38 Oulu economic region Road transport and other logistics services The Oritkari logistics centre is located near to the Port of Oritkari. The 20-hectare area includes loading areas for goods trains with rails and equipment, and loading and storage yards. The rails to the terminal area are partly electrified, so that goods trains going south from Oulu can be driven directly through the Oulu railway yard and further to their destinations. The region has excellent local bus connections. Long-distance bus services are also available: for example, on weekdays, there are 10 express connections to Helsinki, 14 to Raahe, and seven to Kokkola. Bus timetables and connections are shown on the Matkahuolto web pages. The local business service centre, BusinessOulu, provides additional information on logistics companies in the area. Matkahuolto, passenger travel timetables www.matkahuolto.fi/en/travel/timetables Matkahuolto, goods traffic www.matkahuolto.fi/en/parcel_services_for_ businesses BusinessOulu www.businessoulu.com/en/company-database Company directories www.lisaakauppaa.fi/en, www.partnerbook.fi Economic structure The Oulu economic region has a versatile industry and service structure. The total number of enterprises in 2011 was 11,747. The total number of jobs, including the public sector, was 97,500. (City of Oulu 2013, estimate). Services dominate the economic structure. For example, in 2012, trade had a turnover of over EUR 3 billion and employed 8,900 people. The number of business service companies in the region was 1,250, including software and data service companies, engineering and architecture companies, legal and accounting services. The number of transport and logistics companies in the economic area is 815. Strong industrial branches include paper and pulp production, the food industry, metal processing, chemical products and timber. A significant share of the industrial production in the region is exported. The total turnover for industry in 2012 was EUR 4.9 billion. The number of industrial employees was 10,900. The region can also boast strong design and engineering expertise. There are around 1,400 construction companies, of which 750 are specialist companies, for example plumbing and electrics. There are 50 excavation and water engineering companies and 600 house-building companies. All the largest construction companies in Finland operate in the region. In addition, there are several smaller local construction companies (Statistics Finland 2012). There are 420 active industrial design and maintenance companies that employ a total of 2,000 people. The total turnover is around EUR 270 million. Rail traffic between Finland and Russia www.vr.fi/en/index/junaliput/russiantickets.html For goods traffic, VR provides bulk cargo transport and storage services for Finnish and international industry and trade. Goods traffic www.vrtranspoint.com Airports Oulu International Airport is the second busiest airport in Finland. Extended and fully renovated in 2011, the airport services over a million passengers a year. Several carriers fly to the airport. Currently, Oulu has direct flights to Helsinki, Stockholm, Alicante, and Tenerife. The airport has on average 10–20 departures and arrivals per day, mostly to and from Helsinki. The flight to Helsinki takes about 55 minutes. Helsinki has excellent connections all over the world, especially routes to Europe and Asia. Oulu Airport www.finavia.fi/en/oulu
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