BARENTS ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR - 2010

List of Nominees



LUBA KUZOVNIKOVA, MONA DANIELSEN, INGER BLIX KVAMMEN, MARIA RUSINOVSKAYA, EVGENIA EGOROVA, LIV ASTRID KVAMMEN SVALENG


Application received 2010-02-23

Nominee Name
Luba Kuzovnikova, Mona Danielsen, Inger Blix Kvammen, Maria Rusinovskaya, Evgenia Egorova, Liv Astrid Kvammen Svaleng

Company
Pikene på Broen

Country
Norway

Web Site
http://pikene.no/

Supporting person name
Anders Eriksson

Company or organisation
Ensemble Denada

Motivation
Luba Kuzovnikova and Pikene på Broen has been the first entrepreneur that I now of that has actually managed to create connections between people, companies and organizations based on equality. The art projects, the work shops and the various joint ventures across the borders are organized in a way that focus on the participating humans and their ideas and abilities; not on their citizenship, origin, economic or social status.
This is very important, because it is a border crossing experience you will always remember as a positive force. Also Pikene på Broens rare ability to combine artistic expressions, industrial development and political issues into a serious but attractive festival setting is unique. No matter if it is done in the Barents region or in other parts of the world. The establishment of Pikene på Broen is probably one of the most important happenings in the history of the Barents region.

CAROLA NYBOM


Application received 2010-03-19

Nominee Name
Carola Nybom

Company
Calimo Affärspartner AB

Country
Sweden

Motivation
Carola Nybom startade sitt företag i Kalix för ca 5 år sedan. I redovisningsbranchen finns huvudkunderna. Såväl Sverige, Finland som Norge är representerade bland kunderna. Företaget har på ganska kort tid växt från 0 till idag 75 anställda. Inom en nära framtid siktar man på 100 anställda.

LOVE RYNBÄCK


Application recieved 2010-03-22

Nominee Name
Love Rynbäck

Company
CreActive Adventure

Country
Sweden

Web Site
http://www.creactive-adventure.se/

Motivation
Love Rynbäck har satsat på högkvalitativa upplevelser för grupper, små som stora. Han har hela Norrbotten samt delar av Finland och Nordnorge som arbetsfält. Han har byggt upp ett mycket gott anseende och levererar fantastiska upplevelser med hög kvalité och extremt gott värdskap. Han har både sommar och vinterupplevelser. Var även tidigt ute i sociala medier, vilket är ovanligt bland småföretagare. Titta på webbsidan så ser ni att han jobbar aktivt med den. Titta även på filmen på YouTube där han kastar vatten i kylan. Han brinner för naturen och har ett bra tänk kring långsiktig hållbarhet. Han måste vara en enormt värdig vinnare!

TATIANA BESTUZHEVA


Application recieved 2010-03-26

Nominee Name
Bestuzheva Tatiana

Company
Pomor-Tour Ltd

Country
Russia

Web Site
www.pomor-tur.ru

Supporting person name
Devyatov Oleg

Company or organisation
State Machine-building Company "Zvezdochka"

YAN TUROV


Application recieved 2010-03-30

Nominee Name
Yan Turov

Company
Pomor-Tour Ltd

Country
Russia

Web Site
www.pomor-tour.ru

Supporting person name
Vladimir Turov

Company or organisation
Arkhangelsk Jazz Development Foundation

Web Site
www.jazzdays.ru

Motivation
Efficient cooperation with Arkhangelsk Jazz Development Foundation and its partners Barents region since 2006 was obtained. Number of artists from its region was growning to visit Jazz estivals in Arkhangelsk.
BREIF STRATEGY OUTLINE
The vision is:
To strengthen positions on the market of cultural events of Arkhangelsk, St. Petersburg, Moscow and Barents Region using project approach, festivals co-branding and events-management;  
Long-term goal is:
To double the number of tourists at the International Arkhangelsk Jazz Days Festival, Warms Sounds from the North Festival and April Jazz Thesis International Fest to 2015
Middle - term goal is:
To increase number of tourists in 1,5 times at  the International Arkhangelsk Jazz Days Festival, Warms Sounds from the North Festival and April Jazz Thesis International Fest to 2013
Short - term goal is:
To increase number of tourists to 30% at the International Arkhangelsk Jazz Days Festival, Warms Sounds from the North Festival and April Jazz Thesis International Fest to 2013

IGOR DYLEV


Application recieved 2010-03-30

Nominee Name
Igor Dylev

Company
newspaper Dvazhdy Dva (2x2)

Country
Russia

Web Site
http://gazeta2x2.ru/

Supporting person name
Elena Larionova

Company or organisation
Barents Press International

Web Site
www.barentspress.org

Motivation
The  local private newspaper "Dvazhdy Dva" was established by two journalists: Tatyana Kuznetsova and Igor Dylev in 1991. It was the beginning of ?perestroika?, crazy inspiring   time when Russian journalists believed to ideas of   press freedom and democracy. We believed that those fantastic ideals could be realized in our country. Two colleagues did not practically have any start capital but they had a great enthusiasm and good journalistic skill. They managed to gather smart  and successful oriented staff to produce a good news paper. Furthermore, because of Igor Dylev good contacts with the Norwegian media, he managed to get for almost free of charge an equipment for the own printed house. He just arranged an exchange with Alta community: used print equipment from the paper Altaposten for? dismissed Russian submarine. Own printed house has helped for the young paper a lot. Now Dvazhdy Dva prints not only own  production but some other local papers in the area. Editorial staff puts a lot of efforts to keep running good journalistic product. The paper is getting more and more popular among the population. The circulation has been grown up from 1 thousand copies till 9 thousand now. The paper fulfills absolutely independent politics and always considers the interests of the readers as a main focus of its activity. Kuznetsova is retired now but Igor Dylev being a very popular journalist (he writes weekly his editors column) still succeeds to be a good entrepreneur. Economical situation of the paper is stabile, advertises bring good incomes. The paper also organizers many different concurrences and other creative projects for the readers. Right now they are running photo competition ?Hard  winter time  ? So what? We are still alive?.  Important part of the paper activity and publications are connected with a development of tourist branch in Apatity and idea to make it world known ski resort.  The paper has not decreased the circulation in spite of the crisis. Visa versa this  year, 2010, Dvazhdy Dva has actually increased the number of subscribers and readers. I believe that Igor Dylev can be nominated as an entrepreneur of the year.

THORBJÖRN HOLMLUND


Application received 2010-04-08

Nominee Name
Thorbjörn Holmlund

Company
Svansele Vildmarkscenter

Country
Sweden

Web Site
www.svansele.com

Supporting person name
Bo Wikström

Company or organisation
Destination Skellefteå

Web Site
www.destinationskelleftea.se

Motivation
Med en vision om en ny norrländsk ikon och med stort hjärta för det norrländska landskapet levande- och tillgängliggör Thorbjörn Holmlund vildmarken för såväl nationella som internationella gäster, för privatresenärer och för mötesindustrin. Med sin unika entreprenörsanda mejslar han, ur platsens givna förutsättningar, fram vildmarksupplevelser och serverar den med lokala råvaror upplagt på återvinningsbar spåntallrik. Och han gör det med naturens bästa i första rum.

De senaste 5 åren har Thorbjörn lyckats att gå från en nationell kundkrets till att idag nå ut med sin verksamhet internationellt. Thorbjörn har blivit en viktig del i Visit Swedens Consejoprojekt i Spanien, där hans matlagning väckt stort intresse för våra delar av Sverige.

För  10 år sedan väcktes idén om världens största älg, på toppen av berget Vithatten skulle den stå. Projektet kommer inte bara att bli en turistisk ikon utan även det största monumentet över hållbart byggande i massivträ i världen. TV-bolagen står i kö för att dokumentera bygget. När älgen står på plats får vi den definitiva bekräftelsen på att Thorbjörn Holmlund är Barents Entrepreneur of the year.

VIKTORIA VYLKA


Application recieved 2010-04-13

Nominee Name
Vylka Viktoriya Petrovna

Company
masterskuya narodnyh promyslov "Enabc", Neneckii avtonomnyi okrug, poselok Krasnoe

Country
Rossiya

Supporting person name
Belugin Aleksandr Egorovich

Company or organisation
Obshestvennoe dvigenie "Associaciya nenetskogo naroda «Yasavei»

Web Site
www.yasavey.org

Motivation
Nenka, rodilas' i vyrosla v poselke Krasnoe Neneckogo avtonomnogo okruga, imeet sredne-special'noe obrazovanie, cvobodno govorit na rodnom yazykom ? neneckom, predstavitel' malogo biznesa v oblasti narodnyh promyslov, imeet svoyu masterskuyu «Enabc» v poselke Krasnoe. Kak predstavitel' malogo biznesa vnesla znachitel'nyi vklad v stanovlenie malogo predprinimatel'stva sredi korennogo naseleniya okruga i vo mnogom sposobstvuet ego razvitiyu, kak vazhnogo napravleniya razvitiya ekonomiki Neneckogo avtonomnogo okruga. Uchastvuet vo mnogih meropriyatiyah sposobstvuyushih razvitiyu predprinimatel'skoi raboty ? konferenciyah, torgovyh yarmarkah i konkursah rabot, obuchayushih seminarah. Prinimala uchastie v obuchayushem seminare ? «Ekonomicheskoe razvitie obshin i nacional'nyh poselkov» organizovannom Centrom sodeistviya korennym malochislennym narodam Severa/ Rossiiskii uchebnyi centr korennyh narodov. Prinyala uchastie v seminare «Razvitie severnyh tradicionnyh promyslov/ Pererabotka pobochnoi produkcii olenevodstva» v Toivoniemi, Finlyandiya  v 2010 godu. V svoei deyatel'nosti v kachestve predprinimatelya proyavlyaet iniciativu, novatorskie idei, tvorcheskuyu smekalku, ispol'zuet svoi intellektual'nyi potencial, primenyaet upravlencheskie sposobnosti. Uspeshnosti predprinimatel'skoi deyatel'nosti sposobstvuet ee aktivnyi harakter vo vzaimodeistvii s lyud'mi.
Krome predprinimatel'skoi deyatel'nosti udelyaet ser'eznoe vnimanie obshestvennoi  rabote. V obshestvennoi deyatel'nosti yavlyaetsya aktivnym chlenom Associacii «Yasavei», prinimala uchastie v ryade proektov Associacii «Yasavei», naprimer: social'nogo proekta sredi olenevodov Kaninskogo poluostrova «Kaninskii Krasnyi chum» v 2005 godu. Prinimaet uchastie i aktivno vystupaet v kul'turnyh meropriyatiyah s fol'klornoi gruppoi «Nenei Se» kak v Neneckom avtonomnom okruge, tak i za ego predelami.
Na baze svoei masterskoi «Enabc» organizuet uchebnye kursy dlya podrostkov po obucheniyu izgotovleniya suvenirov i izdelii tradicionnoi kul'tury nencev.

HEIKKI KÄMÄRÄINEN


Application received 2010-04-14

Nominee Name
Heikki Kämäräinen

Company
Seskarö Bygg & Hyvleri

Country
Sverige

Web Site
www.sbh-bygg.com

Supporting person name
Karoliina Hägg

Motivation
Jag skulle vela nominera företagaren Heikki Kämäräinen till årets entreprenör. Han startade företaget Seskarö Bygg & Hyvleri i Seskarö för fem år sedan, då var han 23 år. Företaget tillverkar olika gårdsbyggnader, bla grillkåtor, bastun, lusthus mm. Heikki gör nya modeller för att få ett brett sortiment. Den senaste modellen är en Combikåta, en stuga med både bastu och grillkåta. Tillsammans med en kund har han ritat en funkisbastu, som också ingår i sortimentet idag. Råvarorna som är tätfibrig dubbelspontad norrfuru kommer från Tärändö och från våra leverantörer i Finland bla, Torneå och Kemi. Försäljningen sker direkt till kund eller genom våra återförsäljare till Sverige, Holland, Finland, Norge och England. Gränshandeln är viktig för företaget. Under högsäsongen har företaget ca fem anställda. Företaget växer och utvecklas hela tiden, med Heikkis vilja att driva företaget.

IGOR OSADCHIY


Application received 2010-04-14

Nominee Name
Igor Osadchiy

Company
MBNEWS

Country
Finland - Russia

Web Site
http://www.peuutiset.fi http://www.mbnews.ru

Supporting person name
Dmitry Pantin

Company or organisation
"Konsomolskaya Pravda - Arctic" newspaper

Web Site
http://www.kpmk.ru

Motivation
MBNEWS.RU was started up at 2001 and now it is oldest and most popular business newspaper in Murmansk region. And it is almost only realy independent popular edition in Murmansk. MBNEWS.RU giving good picture of business events in Barents region.

At 2010 Igor started up new newspapers: http://senovosti.ru (news about Northern Finland on Russian) and http://peuutiset.ru (news about North-West of Russia on Finnish).

All Igor's businesses are realy clear, transparent and totaly independent from government and corporations. And they grows up faster than market.

KENNETH MIKKO


Application received 2010-04-15

Nominee Name
Kenneth Mikko

Company
BarentsKultur

Country
Sverige

Web Site
www.n66.se

Supporting person name
Mona Lindfors

Company or organisation
Haparanda Reklambyrå

Web Site
www.haparandareklambyra.se/

Motivation
Journalisten, fotografen och kulturarbetaren Kenneth Mikko är en eldsjäl vad gäller Barentsregionen och dess kulturer och människor. Intresset väcktes genom reportageresor i början av 1990-talet och har genom företaget BarentsKultur (startat 1996) lett till en omfattande och unik produktion. Böcker, kulturtidskrift, musik-CD, utställningar, konserter, kulturprojekt m.m. har genom åren strömmat ut från det kreativa lilla företaget och gett upphovsmannen både glädje och brödföda i en nog så smal nisch. Möten med regionens människor har skildrats med närhet, medkänsla och humor, med det bakomliggande syftet att motverka fördomar och skapa större förståelse för och mellan folken i Barentsregionen. Det arbetet kommer också att fortsätta och utvecklas ytterligare under kommande år.

MAGNUS ROVA, TORSTEN ROVA


Application recieved 2010-04-15

Nominee Name
Magnus Rova / Torsten Rova

Company
Lovikka Möbelfabrik AB

Country
Sverige

Web Site
www.lovikkamobel.se

Supporting person name
Jan-Erik Blomqvist

Company or organisation
Pajala Utveckling AB

Web Site
www.pajalakommun.se

Motivation
Lovikka Möbelfabrik AB ägs och drivs av bröderna Magnus och Torsten Rova. Företaget blev AB 1996 enligt uppgift. Från att ha tillverkat möbler av hög klass så övergick företaget till att tillverka komponenter till inredning och husbyggnad. Bröderna har framgångsrikt hittat kunder i Norge såsom Nordic Wood A/S i Mo i Rana. Det innebär att 75 % av tillverkningen går på export. Polardörren i Sverige är också en stor samarbetspartner som köper CNC frästa delar till deras dörrserier.

Bröderna har upptäckt och sett möjligheten att vidareförädla "Pajala träråvara" vilket är den enda lösningen syselsättningsproblematiken inom den basnäringen i kommunen. Bröderna har dessutom nyligen investerat i en målerilinje och avser att tillsammans med våra sågverk lägga till ett förädlingsvärde på vår fina råvara.

Bröderna lever i äkta "Kampradsstil" nämligen enkelt med god insikt i ekonomi och affärer.

JOHAN VÄISÄNEN


Application received 2010-04-15

Nominee Name
Johan Väisänen

Company
Explore the North

Country
Sverige

Web Site
www.explorethenorth.se / www.riversoflapland.com

Supporting person name
Jan-Erik Blomqvist

Company or organisation
Pajala Utveckling AB

Web Site
www.pajalakommun.se

Motivation
Johan Väisänen är en ung framgångsrik företagare som startade Explore the North 2005. Han har sett möjligheterna att vidareförädla vår fina natur såsom snö, skog vinter och sommaren med tillgång på orörda älvar i vår kommun och region. Han satsar föredömligt på flere ekologiskt hållbara produkter såsom hund- spannsäventyr på vintern och hållbara sportfiske- produkter på sommaren. Han samarbetar med våra hotell som kan erbjuda dylika tjänster för att locka framförallt utländska turister till området. Johan har också kontakter med den Finska sidan i sin verksamhet.

Johan är en entreprenör som ser möjlighterna att förädla det som vi naturligt har i området och detta är helt nödvändigt om besöksnäringen skall utvecklas och ge sysselsättningseffekter i kommunen.

GÖRAN SIMU


Application received 2010-04-26

Nominee Name
Göran Simu

Company
Göran Simu AB

Country
Sweden

Motivation
Göran Simu has over the years started up companies and been doing cross-borderbusiness all over the Barents region, with companies present in Sweden, Finland and Norway.

Göran is a true entrepreneurial spirit and a serial entrepreneur, always seeing new business oppurtunities, always willing to take risks and find new solutions often througtout mobilizing resources within the whole Barents region.

He's far from being a quitter, doesn't easily give up, is stubborn and ambitious, always giving entrepreneur colleagues good advice and helping hands. He's a great role model for other entrepreneurs.

VIVA, VISIONER I VUOLLERIMBYGDEN


Application received 2010-04-29

Nominee Name
VIVA, Visioner i Vuollerimbygden

Country
SWEDEN

Supporting person name
Ulf Westfal

Country
Sweden

Motivation:
Vi nominerar härmed bygdebolaget VIVA, Visioner i Vuollerimbygden AB
Syfte: Öka besöksnäringen, inflyttningen och sysselsättning
Start: Nov 2006
Med ett fantastiskt lokalt engagemang har 140 delägare i en by med 800 invånare har gått samman för att ta tag i sin egen utveckling för att öka besöksnäringen, sysselsättning och inflyttningen med byns bästa i fokus.
Med stort entreprenörskap och uppfinningsrikedom har man på tre år startat och renoverat ett byahotell med 36 bäddar samt paketerat bokningsbara produkter som tidigare inte funnits .
Resultatet är ett besöksmål med själ och hjärta som får omvärlden att häpna. Här möter du inte en anläggning, du möter en by!
Vuollerimbygden har utnyttjat regionens fördelar och förvandlat lappländskt vardagsliv till genuina, exklusiva upplevelser, med målet att bli ett av norra Europas attraktivaste resmål. Ambitionen är att samarbeta gränslöst inom Barents regionen. För närvarande inom Swedish Lapland och Nord Norge. Nu blickar företaget även mot grannländer i öster.
Detta arbetssätt har också resulterat i att vara ett föredöme för andra lokalsamhällen och företagare inom Barentsregionen, exempelvis genom:

• Som enda svenska produkt blev ”Långritt i midnattssolen” nominerad till årets bästa outdoorprodukt 2010 på Vildmarksmässan.
• Varit med på en nationell och en internationell konferens som gott praktiskt exempel på lokalkapitalbildning, entreprenörskap och samverkan.
• Beslutat att knoppa av Lapland Vuollerim till ett nytt bygdebolag.
På det sättet har även VIVA fungerat som ett växthus för nya företag!
• Ökat antalet gästnätter och arbetstillfällen till bygden.

VLADIMIR KOMYAGIN


Application received 2010-04-29

Nominee Name
Vladimir Komyagin

Company
Snezhnaya Derevnya

Country
Russian Federation

Web Site
http://www.snowderevnya.ru

Supporting person name
Elena Nikolaeva

Company or organisation
Kirovsk city administration

Country
Russian Federation

Web Site
http://www.kirovsk.ru

Motivation
Vladimir Komyagin is the businessman in Kirovsk of Murmansk area Russia since 1999. He has excelled also popularity as activity transportation of passengers between northern countries on the automobile. But as the active and creative person he has wanted changes
In 2008 Vladimir Komyagin created a first hotel from ice and snow in Russia. It is name «Snezhnaya Derevnya» («Snow Village»). The goal of this project is increasing the number of tourists to Kirovsk winter time. Beside that the idea was taken from Scandinavian ice hotels, snowcastles and etc and realised in Russia to create network of such unique buildings in Barents region. He began and his enterprise, sharpnes, enthusiasm and ability to gather people around him. Every year the area of hotel is increasing. In 2009 was organized international snow festival «Music of snow». Vladimir is planning to organize first ice festival behind Polar circle in Russia next winter. Now is planning to attract Barents region partners for participation at this festival. Thanks to participation in conference «Barents tourism: today and tomorrow» he have got acquainted with other entrepreneurs from Scandinavian: for example, with Ville from Arcticsnowhotel, Rovaniemi. And now it is planning cross-border cooperation.

At once «Snezhnaya Derevnya» became brend of Murmansk region. Information about  hotel was published not only in Russian, but in Finnish newspapers and websites (aamulehti, lapin kansa, pohjolan sanomat). It was awarded as «unique tourist project» by Murmansk region goverment in 2009. And in 2010 it was awarded as « the most perspective project» by North chamber of commerce and industry of Murmansk region.

I know Vladimir since 2003 and I respect him for honesty, goodwill and persistence on achievement of the purpose. I am sure, Vladimir is good example for other entrepreneurs in Russia and the reliable partner for Barents cooperation in tourism.

VJACHESLAV GORODETSKIJ


Application received 2010-04-30

Nominee Name
Vjacheslav Gorodetskij

Company
OOO "Bi-port"

Country
Russia

Web Site
www.b-port.com

Supporting person name
Marina Shuvalova`

Company or organisation
OOO TRK "Blits"

Country
Russia

E-mail
info@blitstv.ru

Motivation
Murmansk news agency ?B-port.com? began to work in August 2005. A home page of the portal is news. Here, in chronological order, you can find the information and photos about significant events of Murmansk, Murmansk region, northwest Russia and the Barents region. This is news about politics, economy, sports, tourism, culture and so on. Cooperation with the press-cutting services of the city and region (from government agencies to private companies) helps to get the most operative information ?at first hand?. The staff of professional journalists is constantly ?in the thick of things?, providing visitors of a portal by unique information, which is duplicated on many popular sites and are quoted on the news-feeds. Post news always contains reliable sources of information (B-port.com don?t publish unverified information). There is a column ?Our Guest? on the site. Here you can find interviews with famous and important figures of the region.
The social component is also very important for the portal. B-port.com publishes information about charitable activity. It is an information partner of cultural and sport events which take place in the region.
Target audience is senior and middle managers (?decision makers?). Statistics of a portal is over 6000 people a day. The main visitors: Murmansk Oblast- 30%, Moscow- 25%, St Petersburg - 23%, other regions - 22%.
B-port.com provides a wide range of additional resources: operational information about trades, exchange rates at banks, gasoline prices, a list of firms and companies in Murmansk and the region etc.

MIKAEL MAJLÖF


Application recieved 2010-04-30

Nominee Name
Mikael Majlöf

Company
Hugos Maskin AB

Country
Sweden

Web Site
http://www.hugosmaskin.se/

E-mail
info@hugosmaskin.se

Supporting person name
Elisabeth Majlöf

Country
Sweden

Motivation
Företaget är nischat på stora hyresmaskiner, rullbanor, samt reservdelar och service för träindustrin. Det är störst i nischbranschen norr om Stockholm och störst i Finland. 60-70% är finska kunder.

TAUNO JUNTIKKA


Application received 2010-04-30

Nominee Name
Tauno Juntikka

Company
Paakkola Conveyors Ltd

Country
Finland

Supporting person name
Martti Kankaanranta

Company or organisation
Företagarna i Västra-Lapland

Country
Finland

Web Site
http://www.yrittajat.fi/lansipohja

Motivation (Max 1000 characters)
Success through specialization
In the 1970s, Tauno Juntikka was still working at various power plant construction sites. Back home in the Ylipaakkola village of Tervola, his wife was busy tending to their cows and looking after their nine children. When small-scale farming turned out to be all too demanding in relation to its earnings, Tauno converted the cattle barn into an auto repair shop, and spent the next five or so years repairing the cars of his village neighbours.

The path of one of Tauno?s sons, Tuomo Juntikka, led to Sweden and gradually to the position of project engineer for KOPO-MASKIN LTD in the town of Haaparanta. He spent several years working on the implementation of conveyor projects in Sweden, until he finally decided to approach his brothers with the idea of establishing their own company, Paakkolan Kone ja Metalli Ltd. During the same year, he also decided to further his studies by entering the Luleå University of Technology in Sweden.

On the home front, the brothers continued running their machinery workshop, which manufactured customised products for deliveries as far away as Norway. The barn became too small for the company?s operations already within the first year. As a result, a larger production facility was built in 1980, but the need for more space continued to grow along with the company?s activities, and a new surface finishing annex was built in 1982.

When Tuomo Juntikka graduated in the mid-1980s, he spoke to his brothers about his idea to specialise in the production of conveyors alongside the company?s machining operations. They applied to the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (Tekes) for a product development grant, which enabled them to manufacture their first conveyor systems. In 1989, the barn was knocked down to make way for the new extension.

Specialisation has truly paid off! The company was handed over to the next generation and Tuomo?s son, Tommi, took his place at the helm. What was once a family business has grown into an international company; a growing employer with a broad customer base throughout the Nordic countries.
Quality on time as agreed
Paakkola Conveyors Ltd provides top quality expertise in the planning and implementation of conveyor systems. The key objective of our activities is to determine and meet the requirements for each individual site through close co-operation with the customer. Our strengths lie in our reliability and experience, acquired through dealing with the demanding arctic conditions for the past 30 years.
Paakkola Conveyors Ltd has introduced a new lathe and a new cutting table to its operations.

GRAHAM AUSTICK, ELISABETH BRAATHEN


Application received 2010-04-30

Nominee Name
Graham Austick, Elisabeth Braathen

Company
Lyngen Lodge

Country
Norge

Web Site
www.lyngenlodge.com

Supporting person name
Bård M. Pedersen

Company or organisation
Ass. fylkesmann Fylkesmannen i Troms

Motivation
The success of Lyngen Lodge started around 3 years ago. After approx
10 years og teaching skiing and leading ski expeditions to remote
mountain ranges around the world Graham Austick and Elisabeth Braathen came
across the Lyngen Alps of Northern Norway. So impressed by the regions
beauty and potensial they relocated and built the Lyngen Lodge.

Elisabeth Braathen was born in Trondheim Norway and has worked in
management in the skiing industry since 1999 across Europe. Elisabeth
mangages Lyngen Lodge on a daily basis, whilst Austick,an Englishman,
mostly deals with guests leading tours as mountain guide.
The Lyngen Lodge  provides a combination of luxury full board
accommodation and mountain, fjord and river based adventures
throughout the Lyngen Alps region.

Located on the stunning Lyngen Fjord with spectacular views over the
dramatic mountains of the Lyngen Alps, the Lyngen Lodge provides an
ideal base for exploring the wonders of northern Norway's incredible
nature. The success of Lyngen Lodge is not a surprise, but a result of
hard work og good skills - a success that makes them a strong
candidate for Barents Entrepreneur of the year 2010. Read testimonials from
guests from all over the world - and you will be convinced about how skilled
entrepreneurs they are!

Visit their website and see the result from 3 years hard work!

The County Governor of Troms proposes Mr. Austick and Ms. Braathen as
Barents Entrepreneur of the year.

Senast uppdaterad: 2010-05-26
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