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Health Technologies

  • ”Wood cast” in demand

    Onbone Oy’s new fracture treatment method made of woodchips and biodegradable polymer is the first ecological alternative on the market. The non-toxic product concept, which...

  • Better births

    – How to make childbirth easier for both, the mother and the midwife?, ponders Eija Pessinen, a woman with a long career as a midwife. The search for an answer to this...

  • Specialization in joint replacements is worthwhile

    Joint replacement hospital Coxa Oy brings top class surgical expertise to the public sector services. This operating model has proven to be lucrative, in addition to which it...

  • Biodegradable materials continue growing

    Professor Pertti Törmälä has impressive 30-year experience on research and development on biodegradable materials in medical science. “Competition is tough and only products...

  • Virus therapy destroys cancer cells

    Oncolytic viruses are developing into a new and effective means of treating cancer. Al-ready 200 late-stage cancer patients at the Helsinki based Docrates Clinic have been...

Headlines

Helsingin Energia awarded for energy-efficient data centre technology

Thursday, 20 May, 2010
Helsingin Energia has received prestigious recognition by the international IT sector for its energy-efficient operation. The 2010 Uptime Institute Green Enterprise IT Award was granted for technology created by Helsingin Energia, which innovatively uses heat generated by computers for heating buildings and domestic water. The award was... Read more

Finnish Seasam House customized Poland’s best transit system

Thursday, 20 May, 2010
Real-time passenger information system SeasamTRAVELLER developed by the Finnish Seasam House has been awarded as Poland's 'Best ITS Implementation of the Year'. The award was presented by ITS Polska, a member of international intelligent transportation network, and it was received by the city of Zielona Gora and its fully owned public... Read more

Outotec delivers copper processing technology to the mountains of Chile

Wednesday, 19 May, 2010
Finnish leader in minerals processing and metallurgical technologies Outotec has agreed with Minera Lumina Copper S.A. on the delivery of a copper solvent extraction and electrowinning plant for the Caserones project, located in the high mountains of northern Chile. The contract value is approximately 65 million euros. Outotec´s delivery... Read more

Four Finnish environmental projects to be awarded among Europe’s best

Wednesday, 19 May, 2010
The European Commission will reward the Best Life+ -Environment Projects 2009 in June. Four out of the 46 award-winning projects were located in Finland. The Vattaja Dune Life - project protected the Vattaja sand area of the coastal municipality of Lohtaja in Western Finland. Vattaja dunes are Finland’s biologically most important dune area... Read more

Outotec delivers flotation technology to Finland, Zambia and Mauritania

Tuesday, 18 May, 2010
Outotec has agreed with the First Quantum Minerals Limited Projects Office based in Perth, Australia, for the delivery of flotation, thickening and automation technologies for several projects around the world. The total value of the contracts to Finland, Zambia and Mauritania totals over 20 million euros. The orders include the delivery of 14... Read more

Wärtsilä receives biggest ever power plant order to Brazil

Tuesday, 18 May, 2010
Wärtsilä, a leading supplier of decentralised power plant solutions, has been awarded its biggest-ever contract for building a power plant in Brazil. The value of the contract is 200 million euros. The power plant order was placed by Energética Suape II SA. The power plant will have an electrical output of 380 megawatts and it is scheduled to... Read more

Räihä is the first Finnish woman to conquer Mount Everest

Tuesday, 18 May, 2010
Mountaineer Carina Räihä has made Finnish climbing history by ascending Mount Everest. Born in 1967, Räihä is the first Finnish woman to conquer the world’s highest mountain. Räihä left her career in 2009 to fulfil her long term dream to conquer Mount Everest. The extreme climb started in April. – It is an indescribable feeling. Each one of us... Read more

Alan Wake released worldwide

Monday, 17 May, 2010
Eagerly awaited action game Alan Wake has been released. The launch, which took place in Helsinki at midnight May 13th attracted a large crowd of game enthusiasts. Present were also Alan Wake’s head writer Sami Järvi and the main character of the game, Alan Wake alias Ilkka Villi.   – I believe that Alan Wake will be one of the most notable... Read more

The world’s first online community-created opera presented in Savonlinna

Monday, 17 May, 2010
The Savonlinna Opera Festival is launching an unprecedented project in which anyone can contribute to the creation of an opera. The Internet based Opera By You -online community can help to write the libretto, compose the music, design the sets and costumes – from beginning to end. The Savonlinna Opera Festival will be placing world-class... Read more

Moventas expands to Australia

Friday, 14 May, 2010
Finnish wind turbine gear and industrial gear manufacturer Moventas will establishe a subsidiary in Australia. At the moment the company operates in eight countries in Europe, the Americas and China. Australia’s demand for wind power is in rapid growth. In addition, there is significant mining and minerals processing, fiber & paper, sugar and... Read more


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