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Finland joined NATO in April 2023 and closed its 1,340 km border with Russia at the end of that year. In 2026 it topped the World Happiness Report for the ninth year running. The cleaning company SOL, taken over by Liisa Joronen in 1991, was the field study for her doctoral thesis on how employees grow at work. In Vantaa, Solar Foods has been making a protein from air and electricity since 2024. A leadership team works on keeping its people’s trust in a country on alert.
In 1991, Liisa Joronen bought the cleaning and waste services of Lindström, her family’s business; in early 1992 they became SOL, a name chosen from staff suggestions. She has chaired the board ever since. Still family-owned, SOL provides cleaning, facility services, property maintenance and security in Finland, Sweden, Denmark and the Baltic states, from its headquarters in Helsinki.
Spun out in 2017 from the VTT research centre and Lappeenranta University of Technology, Solar Foods makes Solein, a protein produced by fermentation from CO₂, hydrogen and electricity. Its Factory 01, opened in Vantaa on 15 April 2024, can produce 160 tonnes a year. In 2026 the company has 61 employees and is still waiting for approval to sell Solein in the European Union.
Founded in 2018 by researchers from Aalto University and VTT, IQM designs superconducting quantum computers in Espoo and has made its own chips in an in-house clean room since 2021. It employs more than 450 people, has built more than 30 machines and delivered more than 15 of them to customers. Since 2 July 2026 the company has been listed on Nasdaq.
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