plan to reduce its workforce by around 400 positions, while also announcing "significant overhauls of our gaming locations and an end to the restaurant gaming table business". A survey, conducted by Finnish polling specialist Bilendi on behalf of Kasino Curt, says that more Finns support than oppose the idea of abolishing Finland’s gambling monopoly and adopting a gambling licence system. The interviews were conducted within Bilendi Oy’s nationwide consumer panel during March 20 to 24 2019. The survey error margin is ±3.1 percentage points. The survey found that 31 per cent of Finns want to abolish the gambling monopoly and adopt a gambling licence system instead, whereas 27 per cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neova
Neova (formerly Vapo Oy) is the major peat producer in Finland. In 1984, Vapo was 100% owned by Finnish state. From 2002 to 2005, the Finnforest part of Metsä Group owned 33% of Vapo. This share was expanded to and 49.9% between 2005 and 2009. In 2009 ownership of Vapo was reconstructed to Suomen Energiavarat Oy, owned by EPV Energy (previously Etelä-Pohjanmaan Voima Oy) and several peat energy using companies. In June 2009 Metsäliitto (Finnforest) sold its share to Suomen Energiavarat Oy. In 2012 those responsible include several municipal energy companies e.g. Helsinki, Vantaa, Oulu, Rauma, Seinäjoki, Vaasa and Lahti Lahti (; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Päijät-Häme. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Lahti is approximately , while the Lahti sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the mo .... In 2010, Vapo came under media attention after it made an official complaint about one of the officials ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tieto
Tietoevry Corporation (natively Tietoevry Oyj, Tieto prior to June 2019) is a Finnish IT software and service company providing IT and product engineering services. Tietoevry is domiciled in Espoo, Finland, and the company's shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, NASDAQ OMX Stockholm and Oslo Stock Exchange. Tietoevry has approximately 24,000 employees across 20 countries, and has customers in the energy, forestry, banking, healthcare and public sectors. In June 2019, Tieto paid EUR 1.2 billion for the acquisition of similar-sized IT company Evry, EVRY. The intention was to expand on the Nordic countries, Nordic market. The new company would be named TietoEVRY, have over 24.000 employees and generate a projected revenue of over EUR 3 billion for the fiscal year 2020. At the end of 2015, the number of full-time employees was over 13,000 in more than 20 countries. 28% are located in Finland, 19% in Sweden, 17% in India, 15% in Czech Republic, 5% in Latvia, and the rest spr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neste Oil
Neste Oyj (international name: Neste Corporation; former names Neste Oil Corporation and Fortum Oil and Gas Oy; ) is an oil refining and marketing company located in Espoo, Finland. It produces, refines and markets oil products, provides engineering services, and licenses production technologies. Neste has operations in 14 countries. Neste shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki. As of 2022, the Prime Minister's Office of Finland is the largest shareholder in the company, owning 35.91% of shares. In 2021, Neste was the third largest company in Finland in terms of revenue. The name "Neste" means "liquid" in Finnish. History 1948–1997 (Neste) Neste was founded in 1948 as the State petrol company of Finland with the purpose to ensure the availability of refined fuels in Finland. The company's headquarters was established in Espoo. In 1955, Uolevi Raade became the company's CEO. In 1957, the first oil refinery in Finland was built at Naantali using US t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
