Riihimäki as a market area

In Riihimäki, your company is in the middle of growing Southern Finland. Riihimäki is a dynamic and growing city of about 29 inhabitants and the center of the region. There are about 000 people who rely on Riihimäki as their main place of business. The size of the entire economic area is more than 50 inhabitants.

The attractiveness of Riihimäki is based on several things. Both a highway and a main line pass through the city. Excellent connections to the capital region are illustrated, for example, by the fact that there are approximately 70 train services and 17 express bus services from Riihimäki to Helsinki on weekdays. The journey by car takes less than an hour on the highway. The Turku-Forssa-Riihimäki-Lahti-Lappeenranta cross-traffic bus also guarantees good cross-connections.

The most logical location for domestic logistics services is Riihimäki, close to the center of gravity of the country's population. In addition, the proximity of the capital region guarantees good availability of employees.

Location in the growth corridor

Stretching from Helsinki to Tampere Finland's growth corridor forms the country's most significant functional and structural entity. One in three Finns already lives in the area affected by the growth corridor. Within the region, more than 301 commuters cross at least one municipal border every day. Finland's growth corridor forms a unified labor market area and a unified labor pool for companies.

The corridor complex forms the core of all of Finland's economic growth and competitiveness.

• 45% of Finland's gross domestic product is produced along this artery.
• Approximately 50% of the company's turnover is generated in the area of ​​the Finnish Growth Corridor network.
• About 40% of the jobs are already located in the growth corridor.

The versatility of businesses is typical for such an area and at the same time definitely a significant strength of the area. Such sectors include, for example, logistics, trade, industrial subcontracting and further processing, the real estate and construction sector as a whole, the financial sector and tourism.

In 2013, a new kind of cooperation network was formed to promote the development of the growth corridor, the members of which are the region's 19 cities and municipalities, all three regional federations of the region, and all four chambers of commerce. In addition, the Ministry of Labor and Economy, the Ministry of Transport and Communications, the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Education and Culture are also involved in the network work.

Large and small companies

A successful business attracts new people. Riihimäki is home to large and internationally renowned top companies such as Würth Oy, Valio Oy, Oy Aga Ab, Reka Kaapeli Oy, Fortum Waste Solutions, Sako Oy, Kumera Oy, NRC Group Finland Oy, RTV-yhtymä, Millog Oy, CGI, VR-Yhtymä and Taloon.com.

The city also has a large number of small and medium-sized companies.

Commuting to the capital region

Several thousand working people constantly commute from Riihimäki to work elsewhere. These are a labor reserve for companies operating in Riihimäki: among the commuters there are applicants for new jobs opening up in Riihimäki.

The close cooperation of the city and companies with Häme University of Applied Sciences and Hyria Koulutus keeps the educational institutions on the pulse of labor needs. The mentioned educational institutions operating in the locality graduate professionals in the fields of media technology, telecommunications technology, mechanical and production technology, product development, catering, trade and administration, among others.

Riihimäki is the right choice for companies that value proximity to markets, the availability of trained labor and good transport connections.