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The opening of Helsinki Design Capital of the Year will be welcomed at Senate Square at the City’s traditional New Year celebrations. The inauguration ceremony will include music and dance performances, light- and video works as well, of course, as a firework display. The Design Capital Year will be opened by Soon-in Lee, President of the...
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The web-based language learning service WordDive has grown in popularity around the world. As the year approaches its end, the service has attracted new users at the rate of several thousands each day and it is used in more than 70 countries. Growth is particularly rapid at the moment in Britain, Chile, the Philippines and Indonesia. There...
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Cargotec’s Kalmar has secured its first order in Uruguaya. The company is delivering its industry leading Kalmar E-One2 rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes from Montecon S.A., a leading Uruguayan cargo handling company. The cranes are the first ever Kalmar RTGs supplied to a port terminal in Uruguay. The order also includes 15 Kalmar Ottawa...
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The Department of Biomedical Engineering at Tampere University of Technology (TUT) is launching a project with the aim of commercialising technology for diagnosing childhood asthma. The aim of the project is to establish a spinoff company with potential to succeed in the international market. The researchers involved in the project are...
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Pöyry's Urban & Mobility business group is taking part in the world’s longest wasterwater tunnel project in Mexico. The global consulting and engineering group has won a contract by Mexico's National Water Commission provide technical, administrative and financial advisory services in the Emisor Oriente tunnel project in Mexico City. The value...
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Wärtsilä is to supply a multi-fuel power plant to the Dominican Republic. The order is from Empresa Generadora de Electricidad Haina (EGE Haina), the largest power generation company in the Dominican Republic, and is valued at approximately 150 million euros. Designed to supply base load electricity for the country’s national grid, the...
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Kone has struck another major deal to supply elevators and escalators for the Hong Kong metro. It has been selected by MTR Corporation to provide 49 elevators, 79 heavy-duty escalators and four autowalks for the new South Island Line (East) and the Kwun Tong Line Extension projects. Both railway lines will be completed in 2015 and involve...
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Sustainability experts from six multinational companies and Finnish city Turku have launched a unique sustainability project to identify opportunities to enhance urban sustainability in Turku. The parties are collaborating under the World Business Council for Sustainable Development's (WBCSD) Urban Infrastructure Initiative, and this is the...
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The Finnish sporting goods company Amer Sports has acquired Icelandic brand Nikita, a snowboarding inspired action sports apparel brand which focuses on female consumers. Nikita offers apparel "For Girls Who Ride" with a full year product range. Nikita’s sales are mainly in Europe, but the products are also distributed selectively in North...
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Finnish State Railways says train travel between Russia and Finland has grown considerably since the high-speed Allegro service began a year ago. By the end of November about 280,000 trips were made between Helsinki and St Petersburg, a nearly 50 per cent increase in comparison with the same period last year. The entire year's passenger...
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Metso, the global supplier of sustainable technology and services, has won a groundbreaking deal in North America. The Finnish company will supply the world's first commercial installation of LignoBoost technology to Domtar in North America. The value of the order is not disclosed. Domtar is the largest integrated manufacturer and marketer of...
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Rovio’s Angry Birds game has been everywhere this year. In addition to the game itself, the angry birds and the green pigs have been busy as soft toys, cookery books, children’s playgrounds and nightwear. And now in the spirit of Christmas we can share this video we came across of a giant Angry Birds game made out of Christmas lights. More...
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Helsingin Sanomat newspaper has managed to figure out how Santa Claus, who lives in Korvatunturi in Finnish Lapland, is able to visit every home in Finland on Christmas Eve. By travelling at the speed of light – 299,792,458 kilometres a second – Father Christmas’s work is made a lot easier, says Tuukka Puranen of the information technology...
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International rental group Ramirent has signed a deal to acquire Sweden-based equipment rental company Consensus Entreprenad. Consensus Entrenad, which was founded in 1993, is specialised in the rental of mobile and customised modules. It has annual net sales of about 2.8 million euros and eight employees. The company operates one outlet in...
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Jewellery manufacturer Kalevala Koru Oy intends to only use recycled gold in its new jewellery. The company explained that the use of recycled gold is ethically and ecologically the most sustainable solution for sourcing gold. Gold is one of those rare metals that occurs in nature in pure form. Making gold jewellery from new raw material...
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