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As the world copes with rapid digitalisation, climate change and geopolitical events, K. Hartwall finds itself poised to create lasting change in the logistics sector.

On 18 November, K.Hartwall received the Internationalisation Award of the President of the Republic of Finland in the  subcategory Growth Company of the Year.

On Saturday December 11th, after the weekly training of the Frame runners, there was a special moment on the athletics track of ARV Achilles. The club received a donation of €1,000 from K.Hartwall. This amount has been increased by 50% by the Dutch Foundation for Handicapped Children. The total amount of € 1,500 will go to children with motor and multiple disabilities who participate in Frame running.

For the 10th year in a row K.Hartwall has been ranked "Achiever of the year" by the trade newspaper Kauppalehti.

Maria Rang has been appointed as member of K.Hartwall Board of Directors in the extraordinary general meeting of September 17th.

At K. Hartwall, we take great pride in being a global partner for our customers. We like to take that beyond the usual supplier-customer relations and include supporting local youth athletic organizations in all 65 countries where our products are sold.

We are all familiar with the idea of TCO – total cost of ownership. However, it is not just the cost that we should approach with this method. The same should concern the sustainability aspect of the way we work and the investments that we make.

For the 9th year in a row K.Hartwall has been ranked Achiever of the year by Kauppalehti. Companies receiving the certification are stable businesses with solid growth, good financial results and profitability, a strong financial structure and liquidity.

K.Hartwall got directly impacted by the current pandemic as company Board member and earlier CEO John Hartwall has peacefully passed away this week after a short but aggressive illness caused by the COVID-19 disease.

K.Hartwall got directly impacted by the current pandemic as company Board member and earlier CEO John Hartwall has peacefully passed away this week after a short but aggressive illness caused by the COVID-19 disease.

Company board member and earlier CEO John Hartwall has peacefully passed away after a short but aggressive illness caused by the COVID-19 virus.

The global spread of COVID-19 is beginning to have a major impact on all of us. Despite the circumstances K.Hartwall Group is doing its outmost to keep the business and all production units running as normally as possible.

On 7th of November our ISO certificates 9001:2015 and 14001:2015 for Quality and Environment were renewed for the three years to come. It is important for us to always strive to improve our quality and environmental performance requirements.

K.Hartwall has been doing business with Russian retailers for many years and strongly believe that the retail industry in Russia is now at a turning point.

After China and South Africa K.Hartwall continues its Junior Sports Support Program around the world. The next stop is in Serbia. The selected children are from two junior volleyball teams – girls and boys – named Toplicanin.

K.Hartwall continues to carry out the welfare program it launched two years ago to support a Junior Sport Team (JST) in each of the countries where it is doing business. The third awarded Junior Team is situated in Sanjiang, China.

K.Hartwall receiving their membership plaque from HRH Princess Anne as part of the 100 years celebration of the Chartered Institute of Logistics, an organisation for professionals involved in the movement of goods and people.

The main theme for Posti’s Supplier Day this year was “Innovation” as the group has been working with suppliers to develop solutions to strengthen their operations and competitiveness in the future. One example is the Parcel cage that will be used in line hauls between sorting centres.

K.Hartwall, Finnish provider of returnable logistics solutions, announced today the acquistion of A&A Logistik-Equipment GmbH & Co. KG., a German company providing logistics equipment for different industries. During the past years A&A has heavily invested in developing tugger train solutions and AGV’s.

We are very happy to see another Junior Sport Team enjoying our Sponsorship Program. This time the team is located in South Africa, more exactly in Philippi close to Cape Town.

I am pleased to announce that Jerker Hartwall has been appointed CEO for K.Hartwall as per 7.9.2017, says Risto Pyykönen, Chairman of the Board.

To further improve quality and efficiency we have invested in cutting-edge laser cutter, wire processing and welding techniques.

K.Hartwall has launched a welfare program to support a Junior Sport team in each of the countries where it is doing business. The first awarded Junior Team is situated in Liuzhou City, 1500 km East of Suzhou. Read more

K. Hartwall has recently opened a new sales arm in China, K. Hartwall (Suzhou) Trading Co., Ltd., only one hour from Shanghai. The reason for establishing the new organisation is that we see China as a fast growing market and the place to be in the coming years.

The automotive industry in Mexico has grown fast over the past few years and now represents 20% of the country’s manufacturing base. Nowadays most of the main car manufacturers and their suppliers are based in the country because of the lower labor costs and rapidly growing skilled workforce.

PostNord is the leading Postal operator in the Nordic region. Last year PostNord delivered over 5 billion letters and 130 million parcels to 25 million residents and 2 million businesses throughout its 6,000 distribution points in the Nordics.

In Finland we are close to nature. It is a part of our DNA, not just a trend. At K. Hartwall we have intensified our efforts over the last four years to manage environmental issues.