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Benecol proven safe and effective also in larger usage

A recent international research reveals that using Benecol-products containing the cholesterol-lowering ingredient, plant stanol ester, is completely safe also when consumed in quantities several times above the recommended daily amount. It has been shown that the cholesterol-lowering effect is boosted with larger doses of plant stanol. These... Read more

Finland the Guest of Honour at 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair

Finland has been invited to be the guest of honour at the 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair. The Director Jürgen Boos, representing the Frankfurt Book Fair, the Finnish Literature Society and the Ministry of Education signed the agreements on the project on Tuesday. Minister of Culture and Sport in Finland, Stefan Wallin sees the situation as... Read more

Smart Map guides tourists in Lappeenranta

A programme developed by a student of Lappeenranta University of Technology gives tourists current information on the city's services, sights and weather in several languages, reports the Finnish Broadcasting Company's regional service for South Karelia. Tourists visiting the beautiful south-eastern Finnish city Lappeenranta will enjoy a very... Read more

ICT-sector positive about future

Companies in the ICT sector have a relatively positive view onto the current economic situation compared to many other business sectors. Expectations of large companies with over 250 employees are much less promising. The information was retrieved from the ICT-barometre which was accomplished by Finnish Chambers of Commerce. - In such... Read more

Business speeds up for Ekovilla

Work continues, order volumes increase and product range widens in the former UPM factory workshop, despite the recession. Ekovilla, a Finnish company manufacturing thermal insulation from recycled newspaper, will launch a new range of soft insulation boards made of wood fibre next year. Ekovilla’s blown wood fibre insulation has been detected... Read more

Brand new environmental solutions from Finland to Asia

The supplier of on-road load handling equipment and systems, Hiab has agreed on significant cooperation with Finnish Molok Ltd., the provider of waste deep-collection systems. Hiab is now the exclusive sales partner of Molok's deep collection systems. Hiab offers its clients environmental solutions for the entire logistic chain for handling... Read more

Spotify - affordable alternative to piratism

Online music service Spotify revolutionizes music distribution on the internet. The service, which has attracted already over a million users, offers legal and free access to a huge library of music.   Spotify can be operated through a programme, which can be installed easily online. The music library is located in Spotify’s servers, which are... Read more

Konecranes delivers 90 industrial cranes to China

Konecranes will deliver an order of 90 heavy industrial cranes to the steel company Marcegaglia Ltd. in China's Yangzhou. The cranes will be installed and used in the client company's new steel pipe factory, which is still under construction. The first cranes will be delivered in September 2009 and the last in July 2010. The Italian owned... Read more

Fintra trains young Russian business managers

Up to 80 young Russians will be trained in Finland by the end of 2010. The new element in the international cooperation initiated by the international business management training centre Fintra is to reciprocate the exchange by sending young Finnish business managers to Russia to familiarize themselves with the culture and practice of Russian... Read more

Giraffe’s footprint brings Namibia and Finland together

A project called ‘Giraffe’s Footprint’ by the Finnish-Namibian Society aims at informing youth about environmental problems and consumer habits though the example of handicraft. The project brings out the global effects of environmental problems, which are issues for both Western and developing countries. Finnish-Namibian Society has supported... Read more