Vaisala, the major contributor to 50 million euro CLEEN research project

The Finnish Strategic Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation for Energy and Environment, CLEEN Oy, launches a research program on environmental monitoring and services. The total value of the five-year program is 50 million euro, and a wide cross-functional consortium, including leading Finnish technology providers and research... Read more

Andritz supplies a new biomass boiler island to Swedish E.ON

International technology Group Andritz will supply a 70 megawatt biomass boiler island for E.ON's Åbyverket power plant in Örebro, Sweden. The Åbyverket power plant is one of Sweden's largest biofuel-fired cogeneration plants. The value of the order is approximately 30 million euro and the start-up of the boiler is scheduled for the end of... Read more

Aspen’s microbes purify oily ground

The fast growing Aspen, usually considered worthless, has been proven to have extremely beneficial properties. Aspen grows well in oily ground and the microbes, which grow in the tree’s root system, are effective in breaking down soil contamination. The newly discovered properties of the aspen were reported by the Finnish Tekniikka&Talous... Read more

Contract management gets its very own online bank

Sopima Oy has done for the world of contracts what online banking did for payments. At the end of May the company was listed among Europe’s most interesting technology start-ups in the Microsoft global growth program. The company’s Managing Director Jaan Apajalahti already conceived idea behind Sopima Oy already while working in his previous... Read more

VR Group expands in Russia

Transpoint International Oy, a subsidiary of the Finnish transport company VR Group, will acquire the entire share capital of Avain-Trans Oy, a provider of logistics and road transport services from Finland to Russia and other CIS countries and distribution services to Moscow and St. Petersburg.   - Through the acquisition we will be able to... Read more

Basware delivers purchase-to-pay solutions for Norway’s university and college sector

Finnish expert in purchase-to-pay process automation, Basware will deliver Purchase Management, Invoice Automation and Scan and Capture services to UNINETT FAS, data administrator and service provider for Norway’s university and college sector. The value of the contract exceeds 3.5 million euro over the next 8 years. - We are happy to work... Read more

A flash of light makes crossings safer

The idea for the Välkky warning module sprung three years ago from breaking street lamps. Now the product is on the market and its future looks bright, even on the international stage, according to its inventor Jouni Hänninen from Havainne Oy. In 2004 he began experimenting with hot-dip zinc coated street lamps which, according to the news,... Read more

Magisso - From a design concept to a finished product

A successful company can even be born out of the sight of a kitchen cloth draped over a tap. That sight grated on Miika Mansikkamaa's nerves for so long, he came up with the solution. Today his innovative and patented kitchen cloth holder is a global product. The raw idea that came to him in 2006 of a magnetic kitchen cloth holder was turned... Read more

Ruukki supplies steel structures for Aker Verdal wind farm project

Finnish specialist in metal products, systems and services, Ruukki has agreed with the Norwegian company Aker Verdal AS on the delivery of steel structures for the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm project to be built off the German North Sea coast. Steel structure deliveries for offshore wind farm foundations broadens Ruukki's solutions for the... Read more

Pöyry acquires nuclear energy platform NUMEX

Pöyry expands its services within the nuclear energy sector by acquiring the entire share capital of Brennus Ingénieurs Conseils SA. The acquisition makes Pöyry responsible for NUMEX, Europe's leading platform for operators of nuclear power plants (NPP), which is a facilitator of exchange of NPP-related maintenance experience and acts as a... Read more

Rautakesko opened OMA department store in Minsk

Rautakesko, a leading provider of building and home improvement products in the Nordic and Baltic countries, has opened a department store in Minsk, the capital city of Belarus. The store will be operated by OMA, a subsidiary of Rautakesko's Lithuanian subsidiary Senukai. The new store, located on Napoleana Ordi street in Minsk, is a versatile... Read more

Aalto University students design a new look for Blue1 planes

The Aalto University School of Art and Design and Blue1 Airlines have entered into a partnership for the design of the outward appearance of the company's new airplane models, starting in autumn 2010. Students from the Degree Programme in Graphic Design and Illustration taking a Business Image Design course came up with ideas for the new... Read more

Finland is the world’s fourth most developed digital economy

Finland ranked fourth at the Digital Economy Rankings 2010 carried out by The Economist and IBM. The generalization and development of e-services in the country helped Finland to reach the top of the list. Digital Economy Rankings research compared the utilisation of electronic communications and information technology in seventy countries.... Read more