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We have selected for you a list of useful links to organizations
relevant to Finnish economy and industry.
Confederation
of Finnish Industries EK 
The homepage of EK includes macroeconomic charts about Finnish
production, foreign trade, financial markets, prices, labour
market, public sector and business life.
Association
of Finnish Energy Industries
The Association of Finnish Energy Industries, Energiateollisuus
ry, is an energy sector industrial policy and labour market
policy organisation founded in 2004. It provides comprehensive
representation for companies involved in the production, sourcing,
transmission and sale of electricity, district heating and
district cooling, as well as related services.
Association
of Finnish Steel and Metal Producers
Association of Finnish Steel and Metal Producers is the
trade association for the Finnish steel and non-ferrous metals
industry. It represents the industry to policy and opinion
formers, promotes the industry and the importance of steel
and non-ferrous metals to schools and to the public.
Bank of Finland
The Bank of Finland is Finland's central bank and a member
of the European System of Central Banks. The Bank's web site
contains information on the Bank itself, its publications,
and various activities.
Chemical
Industry Federation of Finland
The Chemical Industry Federation of Finland acts as an umbrella
for the entire chemical industry. In this capacity the Federation
is the main operator, leading the way in issues related to
labour market policies and business and industrial affairs.
Branch federations and divisions are the cooperation expert
forums for the various chemical industry companies.
Confederation
of Finnish Construction Industries
The Confederation of Finnish Construction Industries RT (Rakennusteollisuus
RT ry) is the joint interest organisation of building contractors,
special contractors and the construction product industry.
Its aim is to firm up the cooperation of industrial players
so as to promote good construction and to strengthen the supervision
of the interests and importance of the construction industry
both in Finland and in the strongly internationally-oriented
business environment.
Federation
of Finnish Textile and Clothing Industries
The Federation of Finnish Textiles and Clothing Industries
is a lobby, training and service organisation. Its primary
mission is to enhance the business potential of members operating
in the highly-competitive Finnish and international markets
by furthering their business and labour-market interests.
Finfood
- Finnish Food Information Agency
Finfood provides information on food and the foodstuffs
industry. The objective is to promote Finnish food culture
in Finland and abroad. Finfood has 300 Finnish foodstuff enterprises
as members and it receives main funding from The Ministry
of Agriculture and Forestry. Finfood is also the provider
of Food from Finland’s web pages. Food from Finland (3F)
is a web site dedicated to Finnish food and food culture.
The site serves both business visitors and media.
Finnish
Business and Policy Forum (EVA)
The Finnish Business and Policy Forum, EVA, is a private think
tank, founded in 1974 and funded by the key business organizations
in Finland. It is independent of government and political
parties. EVA publishes reports, organizes debates and publishes
policy proposals. The EVA web site contains information on
EVA's reports and pamphlets that are policy oriented but written
from practical point of view. EVA specializes, among other
things, in researching Finnish attitudes.
Finnish
Bioindustries
The FIB is Finland's biotechnology industry association. It
is a private, independent non-profit organisation and member
companies represent all life science areas, from health care
and functional food to biomaterials.
Finnish
Energy Industries Federation
The field of activity of the Finnish Energy Industries
Federation comprises production, procurement, transmission,
distribution and sales of electricity, district heating and
district cooling, and the design, implementation, operation,
maintenance and construction of networks and power plants,
as well as provision of other services for the branch. The
federation is responsible for promoting development of the
sector and monitoring and improving its members’ operational
preconditions in terms of industrial and labour market policy
in Finland and abroad, particularly in the Nordic countries
and the EU.
Finnish
Food and Drink Industries' Federation (ETL)
The FFDIF represents and promotes the interests of Finnish
food and drink industries. It has about 300 member companies
and 25 branch associations.
Finnish
Forest Federation
The Finnish Forest Federation works to improve the business
environment for the wood-processing industries in Finland,
in the EU and in other principal market areas, and makes the
views of the sector know in economical and social debate.
Ministry
of Finance
The Finnish Ministry of Finances provides statistics mainly
about national economy and state finances.
National
Technology Agency of Finland
The National Technology Agency of Finland is the main public
funding organisation for research and development in Finland.
Tekes funds industrial projects as well as projects in research
organisations, and especially promotes innovative, risk-intensive
projects.
Research
Institute of Finnish Economy (ETLA)
The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, ETLA, carries
out research on economics, business and social policy as well
as makes economic forecasts. The site contains versatile information
on ETLA's research activities and various graphs about Finnish
economy.
Statistics
Finland
Statistics Finland's homepage is an excellent source for basic
statistics on Finnish economy, economic trends and society
at large.
Technology
Industries of Finland
The Technology Industries of Finland represents the country's
largest industrial sector and is responsible for about half
of the total industrial production, personnel and exports.
Page last updated 02.07.2007
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