About us

Aspo creates value by owning and developing business operations sustainably and in the long term. Aspo’s businesses – ESL Shipping and Telko – enable future-proof, sustainable choices for customers in various industries.

Our businesses

Strategy

Sustainability

Ympäristövastuu

Sosiaalinen vastuu

Hallintotapa

Aiming to be a forerunner

For us, being a forerunner means having the courage to reinvent our operations and invest in solutions that move our industries forward.

While the Nordic region is our core market, we serve our customers with world-class solutions in 18 countries around Europe and parts of Asia.
Aspo is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki and is headquartered in Finland.

1929

Aspo was founded

800

experts on land and at sea

countries

Your partner in dynamic B2B environment

Aspo has two businesses:

ESL Shipping - is the leading dry bulk cargo company in the Baltic Sea region, serving for example steel and forest industry
Telko - a leading expert and solution provider for plastics, industrial chemicals and lubricants

Our businesses

Our vision is to form two separate companies

Our current businesses are very different and our vision is to form two separate companies of Aspo.

Aspo’s Board of Directors has approved a demerger plan concerning the separation of ESL Shipping into a new listed company (ESL Shipping Group Plc). The demerger is conditional upon approval by the Extraordinary General Meeting, which is expected to be held on 7 December 2026.

Our strategy