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Kemira opens its newest R&D center in Atlanta

Kemira held the grand opening of its Atlanta research and development center which is located at Technology Enterprise Park on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology. The official inauguration of the center took place on September 29, 2009.   - Kemira's strategy focuses on serving water intensive customer industries. The new center... Read more

Finnish Air Force achieves international acknowledgement

The international readiness unit of the Finnish Air Force has passed NATOSs quality standard as the first air force from a non-NATO country. After passing the evaluation the international readiness unit is ready to operate in international crisis management operations. The first object of evaluations was the unit's ability to handle flying... Read more

Finnair opens super-fast connection between Europe and India

Finnair opened a new route to India's capital city New Delhi last Friday. The flight, which takes six and half hours is the only direct flight connection between northern Europe and New Delhi. - Our route is the shortest between the EU and India, so it has found wide interest amongst travellers, says Petteri Kostermaa, Vice President of... Read more

Helsinki Energy creates space for electric cars

Helsinki Energy constructs a mobile phone controlled charging point for electric cars. The first charging point will be opened in downtown Helsinki in November. It is part of an ongoing research project by Helsinki Energy and the Helsinki University of Technology which maps the situation of electric cars in the capital city until 2030.... Read more

New saddle chair swings back into posture

Finnish Salli Swing -saddle chair by Easydoing Oy strengthens the muscles of the middle torso with a new kind of swinging mechanism. The brand new product has stirred up interest also on the other side of the Atlantic, in the United States, where it has featured even in the super popular Tonight Show with Conan O'Brian - TV show. The Salli... Read more

Finnish design in spotlight in Madrid

November is the month of Finnish design, architecture and creativtiy in the Spanish capital city of Madrid. Finnish design and architecture are on display in a number of the city's central culture and exhibition spaces, when Med del Diseño Finlandés - design month brings a comperehensive overview of Finnish expertise. The Finnish Institute in... Read more

MIDE-programme promotes Finnish top expertise

MIDE, Multidisciplinary Institute of Digitalisation and Energy, a programme initiated by the Helsinki University of Technology TKK, promotes Finnish top expertise and aims at improving the competitiveness of Finnish industry, research and training in global market. Approximately 70 researchers and business representatives gathered together in... Read more

Supercomputer guarantees more accurate weather reports

The new supercomputer of the Finnish Meteorological Institute will speed up the calculations for weather forecasts. The capacity of the supercomputer is 20 times larger than that of the current equipment, thanks to which even more accurate forecasts will be ready twice as fast as currently. The equipment provides also better possibilities for... Read more

Passengers travel Via Spa

The first phase of a new 150 million euro terminal peaks in December when Finnair opens a new Via Spa for passengers at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. The final stage will be completed on December 11 with the opening of a stylish 1,000 m2 Via Lounge. A nearly 600 m2 Via Spa will offer four different saunas, an Alpine-style spruce sauna, a stone... Read more

Lemminkäinen excavates for Western Metro in Helsinki

After quite a competition the first contract of the Western Metro excavation project was awarded to Lemminkäinen Infra. The contract, which is worth approximately 10 million Euros, was the lowest of all the offers. The invitation for tenders was sent to five companies in the business, four out of which submitted their offers on time. The... Read more