Pöyry
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Pöyry is a global consulting and engineering firm focusing on the energy, forest industry and infrastructure & environment sectors. It changed its name from Jaakko Pöyry Group in 2006. The company is listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange
and is headquartered in Vantaa
, Finland
.
The company was founded by Jaakko Pöyry
who personally spearheaded its growth from a small engineering office to a global corporation in his special field of interest, forest products industry.
Today, the company operates in a broader basis, including energy and infrastructure but has broadly kept its consulting focus, which has, however, expanded from engineering
to services such as management consulting
and investment banking
.
The Poyry Group has offices and operations in over fifty countries.
provides a yearly rank of the largest contractors and design firms internationally. In 2010, Poyry was ranked the 21st largest international design firm with a revenue of US$736 million (or 78% of total revenue) from projects executed outside its home country. The Poyry Group's total revenue was US$940 million, this ranked the firm as the 37th largest global design firm by total revenue.
Helsinki Stock Exchange
The Helsinki Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in Helsinki, Finland. Since 3 September 2003 it has been part of OMX, referred to as OMX Helsinki . Since NASDAQ's acquisition of OMX in February 2008, the official name of the Helsinki exchange has been NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.- History :The...
and is headquartered in Vantaa
Vantaa
Vantaa is a city and municipality in Finland. Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo and Kauniainen make up the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.Vantaa, with its population of , is the fourth most populated city of Finland. The biggest airport in Finland, the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, is located there...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
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The company was founded by Jaakko Pöyry
Jaakko Pöyry
Jaakko Veikko Emanuel Pöyry was a Finnish industrialist.He founded Pöyry and personally spearheaded its growth from a small engineering office to a global consulting and engineering firm focusing on the energy, forest industry and infrastructure and environment sectors...
who personally spearheaded its growth from a small engineering office to a global corporation in his special field of interest, forest products industry.
Today, the company operates in a broader basis, including energy and infrastructure but has broadly kept its consulting focus, which has, however, expanded from engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
to services such as management consulting
Management consulting
Management consulting indicates both the industry and practice of helping organizations improve their performance primarily through the analysis of existing organizational problems and development of plans for improvement....
and investment banking
Investment banking
An investment bank is a financial institution that assists individuals, corporations and governments in raising capital by underwriting and/or acting as the client's agent in the issuance of securities...
.
Business strategy
Pöyry operates with five business groups; Energy, Industry, Urban & Mobility, Water & Environment, and Management Consulting.The Poyry Group has offices and operations in over fifty countries.
Financial information
In FY2010, Pöyry Group's net sales were EUR 682 million (EUR 674 million in 2009) and operating profits were EUR 11.6 million.Company rankings
The Engineering News-RecordEngineering News-Record
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provides a yearly rank of the largest contractors and design firms internationally. In 2010, Poyry was ranked the 21st largest international design firm with a revenue of US$736 million (or 78% of total revenue) from projects executed outside its home country. The Poyry Group's total revenue was US$940 million, this ranked the firm as the 37th largest global design firm by total revenue.