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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

Delfin goes under the skin

Tuesday, 20 July, 2010
Kuopio-based Delfin Technologies Oy’s products are driving skin research forward in more than 30 countries. The company develops and markets medical devices for measuring skin properties and the effects of various substances on the skin. Using Delfin’s technology, it is possible, for example, to measure the water content of the skin, something... Read more

Konecranes acquires a French service company

Tuesday, 20 July, 2010
Konecranes, global specialist in overhead cranes and lifting equipment, has acquired the French service company Bouyer Manutention (BM) based in Tours, France. BM has 38 employees and in 2009 its net sales were approximately 5 million euro. BM is a family company founded in 1988. The company is specialized in the mechanical and electrical... Read more

There’s plenty to see at Levi - even in the summer

Monday, 19 July, 2010
Although the Lapland tourist season tends to revolve around the winter months, Levi’s travel businesses are active all year round. During the summer, Levi’s normal snow-related activities are out of the picture, so a bit of creativity is needed to attract visitors to the foot of the arctic fells. - The summer season is a challenge for us.  Of... Read more

Additional flights to Hong Kong strengthen Finnair’s position in Asia

Monday, 19 July, 2010
Finnair will increase its direct flights to Hong Kong. Instead of the previous seven flights, Finnair will fly to Hong Kong with a frequency of 12 flights per week from June next year. - Finnair's position in traffic between Asia and Europe is strengthening continuously. Our Asian strategy is working excellently, and demand has grown strongly,... Read more

Metso delivers a fine paper production line to China

Monday, 19 July, 2010
Metso will supply a fine paper production line to APRIL Fine Paper (Guangdong) Co. Ltd., to the company's mill in Xin Hui, Guangdong province, China. The start-up of the production line is scheduled for the last quarter of 2011. The value of the order has not been disclosed, but for an order of this scale it is approximately 100 million euro.... Read more

KONE enables people flow in China’s high-rise buildings

Friday, 16 July, 2010
KONE has published two major deals to China. The company will deliver 42 elevators and 56 escalators for phase 1 of Hang Lung Properties Ltd's Centre 66 development project in Wuxi and 31 elevators and 6 escalators for phase 1 of the Hualongqiao B11 high-rise project in Chongqing, China. The Centre 55 delivery comprises 22 MonoSpace elevators,... Read more

Leading the way in body straightening

Friday, 16 July, 2010
The Kuopio company Autorobot Oy manufactures body straightening and body measuring equipment for use by repair shops. These products are used, for example, when repairing crashed cars. Eighty percent of the company's production is exported and its products are in use in more than 70 countries. - The original innovation in body straightening... Read more

A new generation of organic products

Thursday, 15 July, 2010
Bioferme, the organic producer from Kaarina, is best known for its oat-based Yosa products. The company has been producing oat-based food products using its proprietary fermentation process since 1995. This family business that has been running since 1977 won the 2009 Tähtituote prize for its Yosa organic smoothie. - Our present product range... Read more

Done Logistics automatizes Norwegian dairy handling and collection

Thursday, 15 July, 2010
Finnish expert on automated material handling systems Done Logistics Oy, a subsidiary of Revenio Group will deliver a dairy product handling and collection system to Norwegian Tine SA, operating as a subcontractor for the Swiss logistics group, Swisslog. The delivery is part of a dairy product distribution centre which is to be built in Oslo,... Read more

KONE delivers 41 elevators to new super-hospital in Bristol

Thursday, 15 July, 2010
KONE will deliver 41 energy efficient elevators for the new state-of-the-art Southmead Hospital in Bristol, UK. The order was placed by Carillion plc, the main contractor for the 500 million euro Public Private Partnership (PPP) scheme. The hospital's new elevators feature KONE's regenerative drive systems, which can recover up to 20 percent... Read more


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