52 Ko kkol a–Piet arsaari- eco nom ic region Rail traffic Kokkola railway station is located in the town, close to Highway 8. There are approximately 15 daily passenger trains to the north and south. The Pendolino train from Helsinki to Kokkola takes a little under four hours. The bus station is located by the railway station. Passenger travel timetables www.vr.fi/en/index/aikataulut.html 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 Kokkola-Pietarsaari International Airport is located 19 kilometres away from Kokkola. There are on average four daily departures to both Helsinki and Stockholm. There are also direct flights to Luleå, Sweden, and charter flights to Southern European resorts. The airport also handles cargo. Travel time from the airport to Hanhikivi is about 100 minutes. Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport www.finavia.fi/en/kokkola-pietarsaari Road transport and other logistics services The region has about 300 logistics companies and cargo and courier services. Many of the logistics companies operate Europe-wide and are among the largest in the field in Finland. Bus timetables and connections are shown on the Matkahuolto web pages. Local development companies KOSEK and Concordia can provide you with more information on logistics companies. Matkahuolto, passenger travel timetables www.matkahuolto.fi/en/travel/timetables Matkahuolto, goods traffic www.matkahuolto.fi/en/parcel_services_ for_businesses KOSEK, Kokkolanseudun Kehitys Ltd www.kosek.fi Jakobstad Region Development Company Concordia www.concordia.jakobstad.fi Company directories www.lisaakauppaa.fi/en, www.partnerbook.fi Economic structure The Kokkola–Pietarsaari economic region is characterized by diverse industry. The area includes the largest centre for inorganic chemistry in Northern Europe, a mining industry cluster and the largest biofuel power plant in the world. Large companies operate in the fields of chemical and paper industry, metals and engineering. The region has the largest locus of the boat and fur industries in Finland, plenty of mechanical woodworking, several house-building factories, a strong food industry, several logistics operators and software companies. Exportation is a significant share of all trade. The share of services is emphasized in Kokkola, which is a centre for trade, education and public sector services, surrounded by agricultural land. There are around 850 industrial companies in the region. Around 500 companies operate in business support services and of these, 100 are engineering and architectural companies. The metal and engineering workshop industry has the biggest number of companies. By turnover, the chemical industry is the largest industrial field. Business development and support services In the Kokkola region, KOSEK and other municipal operators from Central Ostrobothnia are responsible for business support services. In the Pietarsaari area, business services are covered by the Jakobstad Region Development Company Concordia. Development companies and operators help entrepreneurs to find information on premises,
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