Stora Enso Oyj (Swedish: [stuːra] and Finnish: [enso]) is a pulp and paper manufacturer headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, with significant operations in four continents. The company was formed by the merger of Swedish mining and forestry products company Stora AB and Finnish forestry products company Enso Oyj in 1998. It has approximately 26,000 employees (2015). For 2014, Stora Enso was ranked fifth in the world by sales, among forest, paper and packaging industry companies. The first share of the company dates back to 1288, and it is claimed that Stora Enso is thus the oldest limited liability company in the world.