The Electrical Contractors´ Association of Finland STUL

Sähkö- ja teleurakoitsijaliitto STUL has ca. 3100 member companies. The Association aims by all means at promoting the business of its membership and watches keenly its members´ common interests in professional, technical, commercial and business administration matters and promotes the achievement of high professional skills.
The Association was founded in 1933.

The main activities of STUL are watching the interests of the membership, developing the industry and spreading information.

The benefits for the members are a.o.

• advisory services
• information bulletins
• professional training
• labour market services
• research
• quality systems training
• marketing support
• various discounts (insurances, fuel etc)

Local co-operation within the Association is maintained in 16 regional departments that meet regularly to discuss local problems and co-operation.

The majority of the member companies are very small and a special section has been established to watch their interests. Other groups within the Association are the ITC-group that deals with telecommunications, safety systems etc; the group for those memebers that specialize in network building; the groups for those members that specialize in service and maintenance or in inspections.

STUL has 14 member associations (see below) working in the fields that are closely related to electrical contracting.

STUL owns two companies. 

Sähköinfo Oyis the leading information house of the industry and its products - training courses, professional publications, monthly magazines Sähköala and Sähkömaailma etc - serve the entire electrical branch of Finland. STUL members are granted considerable discounts on Sähköinfo Oy´s products and services. 
To support its memebers STUL (Sähköinfo Oy) offers customer information in Sähköala.fi

Henkilö- ja Yritysarviointi Seti Oy estimates that the holders of the qualification certificate fullfil the requirements for acting as managers of electrical installation and operation and as managers of the building, repair and maintenance work of elevators, as set forth by the The Ministry of Trade and Industry.

The common income of STUL and its companies in 2009 was ca 5 million €. The share of the membership fees of the total income varies between 15 and 16 per cent annually.

STUL has representatives in numerous organizations and working groups. STUL co-operates with government officials as well as other organizations of the construction branch.

STUL is a member of AIE (Association Internationale des Entreprises d´Equipement Electrique) and has good relations with other Scandinavian electrical contractors´ associations and with the Estonian association EETEL.

STUL members

The Electrical Contractors´ Association of Finland - STUL - has altogether ca 3 100 member companies (September 2010).

The members of STUL are electrical contractors in traditional contracting, newtwork building, telecommunications and specialized fields of contracting. There is a great number of small enterprises and very few big ones in the branch.

Installation turnover in 2009, million €

14 smaller associations have a membership arrangement with STUL. These associations represent branches that are closely related to electrical contracting (see table above). Together STUL and the member organizations form the network of electrical contracting. 

The Electrical Contractors´ Association STUL
P.O.Box 55
02601 Espoo
Finland
tel. +358 9 547 610
stul@stul.fi