- Business
- Honkarakenne Oyj designs, manufactures, and sells prefabricated log and solid-wood house packages under the Honka brand; core offerings include contemporary log homes, traditional log homes, holiday lodges, log cabins, custom log homes, fusion log homes featuring massive and insulated walls, doors, corner types, roofs, interior walls, windows, and sliding doors; the company also provides design services, building and construction services, extension services, log billets, and processed by-products for residential, vacation, and public buildings such as hotels and resorts. Founded in 1958 and headquartered in Karstula, Finland, Honkarakenne operates primarily in Finland, where it derives the majority of its revenue, with exports to over 50 countries focused on Central Europe, CIS countries, Asia including Japan and Uzbekistan, and other regions; it maintains production at its Karstula factory and emphasizes healthy, ecological wooden construction using Finnish solid wood, having delivered over 90,000 buildings worldwide. In October 2025, Honkarakenne signed a strategic five-year partnership agreement valued at approximately 15 million euros with Saipro Group LLC in Uzbekistan to collaborate on designing, manufacturing, delivering, and constructing sustainable wooden facilities for resorts including Green Hills Premium Resort and Santa Claus Park, marking an expansion in Central Asia; recent investments include the commissioning of a gluer and laminated timber plane at the Karstula mill and a non-settling log production line set for early 2025 operation, supported by a subsidy from the Central Finland ELY Center.