Researchers identify compounds that stem breast cancer metastasis

Researchers from the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, in co-operation with the University of Turku, Indiana University in the US, and two Turku-based companies, Biotie Therapies and Pharmatest, have discovered new information in breast cancer metastasis. Their experiments on mice indicate that heparin-like compounds can possibly... Read more

Konecranes receives one of the biggest orders from India

Konecranes has received new orders from India and Estonia. The Finnish company is delivering 21 heavy duty industrial cranes to steel manufacturer JSW Steel Ltd in India. According to Konecranes, this order is one of the biggest single orders in terms of number of cranes and value to be supplied by Konecranes to the Indian crane industry. The... Read more

Researchers identify leukemia gene mutation

Researchers in Finland have discovered that a gene mutation is an underlying cause of LGL leukaemia, a rare, malignant blood disease of the mature T-cells which is often related to autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. Since the STAT3 gene which they identified is also abnormally expressed in many other cancers and autoimmune... Read more

Fortum Tutor football programme scores UEFA prize

The Fortum Tutor programme, which hones the skills of junior football coaches, has been chosen by the Union of European Football Associations, UEFA, as the top European Grassroots project. The award is part of the UEFA’s Grassroots Day held on 19 May when the game is celebrated throughout Europe as a reminder of how important grassroots-level... Read more

Pavilion gives heart to Design Year

One of the busiest months in the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 programme is in full swing after the opening of a pavilion made from Finnish wood. The temporary pavilion located between the Museum of Finnish Architecture and the Design Museum in Helsinki is one of the key meeting places for this year’s events. The 470 square metre... Read more

Finnish economic growth strongest in eurozone

Finnish economic growth was strongest in eurozone in the first quarter of 2012. According to the figures released by Eurostat, Finnish Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 1.3 percent on previous quarter. GDP measures the combined value of products and services produced in a country in a specified period of time. Finnish economic growth was... Read more

YIT receives EUR 10 million order from Fortum

YIT has confirmed a contract with Fortum for the delivery of piping for the company’s new waste combustion plant. The deal is valued at around EUR 10 million. The delivery includes the plant’s district heating system, district heating battery, steam and process piping and cooling water piping. The extensive delivery covers the design,... Read more

Finland exports a record number of food products

Finland exported last year a record number of food products. The value of exports was EUR 1.6 billion, an increase of 20 percent on previous year. The biggest increase was seen in dairy products and grains, and overall export was helped by recovering Russian markets. According to MTT, which presents Finnish farmers, Russia was last year the... Read more

Sun and wind power VTT apartment

The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has built an energy self-sufficient test apartment in Oulu, powered only by solar and wind energy.   The apartment will be used for the research and development of building-specific energy production which allows the owner of a building to decide whether to use the energy production for living,... Read more

ThingLink acquires fashion image tagging service from Sweden

ThingLink, the innovative Finnish interactive image service, has acquired Pixboom, the leading image tagging service for the Swedish fashion industry. Pixboom was founded in 2008 in Stockholm and the service enables interactive images on hundreds of Swedish fashion blogs. Pixboom CEO Jonas Suijkerbuijk will join the ThingLink Advisory Board.... Read more

Finnish-Chinese project aims for cleaner air

Finnish environmental expertise is heading to China in the form of the China Testbed project. Set up by the Finnish energy and environment consortium CLEEN, the project develops applications for monitoring air quality in cooperation with companies and research institutes. One of the future aims of China Testbed, which focuses on measuring fine... Read more

Finnair’s inflight film receives international awards

The Unique Design of Finland, a short film created for inflight entertainment purposes, has won accolades at festivals in Germany and the United States. The film showcases Finnish design, from buildings and vehicles to dishes and apparel. The film, which has been shown on Finnair’s flights from the beginning of the year, won the... Read more

Mint of Finland honours Marimekko’s founder

Mint of Finland is issuing a commemorative coin for Armi Ratia, the founder of textile and design house Marimekko. The coin features Armi Ratia and Marimekko’s trademark Unikko poppy flower which was designed by Maija Isola. — Armi Ratia was a strong and determined person, and the coin reflects that. She has left a huge legacy which is felt in... Read more

Sayduck helps you choose furniture

Helsinki and London-based startup Sayduck has created a mobile app which lets users see exactly how a piece of furniture looks in a room using augmented reality. The iPhone and iPad app lets shoppers visualise objects in their homes from any angle. The app works with a tracking marker so that it knows where to virtually place the object in the... Read more

Outotec delivering technology for Indian plant

Outotec is delivering technology for a new iron ore sintering plant to be built in Rengali in the state of Orissa, India. The company has signed a EUR 20 million contract with Indian Bhushan Power & Steel Limited (BPSL).The scope of Outotec's delivery includes technology, engineering, supplying proprietary equipment and supervisory services... Read more