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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

Happy Easter!

Friday, 02 April, 2010
Good News from Finland is enjoying the Easter holiday until April 6. Read more

Biovakka and Gasum engineer a revolutionary biogas production plant in Nastola

Thursday, 01 April, 2010
Finnish importer and retailer of natural gas, Gasum and Biovakka, a company specialized in financially viable and efficient regional bioenergy production plants, have launched a joint engineering project for a biogas facility to be constructed in Nastola, Finland. According to the two companies the new facility will be Finland’s first biogas... Read more

China-Finland ‘Golden Bridge’ Innovation Center to be established in Finland

Thursday, 01 April, 2010
Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng, who visited Finland recently, has signed two cooperation agreements with the Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs, Mauri Pekkarinen. These agreements will reinforce business and economic relations between the two countries, as well as cooperation in the fields of science, technology and innovation.... Read more

’Purge’ by Sofi Oksanen wins Nordic Council Literature Prize for 2010

Wednesday, 31 March, 2010
The Finnish author Sofi Oksanen has won the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2010 for her third novel 'Puhdistus' (‘Purge’). The Literature Prize is worth 350,000 Danish kroner, which equals to 47 000 euros. The prize will be presented in Reykjavik in November. ‘Puhdistus’ has sold already 142 400 copies in Finland and it is the first novel... Read more

Ruukki receives important orders from Norway

Wednesday, 31 March, 2010
Rautaruukki has been chosen as the steel structure contractor for the new head office of financial services group DnB NOR and for the construction project of Stravanger’s new concert hall. The total value of the two contracts is around 8 million euros. The building of DnB NOR's new head office in Oslo is expected to be completed by 2012. The... Read more

Stonesoft expands to Saudi Arabia

Tuesday, 30 March, 2010
Finnish provider of network security solutions Stonesoft has announced its new partnership agreements with four leading Saudi Arabian system integrators. The company is also in the process of establishing a representative office in the capital city of Riyadh. Stonesoft’s local partners have a strong focus on ICT and network security. They also... Read more

YIT takes part in improving energy efficiency of Chinese process industry

Tuesday, 30 March, 2010
Finnish YIT Industrial and Network Services Ltd and China Development Bank Corporation have signed a letter of intent, aiming to improve the energy efficiency of the Chinese process industry.           According to the letter of intent the role of China Development Bank is to find potential production plants at which YIT will be able to plan... Read more

Aalto University student team acknowledged for promoting energy-efficient timber building

Monday, 29 March, 2010
A student team from the Aalto University has received an acknowledgement for promoting energy-efficiency at the Housing and Renovation Market in Helsinki last week. The team will design and execute a zero-energy house for the Solar Decathlon Europe 2010 -competition, which will be held in Madrid in May-June. The student team received a 5000... Read more

Finnish music export shows international promise

Monday, 29 March, 2010
Market research commissioned by Music Export Finland and executed by Mediaclever Oy has revealed that Finnish music export is on the increase. The market value of Finnish music export in 2008 was over 23 million euros, which was 4 million euros more than in 2007.   The Goodwill research examined the incorporeal value of Music Export Finland... Read more

WinWinD celebrated the opening of new wind turbine plant in Hamina

Friday, 26 March, 2010
WinWinD opened its brand new, three megawatt wind turbine plant in Hamina on Wednesday. The new production facility will manufacture two wind turbines per month, and start off with 50 employees. The maximum capacity of the plant is 15 wind turbines per month and 250 employees. WinWinD manufactures one and three megawatt wind turbines, which... Read more


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