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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

The Finnish sauna experts

Wednesday, 14 July, 2010
Harvia Oy, the manufacturer of sauna stoves and saunas, will be sixty years old this year.  Harvia has remained as a family firm all this time and, over the decades, has developed from a small blacksmith into an international concern. Today, Harvia products are manufactured on premises more than 30,000 m3 in area and then exported from there... Read more

Vaahto delivers a shoe-press to Fajar Paper in Indonesia

Wednesday, 14 July, 2010
Vaahto Pulp & Paper Machinery has received an order from Fajar Wisesa Tbk (Fajar Paper) in Indonesia for Vaahto shoe-press to paper machine PM2 rebuild. The delivery includes a modern, fully hydraulic Vaahto shoe-press with necessary felt loops. Installation supervision, training and start-up services are an integral part of Vaahto's delivery.... Read more

EU boosts Finnish-Estonian submarine cable project with 100 million euro

Wednesday, 14 July, 2010
A joint submarine cable project of the Finnish and Estonian electricity transmission system operators Fingrid and Elering is moving forward. The European Commission has made a decision to grant 100 million euro for the EastLink 2 transmission link. The capacity of the new direct current link, which costs a total of approximately 320 million... Read more

Modulight - laser expertise from Tampere

Tuesday, 13 July, 2010
The Tampere company Modulight Oy is punching above its weight in a field with some tough competition. Manufacturing laser-based solutions, the company competes internationally with the like of large corporations such as Mitsubishi. Modulight has nevertheless succeeded in exporting its expertise out into the world for a good ten years. One of... Read more

Metso delivers board production equipment to Brazil

Tuesday, 13 July, 2010
Metso will deliver a front-end system for fiber board production to Berneck in Curitibanos, Santa Catarina state in Brazil. The order value is nearly 10 million euro. Metso's delivery will include all the main machinery for a front-end system, comprising a drum infeed, debarking drum, disc chipper, rotary screw reclaimer chip silo, chip... Read more

UPM agrees on sustainable forestry in Minnesota

Tuesday, 13 July, 2010
Finnish forest product company UPM has signed a conservation easement agreement with the State of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources on 76,000 hectares of UPM-owned forest land in Northern Minnesota. The agreement secures the future economic and recreational use of the company's forests. The easement agreement is a voluntary, law-based... Read more

Simulators prepare hospital personnel

Monday, 12 July, 2010
A range of simulation exercises now forms part of the everyday training of health care professionals. Doctors, nurses and army medics are trained using simulators built by the Lahti-based company Nordic Simulators. For its simulator training, Nordic Simulators builds an authentic hospital environment where the training takes place. Simulation... Read more

Ruukki delivers steel structures for one of the world’s largest biomass power plants

Monday, 12 July, 2010
Finnish specialist in metal-based components and systems, Ruukki will deliver steel structures for a new unit to be built at the Połaniec power plant in Poland. The unit will be one of the world's largest power plants fuelled by biomass. The value of the contract is nearly 13 million euro, including the manufacture, delivery and installation... Read more

YIT acquires Danish Carl Christensen & Co

Monday, 12 July, 2010
YIT continues its expansion in Central Europe and the Nordic countries by acquiring the business operations of Danish Carl Christensen & Co. The 113-year-old company is a leading supplier of heat, water, sanitation, ventilation, sprinkler and electric systems, and auxiliary maintenance operations. Carl Christensen A/S’s net sales in 2009 were... Read more

Blobo makes a global bid with its guidance system

Friday, 09 July, 2010
Oulu-based Ball-IT has brought a blast of fresh air to the games market. The company’s wireless Blobo games controller and its related games console has been on the market since 2009. The idea behind the ball-shaped games controller lies in its inbuilt movement sensors which allow the player to really get into the games. Players control their... Read more


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