20 January 2023 Deeptech company Volare, which produces insect-based protein, plans to build its first industrial-scale facility in Järvenpää, Finland. When opened, the facility will produce about 5,000 tons of environmentally friendly protein and lipids annually. Volare’s circular protein is used in fish feed and pet foods among others.

Volare’s industrial-scale facility will be the first of its kind in Finland and one of the few pioneers to also operate in Europe. As the facility uses Volare’s own unique technology, the protein production process will consume almost 30% less energy compared to similar solutions.

17 January 2023 Ahlsell makes the largest investment in its history, which ensures the capacity and efficiency of the Hyvinkää logistics center. Ahlsell is the Nordic region’s leading distributor of installation products, tools, and supplies for installation, construction, real estate management, industrial and power companies, and the public sector.

The expansion sustainability goals of the project are ambitious: the goal is BREEAM classification. BREEAM is the leading building environmental rating system in Europe.

23 September 2022 Kesko continues to implement its growth strategy by investing over €300 million in building an 82,000 square metre logistics centre for Onninen and K-Auto in Hyvinkää, Finland. The project will be completed in stages between 2025 and 2030.

The new logistics centre will be located in Hyvinkää. Kesko acquired a 42-hectare property in the area in July 2021. During the first phase, the new logistics centre will be over 80,000 square metres in size, most of it reserved for Onninen. It will replace Onninen’s current logistics centre, also located in Hyvinkää, and be the workplace of some 400–500 logistics professionals. The current centre houses some 400 employees.

12 August 2022 One of them is Foodiq, a Finnish developer and producer of plant-based products, in June revealed it has raised 13 million euros in funding, a boon it intends to use to ramp up production capacity, expand operations into new markets and product categories, accelerate international growth, and add talent to its organization. The seven-year-old startup also intends to concentrate its operations in Finland to Järvenpää, where it recently acquired the production facility of Gold & Green Foods. Its goal is to speed up the transition to more plant-based diets and climate-friendly food production by bringing to market delicious plant-based options made from locally sourced raw materials with sustainable methods.

6 June 2022  The cooperation with Microsoft and Fortum, which carried out the project study, has been efficient from the very beginning. The project has a major positive impact on the municipality’s employment and development, says Erkki Eerola, Mayor of Vihti.

According to research institute IDC, Microsoft, its ecosystem, and cloud customers could together generate more than 11,000 jobs in Finland for IT professionals over the next four years.

26 February 2022 The municipality of Sipoo and DHL Supply Chain Finland Oy will conclude more than € 3.5 million plot sales in the logistics area of ​​Bastukärr. DHL intends to build a logistics center comprising three buildings. The main building is a single-storey storage terminal with just over 44,300 square meters. In addition, a 180 m2 technical building and a 2,500 m2 covered outdoor warehouse will be built on the site. DHL Supply Chain is the world’s largest contract logistics company.