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Team Finland 2009 won five medals in the youth WorldSkills 2009 championships in Calgary, Canada. The two gold-winners were Ville Rämö from Kuopio, in masonry category and Elina Salminen from Pirkkala in hair-styling. Marianna Luoma won silver in fashion and clothing category. Finland's three bronzes were won by Harri Jalonen in car painting...
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North-east Finland and eastern Lapland hope to attract winter tourists from Russia to make up for the winter tourism from Britain, which has decreased significantly due to the recession. The Russian airline Rossiya will launch a series of nine charter flights between St. Petersburg and Kuusamo in December. The airplanes will bring winter...
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Touch an advertising poster with a mobile phone and you will download music into your phone! Rapidly spreading near field communication (NFC) will enable numerous applications that will make life easier. Companies in the sector are seeking their own grain of gold and believe that the sector will grow strongly. Near field communication, which...
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The software sector seems to be coming through the economic recession in better shape than many others. A survey by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy shows that every fourth company in the sector is recruiting during the year. The sector has confidence in the future. According to a survey by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy...
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Already 200 years have passed since the drawing up of the border between Finland and Sweden. The Hamina Peace Treaty was signed in 1809. The anniversary is celebrated on both sides of the border in the delta of the Tornio-river in Lapland. Church bells will ring on both sides of the border on Thursday September 17th at 7 pm Finnish time. This...
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The southern Finnish harbour town of Hamina will soon have a Russian pharmaceutical factory. Information of the project was published on Monday, when the board of Hamina municipality gathered to discuss the sale of the requested building plot. The news was reported in the regional newspaper Kymen Sanomat. The city has agreed to sell a 7,3...
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Finnish marina developer Marinetek will supply the second construction phase to Port Luis Marina in the Caribbean. Port Luis Marina is located in St. George, the capital city of Grenada. The 105 new berths will be completed by the end of the year. They are suited up to 150-feet, or 45-meter long cruisers. The heavy duty pontoons that Marinetek...
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Finnish Pegasor Ltd. has launched the first prototype of an On Board Diagnostics, OBD-sensor, which meets the requirements of the motor vehicle industry and public authorities. The most harmful fine particles are produced by diesel vehicles. For this reason they are equipped with a special diesel particulate filter. In addition to the filter,...
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Mobile phone giant Nokia which is looking for a foothold on the internet community sites has agreed on a partnership with Facebook. According to Nokia the social networking sites have become the most important trends on the internet. They also have a role as vanguard to the mobile appliance manufacturers. The CEO of Nokia, Olli-Pekka...
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Real Snacks Oy located in the northern Ostrobothnian town of Pyhäntä believes in the popularity of TexMex-food. Some time ago the company introduced the market to the first tortilla chips produced in Finland. Real Snacks intends to expand its operations from potato processing to corn-based products. Real Snacks anticipates the market of...
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The Japanese company Take Create Hagi, specialising in the manufacture of bamboo products, will be making their debut at Habitare, Finland's largest furniture, interior decoration and design fair, with their Magaru brand and new collection. Habitare will take over the exhibition halls of the Helsinki Fair Centre from 9 to 13 September 2009....
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Finland's largest wholesale business in the glass industry, Rakla Oy has established a subsidiary in Russia. The extent of the investment totals to approximately 25 million Euros. The modern factory, which will be built in St. Petersburg, aims at generating a ten million Euro turnover during the first year of operation. ZAO Rakla will begin in...
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The new service offered by Vaisala provides lightning information throughout the globe to serve the world's meteorological institutions and other weather-dependent users such as seafarers and aviators. The new Global Lightning Dataset, GLD360-solution produces real-time information on lightnings through lightning sensors distributed throughout...
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The most popular motorboat in Finland, Buster L, has gained a successor. The new generation version of Buster L has been equipped with a new hull and new plastic interior design. The boat is 14 cm longer and its beam is 1 cm wider than its predecessors. Buster L runs still with an engine rating of 30-50hp, and it can take six sturdy men or a...
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Finnish Valmet Automotive has received another contract for manufacturing electric vehicles. Metso Group announced last week that it has signed a letter of intent, according to which the manufacturing of Think electric vehicle will be transferred from Norway to Valmet Automotive's factory in Uusikaupunki, Finland this year. According to the...
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