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Metso will supply two complete grinding mills and related equipment to Newcrest Cadia Valley gold mine in New South Wales, Australia. The combined value of the two orders is over 16 million euros. The delivery will be completed by June 2010. The orders comprise a ball mill and a vertical stirred mill. The ball mill will be the most powerful...
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Finnish specialist on indoor climate and indoor environment products, services and solutions, Halton, has supplied kitchen and restaurant ventilation solution for the world’s tallest skyscraper, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Armani Hotel Dubai restaurant world utilises show cooking concept. For a pleasant dining experience, show...
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Halti is the official clothing supplier and one of the main sponsors of FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on 7-20th February 2011. The agreement includes also the provision of clothing for championship organisers and 1,200 volunteer workers. This partnership will strengthen Halti’s investment in international product...
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UPM has been awarded the Sustainable Innovation Management prize at the Best Innovator 2010 awards in Germany last week. The annual competition, which is organised by the international management consultancy A.T. Kearney together with the German top weekly business magazine WirtschaftsWoche, awards companies that excel in outstanding...
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Metso has received an order to deliver a biomass boiler to RWE npower renewables for a co-generation plant to be located at Tullis Russell Papermakers at Markinch, Fife in Scotland. The value of the order is approximately 75 million Euros. The delivery includes a circulating fluidized bed boiler and a flue gas treatment plant. The new power...
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Amroy Europe Oy has received a significant European award in the field of nanotechnology. The European Technology Innovation Award was presented to Amroy for its innovative work on material called hyptonite. The award was presented by the prestigious research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan at their Best Practices gala in December 2009....
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Pöyry has been awarded an engineering contract by SAICA Containerboard UK Ltd for one of the world's most advanced recycled paper mills to be built at Partington Wharfside, near Manchester. The value of Pöyry's new assignment is about 5 million Euros. The new paper mill is scheduled to be opened at the beginning of 2012. Its annual production...
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Footbalance, a manufacturer of custom made insoles has received a 7 million Euro capital investment from the Swedish private equity fund Scope. The investment enables Footbalance to expand its operations on the international market. Footbalance is already available in 250 stores in the United States, France, Denmark, Norway and Finland. The...
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The President of the Republic of Finland, Tarja Halonen, has presented the 2009 Internationalization Awards to the software company Tekla Corporation, the environmental consultancy firm REACHLaw Ltd., and the Muxlim Lifestyle Community. The objective of the Internationalization Awards is to encourage businesses to operate in an international...
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The recent Life Cycle Inventory Study on Stainless Steel Production in the European Union shows that Outokumpu stainless steel products have the smallest carbon footprint, which is about 10-20 percent smaller than the EU average. According to the company the excellent result has been achieved through improved processes but also by optimizing...
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The Finnish extreme-stunts Dudesons have signed a six-million dollar contract for a 12-episode TV-series for the American Music Television. The Dudesons in America will be one of MTV's number one launches in 2010. Filming of the new episodes has started already in California and will continue for three months in different parts of the United...
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Finnish corporate giants Nokia, Kesko and Nest Oil have been listed on the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations –list. The list was published at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on 27 January 2010. Nokia ranked fifth, Kesko 33rd and Neste Oil 85th. In the 2010 Global 100 the companies were evaluated according...
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Stonesoft, a Finnish provider of innovative network security solutions has succeeded in the Network Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Comparative Test Report from the American NSS Labs. NSS Labs considers StoneGate™ IPS-1030, IPS-1060, and IPS-6105 intrusion prevention systems as cost-efficient and easily controllable solutions for network...
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Finnish IT-service company Tieto is chosen as one of ten IT-suppliers by the Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency in Sweden, Kammarkollegiet. Suppliers were chosen in a tender competition and the framework agreements cover IT management services in the public sector, which means that they will affect all government agencies, 232...
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Creative solutions of Finnish designers and companies in the design industry are showcased in STRAIGHTFORWARD New Finnish Design – event in New York on May 14-17th. STRAIGHTFORWARD New Finnish Design, which is held in conjunction with Meatpacking District Design ’10 event, consists of an exhibition of Finnish design, a documentary film...
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