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A Finnish specialist in logistics and warehousing, Itella Logistics has launched partial and full load transportation, and international scheduled groupage consignments to Russia. The LTL service will also include domestic transports across the whole of Russia later this year. Itella Logistics' service portfolio in Russia includes now land,...
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Espoo-based Software Point, a specialist in laboratory data management and quality systems, has acquired Swedish LabIT Solutions. Through the acquisition Software Point is approaching its goal as the Nordic market leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems, LIMS. By the acquisition Software Point aims to grow especially on the...
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The European Space Agency ESA launched its CryoSat-2 satellite yesterday, Thursday 8th. The satellite is on a mission to survey ice sheets on land and ice floating on polar oceans of the Earth. Finnish research teams have taken active part in the development of CryoSat-2, as a result of which Finnish technology developed by Patria will be...
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Vaisala, a global leader in environmental and industrial measurement, strengthens its position in the life science market through the acquisition of Canadian Veriteq Instruments Inc. The Vancouver-based company is a provider of productized continuous monitoring systems and data logger solutions for critical environments. Veriteq’s customers...
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Five new international research projects have been chosen for the FiDiPro – Finland Distinguished Professor Programme, a joint funding programme of the Academy of Finland and the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation, Tekes. These projects will bring experts all the way from China, Chile, the United States and Canada to Finland....
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Last year’s wild berry harvest produced a profit of approximately 8.7 million euros. Also wild mushrooms proved to be profitable with a yield of two million euros. The highest earning berry and mushroom pickers roamed the forests of north and east Finland. The figures were presented by an inquiry by the Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and...
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Pöyry has won two contracts to South America, with a total value of over 10 million euros. Brazilian Eldorado Celulose e Papel Ltda has awarded Pöyry a contract for pre-engineering and preparatory work for new pulp mill infrastructure. The mill will be built in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, and its annual production capacity of bleached...
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Blancco, a specialist in secure data erasure and end-of-lifecycle solutions, has opened a new subsidiary in Japan. Blancco is planning to expand its business also to Italy and Spain. – Blancco Japan will be the company's largest international office with six full-time employees. Strengthening our presence in the Japanese market is a...
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Tekla Structures BIM (Building Information Modeling) designed by the Finnish software engineering company Tekla has been used for designing and building 13 pavilions at the Shanghai World Expo 2010. In addition to the Finnish pavilion ‘Kirnu’, Tekla’s software was used also by Germany, Sweden, United States, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Saudi...
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Good News from Finland is enjoying the Easter holiday until April 6.
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Finnish importer and retailer of natural gas, Gasum and Biovakka, a company specialized in financially viable and efficient regional bioenergy production plants, have launched a joint engineering project for a biogas facility to be constructed in Nastola, Finland. According to the two companies the new facility will be Finland’s first biogas...
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Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng, who visited Finland recently, has signed two cooperation agreements with the Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs, Mauri Pekkarinen. These agreements will reinforce business and economic relations between the two countries, as well as cooperation in the fields of science, technology and innovation....
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