Äänekoski's New Entrepreneur of the Year made it to the national finals! – Vote for your favorite to win!
Kimmo Tossavainen, CEO of KX-Treeshears Oy, Äänekoski's new entrepreneur of the year published on Entrepreneur's Day, advances to the finals of the national competition. Suomen Uusyritteskeskus ry annually awards the national New Entrepreneur of the Year. In addition to the New Entrepreneur of the Year chosen by the board, the public's favorite will be awarded by open voting. You can vote for your favorite online from 26.9 September to 8.10.2023 October XNUMX. The competition's main partner is Oma Säästöpankki, and another partner is the Patent and Registration Authority.
The Uusyrittäjä of the Year competition awards entrepreneurs who have established their companies with the help of the Uusyrittäkeskus, and whose business operations have been successful. The jury chooses one awardee and the audience chooses their favorite. The New Entrepreneur of the Year selected by the board receives a cash prize of 5 euros and the public's favorite a cash prize of 000 euros. Six Finnish startups will compete in the final. Kimmo Tossavainen, CEO of KX-Treeshears Oy, will represent Äänekoski in the final. The company offers the international market a competitive energy wood grab with good operating characteristics, whose life cycle has been extended thanks to the patented modular structure.
Competitive advantage with positioning and specialization
KX-Treeshears Oy, or KX-energiakoura in Finnish, is a company that designs, manufactures and sells modular structure energy cranes. The company manufactures parts itself, and also uses subcontracting cooperation with suitable companies. The company started its business at a challenging time in the spring of 2020 and has managed to grow its operations despite surprising challenges or partly thanks to them.
The company's premises are located on Yrittäjänkatu in Äänekoski. It is important for the company to operate in the Äänekoski region, because local electricity is cheap and freight prices in particular are clearly favorable in the region. Convenient transport connections everywhere enable profitable business in the area.
Seamless cooperation from a business advisor
Tossavainen especially emphasizes the significant help of Business Äänekoski's business advisor in the various stages of setting up a company. Business advisor Esa Lehmonen has helped in a variety of ways by acting as a kind of coach in considering different options and concretely, for example, in project planning. Space issues and moving have also been considered together by comparing different options.
What is an energy grapple?
The modular energy grapple is designed for, among other things, felling, cutting and loading trees. An energy wood grab is a forestry work tool that can be attached to an excavator, which is used to clear ditches and thin forests in order to leave a clean result after forestry work and to get all the benefits out of the wood. With the help of a grapple, energy wood is collected for chip heating, i.e. a small stand of wood is used, which would otherwise be a visual nuisance or should be removed in any case.
Vote for your favorite to win!
For more information:
Vitality Director Sari Åkerlund
+050 598 7447
sari.akerlund@aanekoski.fi
News published 26.9.2023