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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

Pöyry signs 16 million euro contracts to China and Brazil

Monday, 03 May, 2010
Pöyry concluded the month of April by publishing two new engineering projects for two continents. Pöyry signed a contract with Xi'an-Datong Passenger Dedicated Line Company Ltd for construction supervision of the Datong-Xi'an high-speed railway line Lot 2 in China by. Pöyry's share of the contract is 8.7 million euros. The high-speed railway... Read more

Ruukki strengthens its position as a supplier of wind turbine towers

Friday, 30 April, 2010
Rautaruukki has signed an agreement to acquire the wind turbine tower design, erection and maintenance operations of the German company SeeBA Technik GmbH. The transaction strengthens Rautaruukki's position as a supplier of high wind turbine towers. - We have developed a new type of wind turbine tower structure together with SeeBA, which is a... Read more

Finnish cleantech expertise showcased in Silicon Valley

Friday, 30 April, 2010
Finnish expertise was strongly visible at the Nordic Green II conference held this week in Silicon Valley, US. Finland was represented by Cleantech Finland and CLEEN Ltd in the event, which showcases Nordic, Estonia and American Cleantech expertise. Other Finnish companies taking part in the event were for instance AW-Energy, Eagle Windpower,... Read more

FinNode network internationalizes Finnish innovation activity

Thursday, 29 April, 2010
Public actors within the Finnish innovation system have strengthened their cooperation in order to internationalize Finnish innovation activity. FinNode network helps to promote strategic cooperation and partnerships in the most potential international markets and in the field of innovation activity. The network operates currently in Japan,... Read more

Konecranes supplies six RTG cranes to Turkey

Thursday, 29 April, 2010
Konecranes has received an order for six RTG (rubber-tired-gantry) container handling cranes from Turkish terminal operator TCE EGE Konteyner Terminal Isletmeleri, A.S. based in Aliaga, Izmir. The first RTG cranes will be delivered to TCE EGE in Aliaga in January 2011. The value of the order has not been disclosed. TCE EGE is part of the... Read more

Surface hygiene test wins the Chemical Industry Innovation Award

Thursday, 29 April, 2010
Orion Diagnostica and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have won the Chemical Industry Innovation Award 2010 with their surface hygiene monitoring innovation Orion Clean Card® PRO. The award-winning innovation is a new kind of chemical test for the assessment and monitoring of surface hygiene, which is manufactured by roll-to-roll... Read more

Medixine develops a comprehensive environmental health service for the UK

Wednesday, 28 April, 2010
Finnish Medixine Ltd has won tender for an electronic service provided by the Met Office, the UK’s National Weather Service, to patients suffering from Chronic Pulmonary Obstructive Disease, COPD. Healthy Outlook service alerts the patients by an automatic warning in advance of impending high risk weather. Medixine offers the service as... Read more

Neste Oil begins trials of 100 percent biofuel

Wednesday, 28 April, 2010
Neste Oil has begun trials of Neste Green 100 diesel produced from 100 percent renewable raw materials. According to Neste Oil’s Executive Vice President Sakari Toivola the new biofuel is intended to be launched on the consumer market as soon as possible.   — This is the first time anywhere that a premium renewable diesel fuel will be tested... Read more

Lemminkäinen acquires majority interest in Norwegian Asfalt Remix

Tuesday, 27 April, 2010
Finnish construction group Lemminkäinen has acquired a 75 percent majority interest in the Norwegian infrastructure construction company Asfalt Remix AS. The shares were acquired from Brynildsen Holding AS. Lemminkäinen has also an option to acquire the remainder of the company's shares. Specialist in cold million of asphalt pavement, Asfalt... Read more

Lapua to become one of EU’s model cities for sustainable energy

Tuesday, 27 April, 2010
The western Finnish town of Lapua is the only Finnish municipality to take part in the EU’s Concerto-project, which investigates energy saving by different means. Nearly 50 cities all over Europe are taking part in the five-year project, reports the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE.   The Solution-project, which will last for five years, aims... Read more


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