Honkarakenne to deepen collaboration in China
January 18 2019 - 1:00AM
Honkarakenne to deepen collaboration in China
Honkarakenne Oyj press release January 18, 2019 08:00
Honkarakenne to deepen collaboration in
China
Honkarakenne has signed a strategic cooperation
agreement with the Chinese company Zhangjiakou Winter-Olympic Town
Tourism Development Co. Ltd. and will deliver approximately 2,000
square metres of accommodation for the Haitou Valley project. The
purpose of the cooperation agreement is to deepen cooperation
between the companies, not limited simply to the construction of
holiday destinations and recreational buildings but to comprise
wider collaboration, including consultation on the areas of
by-products, equipment maintenance and culture.
Haitou Valley is a sports and well-being resort located north of
Beijing, near the alpine sport venues of the Beijing 2022 Winter
Olympics. Haitou Valley strives to meet the recreational needs of
customer, especially families, who appreciate high quality.
Honkarakenne has been operating in China since 2014, providing
different types of spa and accommodation buildings. In 2017,
Honkarakenne completed the Welcome Center and a separate coffee
shop in Haitou Valley.
“We are tapping into our decades-long experience of implementing
projects linked to the Olympics. For instance, we were involved in
delivering the Finland House for the Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics
and we delivered a large resort in Sochi before the 2014 Winter
Olympics held there,” says Marko Saarelainen,
President and CEO, Honkarakenne.
The cooperation agreement was signed in connection with the
export promotion trip led by minister Anne-Mari
Virolainen as part of the Finnish president Sauli
Niinistö’s state visit to China in January. President and
CEO Marko Saarelainen and the head of Honkarakenne’s office in
China, Tuomas Saarelainen, also took part in a
high-level climate seminar organised by the Finnish Embassy in
Beijing.
“The ecological and healthy wood houses of Honkarakenne are an
important part of the Finnish winter sports and the related
know-how,” explains Marko Saarelainen.
Honkarakenne is investing in the Asian market. During the
current strategic period, the aim is to increase the Asian
percentage of the company’s turnover by the end of 2021.
For further information, please contact:
Marko Saarelainen, President and CEO, tel. +358 (0)40 542
0254, marko.saarelainen@honka.com
Under its Honka® brand, Honkarakenne manufactures high-quality,
healthy and ecological detached houses, holiday homes and public
buildings using Finnish solid wood. The company has delivered
85,000 buildings to more than 50 countries. The house packages are
manufactured in Finland; the company’s own factory is located in
Karstula. In 2017, the Honkarakenne Group had net sales of MEUR
43.4, of which exports accounted for 41%. www.honka.com
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