Veijo Juhani Karppinen

Vacon Oy develops, manufactures, and sells AC drives. It offers low and medium voltage, decentral, and motion drives, gear motors, and option boards. The firm's products are used in the marine, offshore, oil, gas, metals, mining, minerals, pulp, paper, energy, and chemical industries. The company was founded by Veijo Juhani Karppinen, Heikki Kullervo Autio, Juha Etelämäki, Jukka Jaskari, Jari Sakari Koskinen, Longinos Larikka, Paavo Merilinna, Osmo Miettinen, Timo Mäki-Lohiluoma, Seppo Pettissalo, Erkki Raunio, Leena Taka, and Jorma Vesti on November 9, 1993 and is headquartered in Vaasa, Finland.

The Switch Engineering Oy provides advanced drive train technology. It specializes in the areas of wind, marine, and special industrial solutions. The firm installs over 11 GW of megawatt-class permanent magnet machine and power converter packages. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

EpiCrystals Oy develops semiconductor lasers for projection screen applications. Its patented decibel laser platform enables fabrication of novel ultra-compact and cost-efficient projectors with superior image quality. The firm’s products include green and rgb lasers which are designed to be used as light source in laser projection applications. The company was founded by Tomi Pekka Jouhti and Janne Konttinen in 2003 and is headquartered in Tampere, Finland.

Mervento Oy used to provide wind turbine power plant solutions. It generated electricity without the release of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere and without waste products such as ash and sludge. The firm provided solutions for nearshore and offshore applications. The company was founded by Martti Ala-Vainio and Patrik Holm in December 2008 and was headquartered in Vaasa, Finland.

VEO Oy engages in the development of automation, drives and power distribution solutions. It operates through the following segments: Hydropower, Wind Power, Industry, Thermal Power, Marine, Engine and Hybrid Power. The Hydropower segment offers both turnkey deliveries, and modernization projects for hydropower plants. The Wind Power segment focuses on turnkey deliveries of applications connecting wind farms to the grid. The Industry segment serves customers operating in industries such as pulp and paper, marine, mining, minerals and metals, petrochemical, and discrete manufacturing. The Thermal Power segment enhances combined heat and power (CHP) production and promotes environmentally friendly solutions. The Marine segment includes main and distribution switchboards, motor control centres, electric drives applications, generators and marine thrusters, and winches. The Engine and Hybrid Power segment leverages synergies between multiple power sources, from oil and gas engine power plants to solar power systems. The company was founded on December 6, 1989 and is headquartered in Vaasa, Finland.

Wapice Oy operates as a software company. Its products include IoT-Ticket, Summium CPQ and Selector, WRM247+ and CANrunner. The firm also offers devops, security, services design, cloud, consulting, technology and digitalization services. The company was founded by Markus Mäkelä and Pasi Eliel Tuominen in 1999 and is headquartered in Vaasa, Finland.

Danfoss Mobile Electrification Oy develops and manufactures electric drive train components for heavy mobile work machine, marine vessel, and bus applications. Its products include permanent magnet generators permanent magnet motors, heavy duty inverters, super capacitor energy storages, and electric drivetrains. The company was founded by Kimmo Rauma in 2009 and is headquartered in Lappeenranta, Finland.

GasEK Oy produces wood chip-fuelled combined heat and power plants, which are based on wood gasification technology. Its gasifier produces pure wood gas for combustion in the boiler. The firm's technology uses its own patented gasification reactor, which ensures emissions-free combustion. The company was founded by Eero Kangasoja in 2008 and is headquartered in Kempele, Finland.

dilitronics GmbH develops, produces and markets quality control solutions for LED applications. The firm as a fully integrated development partner and OEM supplier provides intelligent, energy efficient and reliable products for demanding applications. Its products include power supply, driver modules as well as LED modules suitable for indoor and outdoor lighting applications. The company was founded by Stephan Shulz in April 2008 and is headquartered in Jena, Germany.