Pöyry
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Pöyry PLC (), which merged in 2019 with Swedish company ÅF into AFRY, was an international consulting and engineering firm that served clients globally across the energy and industrial sectors and provided local engineering services in its core markets. Its focus sectors were power generation, transmission, and distribution; forest industries; chemicals and biorefining; mining and metals; transportation and water. It changed its name from Jaakko Pöyry Group in 2006. The company was listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange and was headquartered in Vantaa, Finland.
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1895
- Location
- Vantaa, Finland
- Also known as
- ÅF Pöyry
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.425538.d · ISNI 0000 0004 4909 2989
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Pöyry PLC
- Official website
- www.poyry.com
- Image
- Pöyry hdqtrs 2.jpg
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- inception
- 1958-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2019-00-00
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Pöyry PLC (), which merged in 2019 with Swedish company ÅF into AFRY, was an international consulting and engineering firm that served clients globally across the energy and industrial sectors and provided local engineering services in its core markets. Its focus sectors were power generation, transmission, and distribution; forest industries; chemicals and biorefining; mining and metals; transportation and water. It changed its name from Jaakko Pöyry Group in 2006. The company was listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange and was headquartered in Vantaa, Finland.
The company was founded by Jaakko Pöyry, who spearheaded its growth from a small engineering office in Finland to a global corporation in his special field of interest, the forest products industry.