Angry Birds flock to Facebook

Angry Birds are finally set to arrive on Facebook, with Rovio planning to introduce the games to the world’s most popular social network on Valentine’s Day, February 14. One report says Rovio is planning to introduce the blockbuster title in Jakarta, Indonesia which has 17 million registered Facebook users, more than any other city in the... Read more

Five Finnish games compete for the International Mobile Gaming Award

Five Finnish games are competing for the International Mobile Gaming Award (IMGA) in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress held on 1st of March 2012. According to the pocketgamer.biz website, almost 500 games in total were submitted for review, and the list has been whittled down to 30 games in six different categories. — We see a trend of... Read more

Leena Lehtolainen’s best sellers on sale in the US

Amazon Publishing has bought the World English rights to detective novelist Leena Lehtolainen’s Maria Kallio books and the Bodyguard trilogy. The goal is to launch the first books in the USA already during this year with an advertising campaign built around the writer’s brand. The contract is for a total of 14 books. Lehtolainen’s agent Elina... Read more

VTT and Aalto University develop plastic-like packing material

The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Aalto University have developed a method in which a transparent plastic-like material can be manufactured using birch fibril pulp. The wood-based packing material can be manufactured on a large scale using technology developed for the purpose. The manufacturing costs for the nanofibrillated... Read more

Finland plans ambitious electric vehicle tests

Finland has launched a major testing project for electric vehicles and charging equipment with the aim of creating a unified testing environment for more than 400 vehicles and 850 charging points over the next four years. The project will create a charging network to enable the normal use of electric cars across five cities in the Greater... Read more

Marimekko plans to open 15 stores in Hong Kong and mainland China

Marimekko, the Finnish design and clothing company is planning to open 15 stores in Hong Kong and mainland China by the end of 2016. Marimekko has expanded rapidly to Asia and has already 22 stores in Japan and South Korea. In the first eight months of 2011, the company’s sales in the Asia-Pacific region grew by more than 50 percent, and the... Read more

Outokumpu and ThyssenKrupp's Inoxum form a European stainless steel giant

Outokumpu confimed on Tuesday that it is forming a stainless steel giant with ThyssenKrupp's Inoxum. Outokumpu has agreed to buy Inoxum - a stainless steel unit of ThyssenKrupp - in a EUR 2.7 billion deal. ThyssenKrupp will retain a 29.9 percent stake in the business. According to businessweek.com, combining Inoxum and Outokumpu would... Read more

Traffic system helps drivers in tough climate

Help should soon be at hand for motorists who have to deal with tough weather and road conditions. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, software company Mobisoft specializing in wireless data transfer and the Finnish Meteorological Institute, have developed a communication system aimed at improving traffic safety.     When there is snow... Read more

Former President’s son appointed to Nokia’s leadership team

Nokia has appointed Marko Ahtisaari as an Executive Vice President of Design and a member of the Nokia Leadership Team. He reports directly to Nokia’s President and CEO Stephen Elop. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Artek and WITNESS. Marko Ahtisaari is the only son of Martti Ahtisaari, the former President of the Republic of... Read more