Finnish golf technology qualifies for European Tour

The European Tour has begun co-operation with golf technology specialists Viherio Technologies, based in Oulu, Finland. Viherio’s products will first be utilised during the tour at the BMW Championship tournament, to be played in England between 24 and 27 May. Viherio will supply the tournament with its GREENi spectator service. The service... Read more

Wallpaper blocks Wi-Fi

An affordable wallpaper which blocks Wi-Fi signals could be brought to market next year by Finnish materials company Ahlstrom. French news services The Connexion and Le Point are reporting that Ahlstrom has bought the rights to Metapaper which was developed by researchers at France's Grenoble Institut Polytechnique and the Centre Technique du... Read more

ZEF voting engine brings democracy to Egypt

ZEF Solutions is bringing the world a voting application developed in Finland. The application, called VotingAid, was developed in co-operation with the Finnish media company MTV3 and has been used in six Finnish elections. ZEF’s VotingAid has been well received in Egypt, where democratic presidential elections are currently being held for the... Read more

Amazing Alex to follow Angry Birds

Angry Birds developer Rovio says that its new game will be called Amazing Alex and that it will be released in two months’ time. Company CEO Mikael Hed revealed details about the upcoming puzzle game in an interview with Yle’s breakfast television show. Hed also revealed his awareness of audience expectation given the success of Angry Birds,... Read more

China’s largest science and technology park is coming to Finland

China’s largest science and technology park is coming to Espoo, in Finland. According to Marko Vanska, CEO of China-Finland Golden Bridge, the aim of the new ZPark Software Park is to help Chinese companies start business and research co-operation in Finland, help them establish research and development units in Finland and hire Finnish... Read more

Floriade World Expo pavilion created using Metsä Wood’s products

Among the exhibits at the Floriade 2012 World Horticultural Expo presently taking place in the Netherlands is the My Green World exhibition centre, constructed from Metsä Wood’s wood-based products. The architecturally unique wooden structure is reminiscent of a seed sprouting from the earth. The 1,200-square-metre My Green World pavilion was... Read more

Fazer, Fiskars and Paulig have highest reputation rankings

Fazer, the Finnish catering, bakery and confectionery company, has the highest reputation ranking in Finland. Fiskars, the global consumer products company, has the second highest ranking followed by the Finland’s leading coffee company Paulig. The rankings are based on the latest Reputation Institute’s 2012 Finnish Country RepTrack rankings,... Read more

Finnish mothers have it good

Finland is the sixth-best place to be a mother, according to Save the Children’s 13th State of the World’s Mothers report, which compares 165 countries. The ranking looks at factors such as a mother's health, education and economic status, as well as critical child indicators such as health and nutrition. Finland performed highly on female... Read more

Finnair flies direct to Chongqing

Finnair has become the first airline in the world to fly direct between Europe and Chongqing in China. The new route forms part of the carrier's strategy of offering the shortest connections between Asia and Europe via Helsinki. Chongqing is Finnair’s fourth Chinese destination after Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. — China is a key part of... Read more

Outotec acquires a Brazilian service company

Outotec has agreed to acquire all shares in Demil Manutenção Industrial Ltda in Brazil from Marcos Del Pupo and his children. Demil provides industrial maintenance services for iron ore pelletizing plants and is located in Guarapari, Espírito Santo in Brazil. The parties are not to disclosing the acquisition price.   Demil has approximately... Read more

Oilon gas burners to Beijing

The Lahti-based family company Oilon is set to deliver 83 large-scale gas burners to China’s capital, Beijing. The contract is valued at more than EUR 5 million. The news was reported by Kauppalehti. The end user in the project is the Beijing District Heating Company. Oilon will carry out the project in co-operation with two Chinese boiler... Read more

Nokia 808 PureView starts selling in India and Russia

Nokia starts to roll out its Nokia 808 PureView smartphone this month in select markets – including Russia and India. The company unveiled the latest gadget in February at the Mobile World Congress 2012. According to CNET UK website, the new smartphone has a £540 price tag in the UK markets. The site expects the Nokia’s newest phone to hit... Read more

Loyalty pays for Finnair Plus frequent flyers

To celebrate 20 years of the Finnair Plus programme, Finnair is launching Lifetime tiers for its most loyal customers.  Frequent customers who have reached Finnair Plus Lifetime Gold or Platinum tier membership can now enjoy Finnair Plus tier benefits which never expire. When a customer reaches a Finnair Plus Lifetime tier, the tier locks in,... Read more

Finland Pavilion at Cannes for the first time

Finland will be present at the Cannes Film Festival from 16 to 25 May for the first time with its own pavilion. The Finland Film Commission and regional film commissions, together with their co-operation partners, will distribute information about Finland at the pavilion and organise events for international film industry professionals.... Read more

Kone buys Eagle Elevator in Minnesota, USA

Kone has acquired the business of Eagle Elevator Corporation, an independent elevator service company with long history in the Minnesota market. The two parties don’t disclose details of the size of transaction. Eagle and Kone will be combining their elevator operations under the Kone name during the next few months. Eagle has operated in... Read more