Visit by Mr. Matti Anttonen
Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade,
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
to the Czech Republic & the Slovak Republic
April 26 – 29, 2015
FINNISH BUSINESS
DELEGATION
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Message from
Mr. Matti Anttonen
Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade,
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Great interest among Finnish companies for doing business in the
Czech Republic and Slovakia
I am very pleased to have the opportunity to lead a Team Finland visit
to Slovakia and the Czech Republic. This trade mission is very timely.
Finland’s political relations to both countries are excellent both on
the bilateral as well as on the EU level. However, there is plenty of
room to strengthen our ties in the fields of economy and trade. There
are lots of promising opportunities for boosting these ties, and our
companies share the same interest in exploring new opportunities
and technologies.
I am very happy to introduce you to the excellent business delegation
I have the privilege to bring along to Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
We have a broad and diverse delegation consisting of representatives
from the Finnish ICT, cleantech and machinery sectors as well as other
fields. The visit provides and ample opportunity for authorities and
companies to exchange new ideas, to establish modern networks, and
strengthen already existing ties.
Overall, the range of Finnish trade and investments has diversified.
Finland has developed from a natural resource-exporting country to
a technology-intensive, knowledge based economy. Our high level of
education, environmental standards, design and R&D investment have
helped to move the Finnish private sector to the forefront of adopting
new technologies and fostering a culture of innovation.
This Team Finland visit combines both traditional and newer fields of
business, as the industry and machinery sectors are joined by clean
technologies, bio-economy, telecommunications and digital services.
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I am also happy to note that our delegation consists of both large and
small companies; those who already have a presence in the region,
and those that are now looking to establish activities in the Czech
Republic and Slovakia.
This visit underlines the importance Finland attaches to its relationship
with the Czech Republic and Slovakia also in the future. By bringing
together Finnish companies and organizations with their Czech and
Slovakian counterparts, I am sure we will find plenty of new ground
for further strengthening our business and trade relations for the years
ahead.
I am looking forward to very interesting and fruitful days in the Czech
Republic and Slovakia.
Mr. Matti Anttonen
Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade,
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
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Leader of the Finnish
Business Delegation
Mr. Hannu Jokinen
Managing Director
MOLOK OY
Nosturikatu 16, FI-37101 Nokia, FINLAND
Tel. +358 50 318 3425
E-mail: hannu.jokinen@molok.com
www.molok.com
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Finnish Business Delegation
AALTO UNIVERSITY Mr. Mark Hughes 8
ENEVO OY Mr. Heikki Tallgren, Mr. Ondrej Glazar, Mr. Peter Godányi 9
FINNSONIC OY Ms. Tea Lehto
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GEMALTO OY Mr. Petri Lahonen
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HALTON OY Mr. Jiri Syrovy
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KEMPPI OY Mr. Hannu Jokela
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LINDSTRÖM, S.R.O. Mr. Július Kaliský
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OY MERINOVA AB Mr. Johan Wasberg
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MOLOK OY Mr. Hannu Jokinen
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NESTE OIL CORPORATION Ms. Heli Salmenpohja
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OC-SYSTEM OY Mr. Riku Räisänen
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PICEASOFT LTD Mr. Risto Kivipuro, Mr. Heikki Tarvainen
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RECRUITING AGENCY SIHTI Mr. Jukka-Pekka Annala
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SABRISCAN OY Mr. Basan Patil
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SMC SERVICE OY Mr. Juha Ylitalo
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SOUTH SAVO VOCATIONAL COLLEGE Ms. Riikka Dillström
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STERA GROUP OY Mr. Heikki Ajanko, Mr. Jyri Kontio
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TAMPERE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Mr. Markus Sjölund
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VALTAVALO LTD Ms. Maria Uusitalo
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VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND LTD
Mr. Jari Uotila
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XMLDATION OY Mr. Antti Kela
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TEAM FINLAND
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OFFICIAL DELEGATION30
FINPRO32
ANNEXES
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AALTO UNIVERSITY
Mark Hughes
Mr. Mark Hughes
Professor
Address: P.O. Box 11000, FI-00076 AALTO, FINLAND
Tel. +358 9 47001
E-mail: mark.hughes@aalto.fi
www.aalto.fi/en/
Established: 2010
Turnover: EUR 389 million (total funding)
No. of employees: 4 675
Aalto University is a foundation university created in 2010 from a
merger between Helsinki School of Economics, Helsinki University
of Technology and the University of Art and Design Helsinki. Thus in
Aalto, science and art meets technology and business.
There are around 20 000 students and 5 000 staff at Aalto and the
university has a number of Centers and Researchers of Excellence.
There are in total six schools within Aalto. The School of Chemical
Technology centers its main activity on the science and technology
behind the industrial conversion of renewable and non-renewable
natural resources.
The Department of Forest Products Technology carries out scientific
research and teaching in the field of the sustainable use of renewable
natural resources. The focus is on forest biomass and its processing to
into solid wood products, fibers and cellulose fibrils, composites made
from these, regenerated cellulosic materials and various chemicals.
The department is a leading unit in higher education in forest products
technologies in Europe and globally, with a combined average of 70
M.Sc. and D.Sc. degrees annually.
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ENEVO OY
Heikki Tallgren
Mr. Heikki Tallgren, Key Account Manager
Mr. Ondrej Glazar, Manager, Finadvice s.r.o
Mr. Peter Godányi, Manager, Infranova s.r.o.
Address: Tähdenlennonkuja 1
FI-02240 Espoo, FINLAND
Tel. +358 20 734 0750
E-mail: info@enevo.com
www.enevo.com
Ondrej Glazar
Established: 2010
Turnover: EUR 0.2 M
No. of employees: 44
Enevo is a young and dynamic company
specializing in advanced cloud based logistics
optimization services for environmental and oil
industry. In addition to headquarters in Espoo
Finland, it has subsidiaries in UK, USA, Japan
and Germany.
Peter Godányi
Enevo ONe is a comprehensive logistics solution that saves time,
money and the environment. It uses wireless sensors to measure
and forecast the fill-level of waste containers and generates smart
collection plans using the most efficient schedules and routes.
The solution provides up to 50 % in direct cost savings. Reducing
the amount of overfull containers means less litter and happier
customers! Enevo ONe provides a significant increase in efficiency
across the whole value chain.
The Enevo ONe service automatically generates schedules and
optimised routes which take into account an extensive set of
parameters (future fill-level projections, truck availability, traffic
information, road restrictions etc.). New schedules and routes are
planned not only looking at the current situation, but considering the
future outlook as well.
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FINNSONIC OY
Tea Lehto
Ms. Tea Lehto
CEO
Address: Parikankatu 8, FI-15170 Lahti, FINLAND
Tel. +358 3 883 030
Fax +358 3 883 0330
E-mail: sales@finnsonic.com
www.finnsonic.com
Established: 1979
Turnover: EUR 7 M
No. of employees: 27
FinnSonic is the Nordic region´s leading producer of parts cleaning
processes and NDT systems to the aviation, automotive, machinery and
developed metal industries.
FinnSonic designs, manufactures and assembles cleaning and
inspection systems from bench top to custom built lines. FinnSonic´s
profound understanding of industrial cleaning challenges stems
from the many years´ experience of ultrasonic cleaning for different
applications. The FinnSonic solutions meet customers’ demands:
cleaning results, operating economy, capacity, quality, durability &
safety.
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GEMALTO OY
Petri Lahonen
Mr. Petri Lahonen
Regional Sales Director, Government Programs CEE
Address: P.O. Box 31 (Myllynkivenkuja 4), FI-01621 Vantaa, FINLAND
Tel. +358 9 89411
Fax +358 9 891 887
E-mail: petri.lahonen@gemalto.com
www.gemalto.com
Established: Security Printing Works of Bank of Finland
established in 1885
Turnover: EUR 2.5 B (global Gemalto turnover 2014)
No. of employees: globally 12 000
Gemalto develops secure software that runs on trusted devices which
we design and personalize. We manage these devices, the confidential
data they contain and the services they make possible, throughout
their life cycle.
Our clients come from some 190 countries, and comprise many of
the world’s best-known enterprises, national administrations, mobile
operators, banks and financial institutions, transport operators and a
vast number of other industries looking for gains in efficiency, security
and simplicity.
Gemalto’s role – our purpose – is to enable our clients to offer trusted
and convenient digital services to billions of individuals. We’re world
leader in protecting, verifying and managing digital identities and
interactions. We develop and install secure software in diverse products
(SIMs, payment cards, eID documents etc.) used to access digital
services. Our platforms and services continuously monitor and manage
these devices, checking identities and managing transactions.
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HALTON OY
Jiří Syrový
Mr. Jiří Syrový
Area Sales Manager
Address: Esterinportti 2, FI-00240 Helsinki, FINLAND
Tel. +358 20 792 200
Fax +358 20 792 2050
E-mail: jiri.syrovy@halton.com
www.halton.com
Established: 1969
Turnover: EUR 180 M
No. of employees: 1 100
Halton is producing indoor climate solutions for public and commercial
buildings such as offices, healthcare and laboratories and hotels.
Halton is a leader in the chilled beam technology having unique
patents and solutions, e.g. the first chilled beams with integrated lights
or the first energy saving Variable Air Volume chilled beam system.
We also provide energy saving solutions for laboratories and
hospitals – operating theatres, isolation rooms, wardrooms and other
spaces. Halton also produces related products as diffusers, airflow
management components or fire dampers.
The business is supported by laboratory premises in Finland and France
providing simulation services and real mock up tests, followed by after
sales services as customer satisfaction survey. Production plants are
located in Finland, France, UK, Germany, Hungary, USA, Malaysia and
China. Sales offices are in 23 countries. References worldwide and also
in The Czech Republic, Slovakia and around.
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KEMPPI OY
Hannu Jokela
Mr. Hannu Jokela
Director, Distributor & Dealer Sales
Address: Kempinkatu 1, FI-15800 Lahti, FINLAND
Tel. +358 3 89911
Fax +358 3 899 428
E-mail: export@kemppi.com
www.kemppi.com
Established: 1949
Turnover: EUR 111 M
No. of employees: 650
Kemppi Group’s subsidiary Kemppi Oy is a family business, founded in
1949, and one of the leading manufacturers of arc welding equipment
and suppliers of software and service solutions for welding.
In 2013, its net sales came to about 111 million euros, with
international markets accounting for 90 % of that sum. Kemppi has
production units in Lahti and Asikkala, Finland, and in Chennai, India.
It has operations in 16 countries and regularly exports to more than 70.
The company employs over 600 workers. Further information can be
found at www.kemppi.com.
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LINDSTRÖM S.R.O.
Július Kaliský
Mr. Július Kaliský
Vice President for Slovakia, Czech Republic and Slovenia
Address: Slovak Republic: Orešianska 3, 917 01 Trnava,
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Czech Republic: Skandinávská 999, 267 53 Žebrák,
CZECH REPUBLIC
Tel. +421 33 590 7605
E-mail: julius.kalisky@lindstrom.sk
www.lindstromgroup.com
Established: 1848
Turnover: EUR 300 M on group level
No. of employees: 3 300
Lindström is a family owned service company and a traditional service
provider. Company’s head office is in Finland and the company is one
of the oldest companies in Finland.
Lindström is a professional textile rental company, operating in Europe
and Asia. In Czech Republic and Slovakia we are providing rental full
service in work wear business, and in dust control mats, almost for 20
years already.
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OY MERINOVA AB
Johan Wasberg
Mr. Johan Wasberg
Development Director
Address: P.O. Box 187 (Yrittäjänkatu 12), FI-65101 Vaasa, FINLAND
Tel. +358 40 742 3207
E-mail: johan.wasberg@merinova.fi
www.merinova.fi
Established: 1995
Turnover: EUR 2 M
No. of employees: 10
Oy Merinova Ab manages EnergyVaasa, which is the largest energy
technology cluster in the Nordic countries. The cluster consists of over
140 companies and employs over 11 000 persons. The annual turnover
of the cluster is 4.4 billion euros. The cluster is especially strong in
electricity generation and distribution, but includes also other types of
companies.
Merinova promotes the utilization of new technologies and company
growth by offering various development and internationalization
services.
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MOLOK OY
Hannu Jokinen
Mr. Hannu Jokinen
Managing Director
Address: Nosturikatu 16, FI-37101 Nokia, FINLAND
Tel. +358 50 318 3425
E-mail: hannu.jokinen@molok.com
www.molok.com
Established: 1991
Turnover: EUR 12.8 M (2014)
No. of employees: 45
Molok Oy is a Finnish company manufacturing, marketing and selling
Molok® semi-underground Deep Collection® waste containers. The
company was established 1991 and within more than 20 years of
operations Molok has expanded from a small family company to an
international company known all over the world as an innovative and
reliable partner in the waste business.
The company is based on the innovative idea of Molok Deep
Collection® system. The benefits of the Deep Collecting® system are
huge underground collecting capacity, long emptying intervals, high
collecting efficiency and low emissions. Because of the coolness of the
ground the system is nearly odorless even in warm countries resulting
a healthy and comfortable living environment.
Nowadays Molok Oy is known as a leading manufacturer and highly
appreciated consultant company of the semi-underground containers
and Deep Collection® system. Molok is present in more than 40
different countries in all continents. There are more than 140 000
containers installed and serving every day tens of millions of people in
many different countries and cultures.
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NESTE OIL CORPORATION
Heli Salmenpohja
Ms. Heli Salmenpohja
Head of Market Access, Public Affairs
Address: P.O. Box 95, FI-00095 Neste Oil, FINLAND
Keilaranta 21, FI-02150 Espoo, FINLAND
Tel. +358 10 45811
E-mail: heli.salmenpohja@nesteoil.com
www.nesteoil.com
Established: 1948
Turnover: EUR 15 B (2014)
No. of employees: approx. 5 000
Neste Oil Corporation is a refining and marketing company specializing
in high-quality fuels for cleaner traffic. The company produces all of
the most important oil products and is the world’s leading supplier of
diesels made of renewable raw materials. In 2014, the company’s net
sales stood at EUR 15 billion, and it employs some 5 000 people. Neste
Oil shares are listed on the NASDAQ Helsinki.
Neste Oil has been accepted into the Dow Jones Sustainability World
Index. The company has also been on the Global 100 list of sustainable
companies for several years in succession. CDP Forest has selected
Neste Oil as one of the best companies taking care of their forest
footprint in the oil and gas industry.
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OC-SYSTEM OY
Riku Räisänen
Mr. Riku Räisänen
Marketing Manager
Address: Työkuja 4, FI-79600 Joroinen, FINLAND
Tel. +358 20 144 1400
Fax +358 20 144 1401
E-mail: riku.raisanen@oc-system.fi
www.oc-system.fi
Established: 1992
Turnover: EUR 3.5 M
No. of employees: 33
OC-System products improve health and safety at workplaces. Products
include control rooms, noise control elements, noise reduction rooms,
protective walls and work space elements. Steel mesh wall elements
for protective barriers around machines, equipment and conveyors.
Services include design, manufacturing and installation. Customers
can be found from various areas of process and production industry.
Solutions are used by various robot integrators, automation companies
and machine building industry. Authorities, real estate companies and
educational organisations make their workplaces safer with OC-System
products.
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PICEASOFT LTD
Mr. Risto Kivipuro
Chairman of Board
Risto Kivipuro
Mr. Heikki Tarvainen
Vice President, Sales and Business
Development
Address: Visiokatu 1,
FI-33720 Tampere, FINLAND
Tel. +358 10 504 0770
E-mail: piceasoft@piceasoft.com
www.piceasoft.com
Heikki Tarvainen
Established: 2012
Turnover: EUR 1-2 M
No. of employees: 15
Piceasoft is an innovative and agile software company developing
products to simplify people´s mobile life. The company provides PC
and Cloud solutions for retail and consumers - once buying a new
smart device, the precious data from the old device is stored safely,
available immediately in the new device, and erased from the old
phone to recycle it. Solutions also include phone analyzes for repair
and buyback.
PiceaSwitch
The only cross platform PC and Cloud software solution to switch
phone content at retail.
PiceaEraser
Secure mobile data erasure. Optimized erasure solutions for Point of
Sale and Service center.
PiceaDiagnostics
Device diagnostics for In-store problem and Service center problem
analysis.
PiceaReporting
Web reporting tool to collect all switching, diagnostics and erase data
across the value chain for business follow up.
The company´s main markets currently are the Nordic and Baltic
countries, Germany and Central Europe as well as India.
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RECRUITING AGENCY SIHTI
Jukka-Pekka Annala
Mr. Jukka-Pekka Annala
CEO
Address: Tampellan esplanadi 2, FI-33100 Tampere, FINLAND
Tel. +358 10 320 6500
Fax +358 10 320 6508
E-mail: hallinto@sihti.fi
www.sihti.fi
Established: 2009
Turnover: EUR 23 M
No. of employees: 42
Recruitment Agency Sihti is a corporation which offers Recruitment
and Staffing services and Management Consulting. Focus is in Manager
and Clerical employee recruitments and Staffing especially in Industry,
Construction, IT, Mining and Financing -segments.
Capacity
·· Offices in 7 cities
·· 40 service personnel
·· 700 customer companies
·· Over 50 000 CV Database
·· Owned by operative staff
·· English and Russian speaking personnel.
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SABRISCAN OY
Basan Patil
Mr. Basan Patil
Export Manager
Address: Tehdaskylänkatu 11, FI-11710, Riihimäki, FINLAND
Tel. +358 19 760 220
Fax +358 19 760 2210
E-mail: basan.patil@sabriscan.fi
www.sabriscan.fi
Established: 1998
Turnover: EUR 5 M
No. of employees: 30 and 4 000 + with partner network
SabriScan Oy is a service company which provides high quality
solutions for machine, metal- and plastic industry. Quick and easily.
No matter what your needs are – Component, Complete tooling
solutions, Design service, Technical solutions or even whole supply
chain management; we provide them with exceptional service attitude.
Sabriscan Oy’s strong know-how in different business sectors and
international expertise guarantees the quality and generates new
perspectives on your business development and grow. We coach and
lead you towards to operational excellence.
Competences:
·· Injection moulds
·· Lighting Injection molds
·· Die-casting moulds
·· Blow moulds
·· Permanent die casting moulds
·· Forging tools
·· Mould maintenance
·· Special machining
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Special polishing
Product modeling
Machining tools
Workshop equipments
Machining and measuring
equipments
·· Value stream development
·· LEAN-OPEX coaching programs
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SMC
SMC SERVICE OY
Juha Ylitalo
Mr. Juha Ylitalo
Trading Manager
Address: P.O. Box 88 (Mannerheiminkatu 9-11),
FI-06101 Porvoo, FINLAND
Tel. +358 10 322 6950
Fax +358 19 536 1212
E-mail: office@finha.fi
www.hylky.fi, www.finha.fi
Established: 1981
Turnover: EUR 10 M
No. of employees: 12
SMC Service Oy group of companies are involved in the following
Business Areas: trading and related services to paper, packaging and
plastics industry as well as logistics services. The group’s companies’
activities are trading, warehousing and logistics, as well as recycling
services.
The individual companies are as follows: Finha Trading Oy, Porvoo
(paper, RCP, plastics trading), Alfa-Paper Oy, Kotka Hietanen harbour
(rewrapping and warehousing services, member of Finnish Port
Operators’ Association), MEK-Trans Oy Ab, Porvoo (container logistics)
and Papinniemi Oy, Imatra (crushing and baling of RCP, recycling
services). Papinniemi Oy is accredited with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001
Quality Systems and operates under Environmental Permit granted by
the Finnish environmental authorities.
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SOUTH SAVO
VOCATIONAL COLLEGE
Riikka Dillström
Ms. Riikka Dillström
Manager of Education Exports
Address: P.O. Box 304 (Otavankatu 4), FI-50101 Mikkeli, FINLAND
Tel. +358 15 221 5111
Fax +358 15 221 5250
E-mail: info@esedu.fi
www.esedu.fi/en
Established: 1944
Turnover: EUR 40 M
No. of employees: 451
South Savo Vocational College offers vocational education and training
for young people and adults. We offer our students individual learning
paths and international learning experiences. All our education is given
in Finnish. The applicants whose mother tongue is not Finnish have to
pass Finnish language tests successfully in order to be admitted.
The annual amount of students is approximately 7 000. Of those
2 500 are young people studying for a vocational upper secondary
qualification, and 4 500 are adults. Our faculty consists of teachers and
trainers (251) and of other personnel (200).
Our College offers vocational education and training in the following
fields:
·· Culture
·· Natural Resources and the Environment
·· Natural Sciences
·· Social Sciences, Business and Administration
·· Social Services, Health and Sports
·· Technology, Communications and Transport
·· Tourism, Catering and Domestic Services.
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STERA GROUP OY
Mr. Heikki Ajanko
CEO
Heikki Ajanko
Mr. Jyri Kontio
Managing Director of Business Area
Address: Tierankatu 5, FI-20520 Turku, FINLAND
Tel. +358 20 788 5000
Fax +358 20 788 5205
E-mail: firstname.lastname@stera.com
www.stera.com
Jyri Kontio
Established: 2007
Turnover: EUR 60 M
No. of employees: 700
Stera Technologies, a group specializing in serial production of
mechanics and electronics, was founded in October 2007, when the
Finnish companies Levyosa Oy, Elektromet Yhtiöt Oy, Hihra Oy, Aumec
Systems Oy, and Beertekno Oy were merged.
·· Our production space totals 55 000 m²
·· In 7 factories, of which 5 in Finland, 1 in Estonia, 1 in India
·· About 700 people work in the employment of Stera Technologies.
Thanks to the experience accumulated over the decades, seamless
interplay of our mechanics and electronics designers and
manufacturers, as well as modern machinery, we are able to offer
extremely competitive high-quality products to our clients.
We provide comprehensive solutions to our clients’ needs and
finalizing our products to the maximum degree. We seek to establish
a long-term partnership and work in collaboration all the way
from prototypes to efficient mass production. From the very first
stages of the process, our highly adept designers strive to find the
best approaches together with the client. As we have the ability to
manufacture our own tools, our production is cost-efficient, versatile,
and matching up to your individual requirements. We are also strictly
observing environmental requirements.
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TAMPERE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Markus Sjölund
Mr. Markus Sjölund
Director
Address: Kalevantie 2B, FI-33100 Tampere, FINLAND
Tel. +358 3 230 0555
E-mail: info@tampere.chamber.fi
www.tampere.chamber.fi
Established: 1918
No. of employees: 12
Tampere Chamber of Commerce and Industry is a leading business
organisation in the Tampere Region. It represents over 1 700
companies and members from the private sector, ranging from industry
to services and companies of all sizes. Tampere CCI strives towards:
·· Furthering and promoting the business interests of the community
·· Providing networking opportunities
·· Creating a strong local economy
·· Promoting the Tampere region and it’s opportunities for businesses
of all sizes
·· Facilitating international connections and business opportunities
between Tampere Region companies and other countries.
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VALTAVALO LTD
Maria Uusitalo
Ms. Maria Uusitalo
Export Director
Address: Veistämötie 8, FI-90620 Oulu, FINLAND
Tel. +358 20 778 9880
E-mail: info@valtavalo.fi
www.valtavalo.fi
Established: 2008
Turnover: EUR 2 M
No. of employees: 13
Valtavalo Ltd. is a Finnish company developing, manufacturing and
supplying high quality, energy-efficient LED lighting solutions. We
aim to improve our customers’ profitability and competitiveness by
providing energy-saving, environmentally friendly lighting solutions.
Our own R&D and fully automated manufacturing in Finland as well
as an extensive partner network and a short supply chain guarantee
the best possible quality. The high quality Valtavalo LED tubes are
extremely durable in a wide operating temperature range and thus,
very well suitable also for challenging environments.
Valtavalo Ltd. is the market leader within LED tubes in Scandinavia.
In addition to LED tubes, our product range includes luminaires for
lighting in public and commercial buildings, offices and factories
to name a few solution areas. High quality and long lifetime of our
products result in an excellent return on investment.
Valtavalo Ltd’s mission is to manufacture and deliver cost-efficiently
the best LED tubes in the world for our customers. All operations are
based on company values: improving our customers’ competitiveness
and well-being and combining our efforts to care for the environment.
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VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH
CENTRE OF FINLAND LTD
Jari Uotila
Mr. Jari Uotila
Manager, International Relations
Address: P.O. Box 1000, FI-02044 VTT, FINLAND
(Vuorimiehentie 3 A, FI-02150 Espoo, FINLAND)
Tel. +358 20 722 111
Fax +358 20 722 7001
E-mail: info@vtt.fi
www.vtt.fi, www.vttresearch.com
Established: 1942
Turnover: EUR 308 M (2013 VTT Group)
No. of employees: 2 600 (1.1.2015 VTT Group)
VTT is the leading research and technology company in the Nordic
countries. We use our research and knowledge to provide expert services
for our domestic and international customers and partners. We serve
both private and public sectors.
We have 73 years’ experience supporting our clients’ growth with toplevel research and science-based results.
We develop new smart technologies, profitable solutions and innovative
services. We cooperate with our customers to produce technology for
business and build success and well-being for the benefit of society.
We use 4 000 000 hours of brainpower a year to develop new
technological solutions. The benefit you gain from this spearhead research
comes when we work with you to create new products, processes and
services. VTT ensures efficient utilization of science and technology with
the aid of broad international cooperation and networking and VTT is a
significant player in EU Horizon 2020 program and is the largest receiver
of EU funding in Finland (~25 %) and among the seven largest in EU. VTT
is part of Finland’s innovation system and operates under the mandate of
the Ministry of Employment and the Economy.
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XMLDATION OY
Antti Kela
Mr. Antti Kela
Sales Manager
Address: Kalevantie 2, FI-33100 Tampere, FINLAND
Tel. +358 10 470 8810
E-mail: xmldation@xmldation.com
www.xmldation.com
Established: 2009
No. of employees: 14
We focus on SEPA and XML payment related testing and simulation
for banks. We help you in on-boarding customers for new XML based
services. With us you save time and money by enabling customer selfservice in testing Customer-to-Bank domain messaging. At the same
time this increases customer satisfaction by easy and high quality onboarding support.
Within Bank-to-Customer domain we enable the simulation of Endto-End payment process. This means we can produce your bank
specific account reporting for your customers to help them set up the
Straight Through Reconciliation process.
We provide tools for comprehensive XML management by helping you
orchestrate rule definitions for all XML based transactions.
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Team Finland
The Team Finland network promotes Finland’s external economic
relations, the internationaliation of Finnish businesses, Finland’s brand
abroad and investments to Finland. The network aims to bring all
key authorities and organisations under one umbrella, improve the
efficiency of their cooperation, and provide customers with an easy
access to a wide range of services.
The Team Finland network consists of more than 70 local teams
around the world and brings together all Finnish authorities, publicly
funded organisations and other key parties with ties to Finland. At
home, the core members of the Team Finland network are the Ministry
of Employment and the Economy, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
and the Ministry of Education and Culture - together with agencies
operating under their guidance. A network of regional contact persons
has also been set up at the national level.
The steering of the Team Finland network takes place at the Prime
Minister’s Office. The network’s strategic priorities are set by the
Steering Group for Finland’s External Economic Relations, chaired by
Prime Minister Alexander Stubb. The priorities are reviewed every year
and adopted by the Government.
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Official Delegation
Ms. Helena Tuuri
Ambassador
Embassy of Finland, Prague
Ms. Henna Knuuttila
Chargé d’Affaires
Embassy of Finland, Bratislava
Mr. Hannu Jokinen
Managing Director
Molok Oy
Leader of the Business
Delegation
Mr. Jukka Hahlanterä
Vice President, Head of Region
East Europe & Middle East
Finpro
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Mr. Juha Ottman
Deputy Director General,
Department for Europe
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
of Finland
Mr. Ari Tasanen
Minister Counsellor
Embassy of Finland, Prague
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FINPRO
P.O. Box 358 (Porkkalankatu 1)
FI-00181 Helsinki, FINLAND
Tel. +358 29 46951
Fax +358 29 4695 200
E-mail: firstname.lastname@finpro.fi
www.finpro.fi
FINPRO – Growth for Finland
Finpro helps Finnish SMEs go international, encourages foreign direct
investment in Finland and promotes tourism. We bring growth to
Finland. Our more than 200 professionals work in 64 offices in over
40 countries, and we manage major national projects including
Cleantech Finland, Future Learning Finland and FinlandCare. Finpro
is Export Finland, Visit Finland and Invest in Finland. We are a public
organization and part of the Team Finland network.
www.finpro.fi
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FINPRO
Mr. Jukka Hahlanterä
Vice President, Head of Region
East Europe & Middle East
Finpro
Mr. Antti Mäkikyrö
Ms. Lotta Eiroma
Consultant
Project Coordinator
Finpro Oslo
Finpro Helsinki
Mr. Carl-Fredrik Albert
Consultant
Finpro Copenhagen
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ANNEXES
Facts about Finland
and Finnish Foreign Trade
Trade with the Czech Republic
Trade with the Slovak Republic
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Facts about Finland
Basic data
Population: 5.5 million
Area: 338 000 sq. km
Capital city: Helsinki (1.25 million inhabitants in
metropolitan area)
Languages: Finnish, Swedish
Currency unit: Euro
State and Government
Independence: 6.12.1917
Form of government:
Republic, parliamentary democracy
Parliament: 200 members, elected every 4 years (next
2015)
Cabinet: Multiparty coalition cabinet. The current
Cabinet is run by Prime Minister Alexander
Stubb
Head of State: President of the Republic, elected every 6
years. Currently Mr. Sauli Niinistö, elected
in 2012.
International cooperation: Member of United Nations since 1955 and
European Union since 1995
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Society & Economy
Key features: High quality education, social security and
healthcare, all financed by the state. Highly
technological and innovative society.
GDP per capita: 37 138 euros (2013 preliminary data)
Main exports: Electrotechnical goods, metal products,
machinery, transport equipment, wood and
paper products, chemicals
Main imports: Raw materials, investment goods, energy,
consumer goods (for example cars and
textiles)
Sources: Statistics Finland, National Board of Customs, Population Register
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FINNISH EXPORTS BY PRODUCTS 2014
Share and change from previous year (%)
Other products
11.7 % (-5 %)
Chemical industry products
23.1 % (-7 %)
Electric and
electronics
industry products
12.0 % (+5 %)
Metal, machinery and
transport industry
products
33.1 % (+5 %)
Forest industry
products
20.1 % (+0 %)
Source: Finnish Customs, February 2015
FINNISH EXPORTS BY REGIONS 2014
Share and change from previous year (%)
Other countries
6.3 % (+1 %)
North America
8.1 % (+5 %)
Euro zone
34.1 % (+6 %)
Asia
13.9 % (-6 %)
Rest of Europe
14.4 % (-11 %)
Other EU
countries
23.2 % (-0 %)
Source: Finnish Customs, February 2015
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FINNISH EXPORTS TO THE CZECH REPUBLIC 2014
Goods not classified
elsewhere 8 %
Miscellaneous
manufactured
articles 7.8 %
Basic manufactures
41.8 %
Chemicals and
related products
14.2 %
Machinery,
transport equipment
28.2 %
Source: Finnish Customs, February 2015
FINNISH IMPORTS FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC 2014
Chemicals and
related
products 3.9 %
Goods not classified
elsewhere 12.1 %
Machinery, transport
equipment 63.1 %
Miscellaneous
manufactured
articles 8.7 %
Basic
manufactures
12.2 %
Source: Finnish Customs, February 2015
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FINNISH EXPORTS TO THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC 2014
Goods not classified
elsewhere 13.4 %
Basic manufactures
36 %
Crude materials,
inedible, except
fuels 10.6 %
Chemicals
and related
products 11.9 %
Machinery,
transport equipment 28.1 %
Source: Finnish Customs, February 2015
FINNISH IMPORTS FROM THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC 2014
Goods not classified
elsewhere 12.6 %
Machinery,
transport
equipment 57.8%
Food and live
animals 6.2 %
Basic
manufactures
11.3 %
Miscellaneous
manufactured articles
12.1 %
Source: Finnish Customs, February 2015
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