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Native name | Finnish: Posti Group Oyj Swedish: Posti Group Abp |
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Company type | Julkinen osakeyhtiö |
Industry | Postal service, logistics, financial process automation |
Founded | 6 September 1638 |
Headquarters | Helsinki, Finland |
Revenue | €1.652 billion (2022)[1] |
Owner | Government of Finland |
Number of employees | 20,316 (2017 on average)[2] |
Website | posti.com |
Posti Group Oyj (previously Suomen Posti during 1994–2007 and Itella during 2007–2015), trading internationally as Posti Group Corporation, is the main Finnish postal service delivering mail and parcels in Finland. The State of Finland is the sole shareholder of the company. Posti has a universal service obligation that entails weekday deliveries of letters in all of Finland's municipalities. Posti's head office is located in Pohjois-Pasila in Helsinki. Posti's history spans nearly 400 years.
The Finnish company is divided into three business groups: Postal Services, Parcel and Logistics Services, and OpusCapita. Posti's net sales in 2016 amounted to EUR 1,647 million. Posti has 20,300 employees. Of the net sales, approximately 96% comes from businesses and organizations. The company's key customer sectors are commerce, services and media.
As of 2015[update], the group is headed by Heikki Malinen, and Arto Markku Pohjola is Chairman of the Board of Directors. The company has operations in ten countries: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Switzerland and United States. Åland Post is the independent postal operator for the Åland Islands.