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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

Invest in Finland opens in Shanghai

Friday, 14 May, 2010
Invest in Finland has opened an office in Shanghai, China. The aim is to activate cooperation between Chinese and Finnish companies and increase Chinese investments in Finland. - Invest in Finland has several target countries but China is currently a particularly promising market thanks to its investment objectives and economic growth. We... Read more

YIT signs major contracts to Germany and Sweden

Friday, 14 May, 2010
Finnish specialist in building systems and construction and industrial services YIT has published contracts to Germany and Sweden with a total value of over 57 million euros. YIT has signed a contract to install heating, air conditioning and cooling systems to the new head office of the automobile association ADAC in Munich. The value of the... Read more

AFORE project develops new bio-based solutions for wood processing

Wednesday, 12 May, 2010
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland coordinates an extensive EU project, which works towards developing novel, industrially adaptable and techno-economically viable bio-based solutions for the separation, fractionation, and primary upgrading of green chemicals from forest residues, wood chips, and chemical pulping liquors. The starting... Read more

Minister of Communication Suvi Lindén to join UN’s Broadband Commission

Wednesday, 12 May, 2010
Minister of Communication Suvi Lindén has been invited to join UN’s high-level Broadband Commission for Digital Development. The commission, which is run by top class leaders, aims at finding solutions for creating effective broadband connections and information society services for people in developing countries. A list of Commission members... Read more

Aspo makes largest ever vessel investment on Baltic Sea cargo market

Tuesday, 11 May, 2010
ESL Shipping Oy, a subsidiary of Aspo Plc, has ordered two new ice-strengthened dry bulk cargo vessels from the Korean Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd. The new vessels are clearly bigger than ESL Shipping's existing vessels, 56,150 dwt supramax class vessels. The total value of the investment is approximately 60 million euros. The vessels, which... Read more

Boliden recycles electronic scrap metal with Outotec Kaldo technology

Tuesday, 11 May, 2010
Finnish specialist in minerals processing and metallurgical technologies Outotec has signed a contract with Boliden AB for the delivery of Kaldo furnace technology to Boliden's Rönnskär copper smelter in Sweden. The delivery will be a part of Boliden's electronic scrap recycling facility expansion. The expansion will increase Rönnskär's... Read more

Aldata acquires British software company Cosmic Solutions Ltd.

Monday, 10 May, 2010
Finnish specialist in integrated business solutions Aldata Solution Oyj has acquired all shares and assets of Cosmic Solutions Ltd, a specialist UK provider of category management software. The value of the acquisition is approximately 3 million pounds sterling. Aldata offers retail space and supply chain management solutions that optimize the... Read more

Finnish companies trust in the strengthening of Russian trade

Monday, 10 May, 2010
Russian exports and business of Finnish companies have picked up significantly in the last six months. According to the Russian Business Barometer published by the Finnish-Russian Chamber of Commerce FRCC also expectations for the near future have strengthened. Investments have been relaunched and trust in the growth of the Russian economy has... Read more

Finland’s first Wii-console game leads the meerkats

Friday, 07 May, 2010
Rovaniemi-based Lapland Studios will publish the very first Finnish console game, which can be loaded onto Nintendo Wii console. The game, which tells the story of African meerkats, can be downloaded onto the console through the WiiWare download service. Lead the Meerkats is a game for users of all ages, which simulates the life of meerkats.... Read more

Pöyry consults the world’s largest wastewater tunnel project in Mexico

Friday, 07 May, 2010
Pöyry has been awarded a project by the Mexican Comisión Nacional del Agua to provide specialized advisory services during the construction of the largest wastewater tunnel in the world. The tunnel will be 62 kilometres long and 200 metres deep. The value of Pöyry's assignment is 6.1 million euros. The consulting services provided by Pöyry... Read more


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