Kone elevators to Dubai’s Infinity Tower

Kone will deliver eight elevators for the new Infinity Tower in Dubai. Once the construction is finalized, the building will be the world's highest twisting sky scraper. Due to the unique architectural design, Infinity Tower's elevator shafts are round, which means that the elevators have to be custom made. Infinity Tower will be built at... Read more

Walking poles the new secret weapon of the Defence Forces

The Finnish Defence Forces intend to ameliorate the physical fitness of its recruits by taking on nordic walking. The army will supply each one of next year’s recruits a pair of walking poles. The first stage of the initiative will require the army to buy 3500 pairs of poles.      The aim however is not to take part in military exercises with... Read more

Vaisala contributes to hurricane research in the US

Vaisala, a Finnish company manufacturing electronic measurement systems and equipment for meteorology and the environmental sciences, traffic safety, and industrial applications, will deliver next generation GSP dropsondes to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the United States. The value of the deal totals to 9.2... Read more

Dewaco purifies Shenzen’s sewage water

Dewaco Ltd, an innovative Finnish company specialized in designing and manufacturing equipment and solutions for sludge treatment in industries and municipalities, will supply 36 chain and flight type sludge and scum collector chains to the water purification plant of the Chinese city of Shenzen.   The water purification plant will treat... Read more

Baltic Sea cruising increased in the spring

The spring brought a fair rise in the passenger numbers of the cruise ship companies operating in the Baltic Sea region. For instance the Helsinki-Tallinn cruises increased strongly in popularity in the first half of 2009. The passenger numbers of Tallink Silja and Eckerö Line rose by over 12 per cent this May, when compared to last year's... Read more

Finnish and Swedish contemporary art in 350 year old Eskilstuna

Eskilstuna Art Museum celebrated the Swedish National Day June 6th, with the opening of an extensive exhibition on contemporary art in Finland and Sweden. The exhibition is part of the commemoration for the year 1809, and it was opened by King Carl Gustav XVI together with Queen Silvia. Year 2009 marks the bicentenary of Finland's separation... Read more

Finnish real estate buying power increased significantly

Nordea, one of Finland's leading banks, reports that the Finnish real estate buying power has increased significanctly in the first quarter of 2009. The reason for this growth is the decline in property prices and the lowered interest rates. Prices of real estate have declined throughout Finland. The slightly greater drop in property prices in... Read more

Footbalance to be launched in 5300 Intersport stores worldwide

Finnish Footbalance and Intersport International have signed a strategic partnership contract which covers 5300 stores in 35 countries. The contract supports both the image of Intersport as a top quality sports business chain and the international growth of Footbalance. The concept of Footbalance entails complimentary foot analysis and... Read more

Vacon doubles its production in China

Vacon, the Finnish company manufacturing frequency converters will build a new factory in Suzhou, China. The extension will double the company's capacity in China. The factory, which will begin its production in the beginning of next year will double Vacon's Chinese capacity to approximately 300 000 converters per year. The production line of... Read more

MP Minna Sirnö the sexiest and family-friendliest MEP-candidate

The Finnish Family Federation has invited the Finnish MEP candidates to take part in a survey on sexual and reproductive health issues. The playful survey resulted in choosing Finland's "sexiest" and family-friendliest candidate. Surprisingly, the two winning awards were given to the same candidate, MP Minna Sirnö (Left Alliance). The chief... Read more

Debut director Miika Soini awarded in Russia

Director Miika Soini has been awarded a Prize for the Best Director at the Zerkalo Film Festival in Russia. The prize for the best director is one of the festival's main awards. The leading actor of the movie is the much-loved Lasse Pöysti. The film portrays the life of an elderly man, Thomas, who lives alone in his basement apartment... Read more

Sara Pathirane wins Young Artists’ Competition

A first year student of the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Sari Pathirane won the first prize in this year's Young Artists' Competition. The awarded artwork of the 23-year old artist was called TILA1: Moving towards a landscape. Pathirane matriculated from an arts highs school and has been practicing painting from the age of 15. The Young... Read more

Iloq - brand new lock system to enter markets

The biggest problem in today's lock systems is the loss of keys, which may in some cases bring about major costs. Large housing cooperatives, hospitals or universities can have hundreds if not thousands of keys in constant use. The idea behind Iloq is very simple. All the keys are seemingly the same, but they contain a microchip for... Read more

Finnish-Russian trade expected to grow

Up to 32 per cent of the Finnish exporters, who took part in the Business Barometer for Russia 2009 expect trade to increase in the coming months. The Russian response to the same question was nearly exactly the same and 33 per cent of them expect to be increasing their imports from Finland. The most positive outlook to the growth of Finnish... Read more

Alan Wake showcased in international E3 games event

The long awaited Finnish game 'Alan Wake' was showcased in the United States on Monday. The event took place at the Electronic Entertainment Expo E3, in Los Angeles. The Finnish game designer Remedy introduced its next smash hit computer game “Alan Wake”. The audience had a chance to view the game trailer and some of the game’s special... Read more