Ari-Pekka Laitalainen

Fingrid Oyj engages in the provision of high-voltage electricity transmission services. It plans and monitors the operation, maintenance, and development of the Finnish electricity transmission grid. Its customers include electricity producers, network companies, and industrial enterprises. The company was founded on November 29, 1996 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

VEO Oy engages in the development of automation, drives and power distribution solutions. It operates through the following segments: Hydropower, Wind Power, Industry, Thermal Power, Marine, Engine and Hybrid Power. The Hydropower segment offers both turnkey deliveries, and modernization projects for hydropower plants. The Wind Power segment focuses on turnkey deliveries of applications connecting wind farms to the grid. The Industry segment serves customers operating in industries such as pulp and paper, marine, mining, minerals and metals, petrochemical, and discrete manufacturing. The Thermal Power segment enhances combined heat and power (CHP) production and promotes environmentally friendly solutions. The Marine segment includes main and distribution switchboards, motor control centres, electric drives applications, generators and marine thrusters, and winches. The Engine and Hybrid Power segment leverages synergies between multiple power sources, from oil and gas engine power plants to solar power systems. The company was founded on December 6, 1989 and is headquartered in Vaasa, Finland.

Finnvera Oyj is a financing company that provides financing for the start-up, growth, and internationalization of enterprises and for protection against export risks. Its products include loans, domestic guarantees, export credit guarantees, venture capital investments, export credits, and interest equalization. The company was founded on July 9, 1998 and is headquartered in Kuopio, Finland.

Neova Oy produces and supplies renewable fuels, bio-energy and environmental business solutions. It provides district heating through its own district heating networks and customized heating solutions for industrial customers, as well as produces and markets peat products for its energy customers and users of agricultural peat products. The company was founded in 1940 and is headquartered in Jyvaskyla, Finland.

Pohjolan Voima Oy provides electricity generation services. It produces hydro, nuclear and thermal power. The company generates electricity with water, uranium, wood, peat, agro biomass, recovered fuels, coal, natural gas, and oil. Pohjolan Voima was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

Finn-Power Oy designs and manufactures sheet metal components. The firm's product range varies from stand-alone machines to tailor-made systems combining a number of forming cells and material handling into an automated unit. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Kauhava, Finland.

Wapice Oy operates as a software company. Its products include IoT-Ticket, Summium CPQ and Selector, WRM247+ and CANrunner. The firm also offers devops, security, services design, cloud, consulting, technology and digitalization services. The company was founded by Markus Mäkelä and Pasi Eliel Tuominen in 1999 and is headquartered in Vaasa, Finland.

EPV Energia Oy produces and supplies electricity and district heating. It generates energy from wind and nuclear power, hydropower, and domestic biofuel sources. EPV Energia serves Finnish energy companies. The company was founded on October 16, 1952 and is headquartered in Vaasa, Finland.

Wärtsilä Finland Oy provides power generation solutions for marine and energy markets. It supplies engines, generating sets, reduction gears, propulsion equipment, control systems, and sealing solutions for all types of vessels and offshore applications. The company also offers power plant solutions based on oil, gas and dual-fuel engines, as well as bio-mass-fuelled heat and power plants. Wärtsilä Finland was founded on November 29, 1989 and is headquartered in Vaasa, Finland.

BtB Plaza Oy is a Finnish company that specializes in providing transformers. The private company is based in Pietarsaari, Finland. The company offers both standard and special applications that can be ordered as single units or in bulk.

Pohjanmaan kauppakamari ry is a Chamber of Commerce. The non-profit company is based in Vaasa, Finland.