{"id":3677,"date":"2022-03-14T15:45:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T14:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/?p=3677"},"modified":"2022-03-15T12:57:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T11:57:38","slug":"merinvest-is-employer-of-the-year-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/2022\/03\/merinvest-is-employer-of-the-year-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"MERINVEST IS EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The winners of the Saare County Entrepreneurship Awards were announced in mid-October. The recipients included Freudenberg Sealing Technologies (FST) as \u201cEmployer of the Year 2021.\u201d FST\u2019s partner production operation, MERINVEST, in Kuressaare has been producing diaphragms and O-rings for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1048\" src=\"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/14_39_Kaupo-Kirs-Fotograaf-Valmar-Voolaid_4c-1-1160x1048.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/14_39_Kaupo-Kirs-Fotograaf-Valmar-Voolaid_4c-1-1160x1048.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/14_39_Kaupo-Kirs-Fotograaf-Valmar-Voolaid_4c-1-800x723.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/14_39_Kaupo-Kirs-Fotograaf-Valmar-Voolaid_4c-1-1536x1388.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/14_39_Kaupo-Kirs-Fotograaf-Valmar-Voolaid_4c-1-120x108.jpg 120w, https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/14_39_Kaupo-Kirs-Fotograaf-Valmar-Voolaid_4c-1-90x81.jpg 90w, https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/14_39_Kaupo-Kirs-Fotograaf-Valmar-Voolaid_4c-1-320x289.jpg 320w, https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/14_39_Kaupo-Kirs-Fotograaf-Valmar-Voolaid_4c-1-560x506.jpg 560w, https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/14_39_Kaupo-Kirs-Fotograaf-Valmar-Voolaid_4c-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\" \/><figcaption>Kaup Kirs is delighted with the award.<br>(Photo: Valmar Voolaid)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am pleased that we were not just nominated but we even made it onto the winner\u2019s podium. This is recognition of the continual development of our business in Estonia as well as the long-term relationships that we have been striving for. It also shows that our collaboration with Lead Centers in Germany has paid off,\u201d Site Executive Manager Kaupo Kirs said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"about-the-award\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">ABOUT THE AWARD<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Various factors went into the decision, including the number of employees, personnel costs, the number of new or additional positions, and the share of above-average wages. This is the highest local honor for companies whose activities have had a positive impact on life in Saare County, its development, and its employment and income levels. The county is home to the most new companies per inhabitant in Estonia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pld-like-dislike-wrap pld-template-1\">\r\n    <div class=\"pld-like-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"pld-like-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"3677\" data-trigger-type=\"like\" data-restriction=\"ip\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-thumbs-up\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-like-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\">    <\/span>\r\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The winners of the Saare County Entrepreneurship Awards were announced in mid-October. The recipients included Freudenberg Sealing Technologies (FST) as \u201cEmployer of the Year 2021.\u201d FST\u2019s partner production operation, MERINVEST,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3403,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[241,112],"tags":[277],"powerkit_post_featured":[],"class_list":["post-3677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kuressaare-en","category-short-sweet","tag-edition-02_2022-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3678,"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3677\/revisions\/3678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3677"},{"taxonomy":"powerkit_post_featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/powerkit_post_featured?post=3677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}