The North\u00adern Indus\u00adtry Fair was held on 20th-21st of May 2026 at Oulu Hall. The fair, held in sum\u00admery weath\u00ader, attract\u00aded a total of approx\u00adi\u00admate\u00adly 4,000 vis\u00adi\u00adtors. The event brings togeth\u00ader indus\u00adtry experts, diverse part\u00adners, cur\u00adrent infor\u00adma\u00adtion, solu\u00adtions, and exper\u00adtise under one roof. There were 380 exhibitors, and the event was sold out again this year. Exhibitors were also found in the out\u00addoor court\u00adyard of Oulu Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wednes\u00adday\u2019s pro\u00adgram focused on hydro\u00adgen, and Tuo\u00admas Savola<\/strong> from Oulun Ener\u00adgia and Sari<\/strong> Kola<\/strong> from Both2nia Hydro\u00adgen Val\u00adley spoke about the top\u00adic. The cur\u00adrent state of the hydro\u00adgen sec\u00adtor and growth oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties in North\u00adern Fin\u00adland were dis\u00adcussed by Tuo\u00admas Savola, Sari Kola and Alek\u00adsi Haver\u00adi\u00adnen<\/strong> from Plug Pow\u00ader, mod\u00ader\u00adat\u00aded by Tomas Nor\u00adre\u00adna<\/strong>. Thurs\u00adday\u2019s pro\u00adgram includ\u00aded a talk on the data cen\u00adter indus\u00adtry by Antti-Jus\u00adsi-Laine<\/strong> from Swe\u00adco, and a pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtion on the future of SSAB by Arto Kan\u00adgas<\/strong>. Ris\u00adto Vuopala<\/strong> from ABB and Eetu<\/strong> Tolva\u00adnen<\/strong> from VincitEAM spoke about main\u00adte\u00adnance, and Marko Kivim\u00e4\u00adki<\/strong> from Hitachi Ener\u00adgy spoke about trans\u00adform\u00aders. The awards for the main\u00adte\u00adnance devel\u00adop\u00adment project com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion were also pre\u00adsent\u00aded on Thurs\u00adday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Cir\u00adcu\u00adlar Are\u00adna Oulu was also found in the depths of Oulu Hall, where six cir\u00adcu\u00adlar econ\u00ado\u00admy com\u00adpa\u00adnies and oper\u00ada\u00adtors were found this year. The Arc\u00adtic Con\u00adstruc\u00adtion Clus\u00adter Fin\u00adland<\/strong> <\/a>rep\u00adre\u00adsent\u00aded togeth\u00ader with the RYSKE<\/strong> team. RYSKE focus\u00ades on pro\u00admot\u00ading the cir\u00adcu\u00adlar econ\u00ado\u00admy in the con\u00adstruc\u00adtion sec\u00adtor, and the Arc\u00adtic Con\u00adstruc\u00adtion Clus\u00adter brings togeth\u00ader edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal insti\u00adtu\u00adtions, author\u00adi\u00adties and com\u00adpa\u00adnies. XAMK pre\u00adsent\u00aded the Resep\u00adtiRo\u00adbot\u00adti<\/a><\/strong> project, which aims to enhance the tran\u00adsi\u00adtion to a car\u00adbon-neu\u00adtral cir\u00adcu\u00adlar econ\u00ado\u00admy by devel\u00adop\u00ading a scal\u00adable, dig\u00adi\u00adtal tool for sev\u00ader\u00adal indus\u00adtries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fea\u00adsib<\/a><\/strong> offers expert ser\u00advices in the envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal, ener\u00adgy, cir\u00adcu\u00adlar econ\u00ado\u00admy and min\u00ading sec\u00adtors, as well as sam\u00adpling and lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry ser\u00advices. The lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry ser\u00advices are locat\u00aded in Nivala. iPro\u00adtoxi<\/a><\/strong> is an Oulu-based tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy com\u00adpa\u00adny that devel\u00adoped the Aistin \u2011sys\u00adtem for indus\u00adtri\u00adal remote mon\u00adi\u00adtor\u00ading. A demo was also found at the iPro\u00adtoxi stand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Purku<\/strong> project<\/strong><\/a> focus\u00ades on the eco-effi\u00adcient uti\u00adliza\u00adtion of demo\u00adli\u00adtion mate\u00adri\u00adals in infra\u00adstruc\u00adture and real estate con\u00adstruc\u00adtion. Nuvoo<\/a> <\/strong>(for\u00admer\u00adly Taitonet\u00adti) <\/strong>start\u00aded as a small gam\u00ading caf\u00e9 and has devel\u00adoped over the years into an online store for used com\u00adput\u00aders and an inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal com\u00adpa\u00adny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Are\u00adna also housed the Busi\u00adnes\u00adsOulu CleantechOulu booth. Inter\u00adest\u00ading dis\u00adcus\u00adsions took place in the Are\u00adna on both days and the flow of vis\u00adi\u00adtors remained pleas\u00adant\u00adly steady. We would like to thank the com\u00adpa\u00adnies and vis\u00adi\u00adtors who par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpat\u00aded! If you are inter\u00adest\u00aded in the next Cir\u00adcu\u00adlar Are\u00adna Oulu on 17th\u201318th of May 2028, please con\u00adtact indus\u00adtry coor\u00addi\u00adna\u00adtor P\u00e4ivi Lehto, paivi.lehtot[at]businessoulu.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Text: Han\u00adnele Ter\u00advo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The North\u00adern Indus\u00adtry Fair was held on 20th-21st of May 2026 at Oulu Hall. The fair, held in sum\u00admery weath\u00ader, attract\u00aded a total of approx\u00adi\u00admate\u00adly 4,000 vis\u00adi\u00adtors. The event brings togeth\u00ader indus\u00adtry experts, diverse part\u00adners, cur\u00adrent infor\u00adma\u00adtion, solu\u00adtions, and exper\u00adtise under one roof. 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The Oulu Cham\u00adber of Com\u00admerce also orga\u00adnized a major project infor\u00adma\u00adtion ses\u00adsion that attract\u00aded an audi\u00adence. The pan\u00adel was mod\u00ader\u00adat\u00aded by the Cham\u00adber of Com\u00admerce\u2019s Esa Pel\u00adlikainen<\/strong> and includ\u00aded Tero Elo<\/strong> from Sky\u00adborn Renew\u00adables, Tero Siivola<\/strong> from Busi\u00adnessTornio, J\u00f6ran Sopo<\/strong> from Arc\u00adtial Group, and Vesa Hamari<\/strong> and Kari Lep\u00adist\u00f6<\/strong> from the OYS2030 project. The mate\u00adri\u00adals for the ses\u00adsion can be found on the Cham\u00adber of Com\u00admerce\u2019s web\u00adsite<\/a>. (The link will open in a new tab.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n