History
Evia Oyj was founded in 1955 and was named Markkinointi Viherjuuri by its founder Matti Viherjuuri. From 1955 to 1989 Markkinointi Viherjuuri was private company (Oy), and after 1989 public company (Oyj) and was listed in OMX (formerly Helsingin Pörssi) OTC-list.
In 2001 Markkinointi Viherjuuri announced new name for company, Evia Oyj to reflect the parent companies role better. Evia was formed from two separate parts: E meaning of digital communications and latin word via meaning of road.
November 18, 2002 Evia concluded personnel negotiations where three people was dismissed, two people was laid off for the time being and four persons as of April 1, 2003. After this Evia had another personnel negotiations on August 26, 2003 when concluded that 36 employees will set to fixed-term layoff for three months.
August 31, 2004 Evia gave profit warning, and positive profit warning on January 20, 2006.
June 28, 2005 CEO Mika Sario resigned, and new CEO Jari Torvelainen started August 1, 2005.
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