Alholmens Kraft invited us to AIP’s Autumn After Work
On November 13, 2025, representatives from Alholmen Industrial Park and the City of Jakobstad gathered for an After Work event at Alholmens Kraft (AK). The evening offered networking and socializing, along with an opportunity to learn more about AK’s operations. About Alholmens Kraft Alholmens Kraft plays a key role in energy supply for both industry […]
Recruiting Active People brought students and industry together
Alholmen Industrial Park once again organized the Recruiting Active People (RAP) recruitment event this year in collaboration with Kokkola Industrial Park, Centria University of Applied Sciences, and KP-edu. The event took place on November 4, 2025, at Centria’s campus in Kokkola. It gathered students in technology and business who were eager to meet industry representatives […]
Strategies Converge – AIP and the City of Jakobstad in Dialogue
At the end of October, more than 30 participants from the city’s leadership and administration, as well as member companies of Alholmen Industrial Park, gathered to present their new strategies and discuss how the city’s and industry’s strategies can align. The event was organized within the framework of the ACEP (Alholmen Circular Economy Platform) and […]
First-year Students from the University of Oulu visited AIP and the forest industry in Jakobstad
What could be more inspiring than smart, curious young students? For the second year in a row, the fuksikursio was organized at the end of October when a group of 55 process engineering students from the University of Oulu recently visited Alholmens Industrial Park (AIP) and the forest industry companies UPM, Billerud, and Walki. What […]
Industrial Symbiosis Can Combine Profitability, Growth, and Climate Transition
The Swedish Network for Industrial and Urban Symbiosis (SNIUS) held its annual conference in Umeå on October 21–22, 2025, gathering nearly 100 participants from businesses, research institutes, as well as regions and municipalities across Sweden. Over two days, attendees explored various examples of how cities and regions can act as enablers of industrial renewal—where both […]
“Käänteisekskursio” gathered 145 engineering students
The Jakobstad region, Alholmen Industrial Park and the companies Baltic Yachts, Walki and Billerud organised a reverse excursion together with Vaasan yliopisto and the subject association Tutti ry in the university’s new Arcade premises. Students in the technical fields of the University of Vaasa and student guests from LUT in Lappeenranta and the University of […]
AIP sparks interest in industrial symbiosis research
In early March, Alholmen Industrial Park (AIP) hosted a benchmarking visit from the Department of Production Economics and Circular Economy at Turun Yliopisto‘s Faculty of Technology, through the Alholmen Circular Economy Platform (ACEP) project. Turun Yliopisto, together with the city of Salo, leads the project “Localization of Circular Economy in Finland: Towards Innovations in Industrial […]
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AIP Partner Lunch
On January 8, 2025, 36 representatives from industrial and service companies gathered at Alholmen Industrial Park (AIP) for a networking lunch at Järviseututalo in Jakobstad. The event, organized by Jakobstad Region Development Company Concordia Ab and AIP as part of the ACEP project, offered a range of interesting news and presentations. Informationboost from Concordia Pia […]
The First 20-Ton Electric Wheel Loader in Finland
Sjöbloms has been a leading player in the infrastructure and industrial sectors since 1960, when the family-owned company began transporting timber with horse and tractor. Based in Jakobstad, the company has developed a broad portfolio of services ranging from material handling in industry and infrastructure construction to recycling. The core values of safety, sustainability, and […]