News about Industry

Business

New orders in manufacturing fell by 13%

Foreigner.fi 10/Jun/2020

 Orders have declined continuously for four months.

Business

Finland's industrial output fell in April

Foreigner.fi 10/Jun/2020

Production fell most in the chemical, forest and metal industries.

Lifestyle

CLIMATE

Greenhouse gas emissions in Finland record low

Foreigner.fi 28/May/2020

Emissions from the Finnish agricultural sector grew by 1%.

Business

Finnish industry output decreased at the beginning of the year

Foreigner.fi 10/Mar/2020

Industrial output decreased in January both from the previous month and from one year back. Also, new orders in manufacturing fell by 1.6% year-on-year.

Business

Finland recorded an increase in industrial output at the end of 2019

Foreigner.fi 10/Feb/2020

Seasonally adjusted industrial production grew in December most in the electrical and electronics industry, by 7.2%. The decline in output was strongest in the chemical industry (-3.1%).

News

Wages and salaries sum grew in all main Finnish industries

Foreigner.fi 13/Jan/2020

The growth in the wages and salaries sum was fastest in private health and social work (7.2%), other services (4.0%), financial intermediation (3.1%), manufacturing (2.7%) and trade (2.3%).

Business

Finnish industrial production grew again after months of decline

Foreigner.fi 10/Jan/2020

In November, seasonally adjusted industrial output went up by 1.3% from the month before.

Business

Finnish food exports growing at a record rate

Foreigner.fi 28/Nov/2019

Countries where export growth has been visible include China, where there has been a particular demand for pork and powdered milk. However, Finns still import three times more than they export in…

Business

Research and development expenditure growing in all sectors

Foreigner.fi 24/Oct/2019

The gross domestic product (GDP) share of R&D expenditure in 2018 was 2.74%.

Business

Industrial output grew in August

Foreigner.fi 10/Oct/2019

Examined by main industry, seasonally adjusted industrial output grew most in August in the industry of mining and quarrying,

Business

Finland's industrial output increased in July

Foreigner.fi 11/Sep/2019

Output decreased from the previous month in the chemical industry (-1.4%), and in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (-3.7%).

Business

Welfare of Finns dependent on the technology industry

Kelly Keodara 01/Sep/2019

700,000 people earn their living directly or indirectly within the technology industries. Technology companies annually recruit almost 30 000 skilled workers and pay billions of euros…

Business

Industrial production grew in June

Foreigner.fi 09/Aug/2019

According to Statistics Finland, in June seasonally adjusted industrial output grew both compared to the previous month and year-on-year.

Business

Car sales suffer seven months of falls

Foreigner.fi 06/Aug/2019

The number of new passenger cars registered decreased by 3.8% in July, which was the seventh consecutive month of decline. Since the beginning of the year, car sales fell by 12.2%.

Work & Study

Three out of four jobs in Finland are in the service sector

Foreigner.fi 12/Jun/2019

According to Eurostat, 73.1% of jobs in Finland are in services, 22.8% in industry and 4.1% in agriculture. Employment in services increased 6.5 percentage points since the beginning of the…

Business

Consumption of hard coal decreased by 14% in the first quarter of 2019

Foreigner.fi 03/May/2019

At the end of March 2019, the stocks of coal amounted to 1.6 million tonnes, which represented an increase of 2% compared to one year before

Business

Industrial output stumbles in February

Foreigner.fi 10/Apr/2019

Output decreased most in mining and quarrying, by 11.4 per cent

Business

New orders in manufacturing grew by 5.5% year-on-year

Foreigner.fi 10/Apr/2019

Enterprises in all manufacturing industries received more orders than twelve months before

Work & Study

Salaries in Finland grew by 4.4 per cent in year-on-year

Foreigner.fi 13/Dec/2018

Construction, other services, private health and social work are the sectors that registered the highest raises. The private sector industries registered a greater growth than the public one.