FLCC welcomes Onninen to be part of the Finnish-Lithuanian community!

Onninen serves contractors, industry, infrastructure building and retail dealers. Through the network of Onninen Express stores, efficient logistic integrated services and multichannel shopping experience, Onninen is the reliable companion of a professional.

There are around 130 Onninen Express stores and Onninen points of sale in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. In addition, Onninen provides comprehensive services to professionals through electronic channels.

Onninen is part of K Group’s international building and technical trade division. Building and technical trade operates in seven countries and employs together with K-retailers around 11,000 trading sector professionals internationally. In 2021, the division’s net sales totaled €4,388 million.

Onninen Lithuania has 5 Express stores or sales points in Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipeda with distribution center in Kaunas. With 22,6 M€ sales in 2021 and approximately 85 employees, we are among B2B leaders in the technical trade.

Visit to Onninen

At the end of November FLCC visited Onninen company in Vilnius which belongs to the biggest trading sector in Finland, and is one of the biggest in North Europe and one the most sustainable companies in the world (global 100). During the visit Arvydas Salietis, Onninen general manager introduced many interesting facts about the company, Onninen Express service and its future plans. Onninen is a very important Finnish company, over 20 years in Lithuania and an important member of the Finnish business community here in Lithuania.

FLCC welcomes new association member – SALDO BANK!

UAB Saldo Bank is one of the most successful and technologically advanced Neobanks with focus on the stable and the highly attractive Nordic & Baltic markets.

Complete and fully digital banking products and services (cards, accounts and services) will be launched in addition to the current offering (installment loans, revolving credits and SME loans).

Saldo has recently acquired a bank license which, in addition to complete banking services, also ensures deposits at attractive rates. This enables Saldo to offer its customers highly competitive banking and lending solutions.

Saldo bank boldly innovates and uses technology to better carry its responsibility.  The bank’s  vision is to become the most preferred neobank with a superior offering and the most innovative team on the planet!  Saldo has a fully digital business model with a high scalability offering. It has developed proven world-class scoring technology with embedded features such as time-to-event models, vector auto regressions and neural networks. The bank has capabilities to utilize PSD2, AI & ML in completing responsible and comprehensive credit decisions instantly to maximize customer experience & sustainable growth.
Saldo is a strong emerging Neobank brand with capabilities ensuring high lending rate, market leading scoring engine and customer onboarding.  It will grow both organically, through geographical expansions and by adding new products in upcoming years. This means wider selection of better and effortless services for the customers.

New FLCC member Nordtext!

Founded in 2006, Nordtext is one of the most trusted and fastest growing language service providers in the Nordic region. From our offices in Latvia, Lithuania, and Finland, we provide language solutions such as translation, copywriting, international SEO, desktop publishing among others, to companies and organizations operating in various business areas across the world.

Our in-house team consists of 23 full-time employees who together with more than 4000 tested and verified linguists globally, ensure lightning fast and linguistically accurate language services in more than 75 languages.

Above all, we pride ourselves on being a socially inclusive and sustainable business, promoting the welfare and healthy work-life balance of our in-house employees as well as external cooperation partners.

Lunch with the Norwegian Chamber

November 24, the Finnish-Norwegian business community invited Aivaras Sebeckis, a GM of Finnish company Lindström in Lithuania as a speaker to the business lunch. Aivaras Sebeckis introduced the Lindström company, its innovative approach to textiles, textile recycling and a constant sustainable development in Finland and Lithuania. Business lunch was very popular amongst the Finnish Norwegian Chamber members!

Peikko helps Ukraine by producing furnaces for the cold season!

„Peikko Lietuva“ creative idea to help Ukraine survive the cold season is innovative and very practical!

„We did not expect that our modest desire to support Ukraine would receive such a positive resonance on social networks. We know that good deeds are done quietly, but in the context of war, things seem to be different. The support and help of all of us there is needed at every moment. Therefore, we aim to inspire other Lithuanian companies and organizations not to stop supporting Ukraine. Let’s act boldly, after all, together we can do a lot.“

Radisson Hotel Kaunas is the most sustainable tourism product | MICE reward

Congratulations! to our Member!

The largest hotel and conference center in Kaunas, Radisson Hotel Kaunas, won two significant awards in the following categories during the week.

At the Lithuanian Tourism Forum held on October 21, the hotel won the title of the most sustainable service provider of 2022. The audition committee evaluated the sustainability of the services provided by the companies, new methods of presenting local traditions, ecological transport promotion for tourists, international sustainable tourism certificates, sustainable advertising channels, involvement of local communities. The hotel contributed with Kaunas European capital of Culture 2022 by promoting its events, created a Kaunastic cocktail to represent the city to foreign guests, and chose advertising partners that used renewable energy. The hotel also has an international Green Key and Safe Hotels certificates as well as offers 100 % Carbon Neutral meetings and events.

The award for the most sustainable tourism product was presented by the Lithuanian Ministry of Economy and Innovation.

On October 23, the winners of the World MICE Awards were announced. Radisson Hotel Kaunas was recognized as Lithuania‘s best MICE hotel. The World MICE Awards serves to celebrate and reward excellence in MICE tourism. Their annual awards program aims to foster growth, innovations and best practice on a global scale. World MICE Awards is the sister event of World Travel Awards.

European Merchant Bank has signed a cooperation agreement with Moody’s Corporation

European Merchant Bank (EMBank) has signed a cooperation agreement with Moody’s Corporation, one of the world’s largest international credit rating and market research companies. The bank is planning to step up the financing of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in Lithuania, so it is expected that this partnership will result in even better management of the risks, assets and liabilities associated with EMBank’s corporate loan portfolio.

Finnish logistics company HRX joined the association

HRX is a family-owned Finnish company specialising in international groupage shipment deliveries. HRX logistics centres are located in Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland.

The company provides clients with unique logistics solutions to help them succeed in their business. HRX’s goal is to be the fastest, which means that the strategically located terminals are designed to provide the most efficient next day delivery for the customers. The company’s ordering system is designed to be as easy, convenient and user friendly as possible.

https://www.hres.lt

A new member – Valoe Oyj joined FLCC

It is a Finnish technology company specializing in photovoltaic technology. The company develops new efficient methods to generate renewable solar electricity in an innovative way.

Valoe Oyj manufactures IBC solar cells in Vilnius, Lithuania, and conventional and  Valoe OddForm® PV solar modules in Juva, Finland. Valoe also installs photovoltaic systems either as traditional solar power plants or as systems integrated into its application. Valoe has developed its own production lines and also offers photovoltaic technology and equipment to its customers.

Since 1999, Valoe’s shares have been listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Exchanges.

www.valoe.com