Lindström expands into South Savo in Finland by acquiring Mikkelin Pesula Oy from Cooperative Suur-Savo
Comforta Oy, a subsidiary of the Lindström Group, has acquired 100% of the shares of Mikkelin Pesula Oy. The seller is Osuuskauppa Suur-Savo, which previously owned Mikkelin Pesula in full. The acquisition was confirmed on April 30, 2025.
Mikkelin Pesula is a laundry service specializing in workwear as well as textiles for the healthcare and hotel & restaurant sectors. It serves around one hundred clients, including major customers such as the South Savo wellbeing services county Eloisa and the S Group. The laundry employs over 90 people, who will transfer to Lindström as existing employees under the same terms. The laundry will continue to operate at its current location.
“We believe in a strong regional and local presence, which allows us to provide an excellent customer experience right where our clients operate. With this acquisition, we are expanding into the attractive South Savo market area. At the same time, we are gaining a foothold as a service provider in public healthcare and bringing much-needed competition to a market traditionally served by laundry units owned by wellbeing services counties,” says Pasi Saarinen, Country Director of Lindström Finland.
Lindström will focus on serving South Savo clients from Mikkeli, which will improve logistics and reduce environmental impact due to shorter transport distances. Conversely, Mikkelin Pesula’s existing customers in southern Finland can in the future be served by Lindström’s Southern Finland service centers.
“This acquisition supports our strategy to focus more strongly on our core business. We believe this change will also benefit the laundry’s current customers, who will now be served by a provider specialized in the industry and committed to its development. As part of the transaction, the current employees of Mikkelin Pesula will transfer to Lindström. I thank the laundry’s staff and management for their dedicated work,” says Taina Penttinen, CEO of Osuuskauppa Suur-Savo.
Comforta Oy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Lindström Group. The company specializes in providing textile services for hotels, restaurants, and the healthcare sector. It employs over 500 people in total.
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