Confederation of Finnish Industries

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The Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK), legally Elinkeinoelämän keskusliitto ry, is Finland's largest employers' organization. Headquartered in Helsinki, it represents around 15,500 private-sector companies across industry and services, employing approximately one million people. Formed in 2005 through a merger of earlier associations, EK advocates for competitive business conditions, labor market policies, and economic growth on national, EU, and international levels. It maintains offices in Helsinki and Brussels and participates in organizations such as BusinessEurope.

Also known as Elinkeinoelämän keskusliitto and Finlands Näringsliv rf.

Latest news on EK

3 June 2026
Coolbrook appoints Veli‑Matti Mattila as Chairman to support industrial scale‑up

Brings decades of international technology and board leadership to support commercial deployment and industrial execution.