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Environmental Business

  • Turning waste water into eco-energy

    Katri Vala heating plant designed by one of Finland’s largest energy companies, Helsingin Energia, is the world’s biggest heat pump plant, although you can’t even see it. The...

  • Fair wind blows for wind export

    Finnish wind power industry is growing rapidly. A producer of full-power converters and permanent magnet generators, in a few years time The Switch has quadrupled both, its...

  • Solar energy creates industry in Finland

    This year Kotka-based solar energy company Sunvoima Oy starts constructing Finland’s first solar power plant. CEO of Sunvoima Oy, Juha Attenberg would gladly bring solar...

  • Waterix exports Finnish water expertise

    Finnish expertise in the water sector is top-class in the world. Waterix Oy, a rapidly internationalizing Finnish water company, believes in strong growth of water treatment...

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MultiTouch Ltd. first to bring Windows 7 to multitouch screens

Friday, 29 January, 2010
Thanks to Finnish R&D all multitouch applications of Windows 7 operating system can now be used also on large LCD screens. The multitouch applications of the Helsinki-based MultiTouch Oy can now for the first time be used simultaneously with many fingers and by multiple users. According to MultiTouch Ltd. the LCD multitouch support opens up... Read more

Wärtsila delivers a new power plant to the island of Rhodes

Friday, 29 January, 2010
Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply the equipment and engineering for a new 119 megawatt power plant for the island of Rhodes in Greece. The order has been placed by the main contractor of the project, Terna S.A., one of the major building and energy contractors in Greece. Wärtsilä is the leading supplier of power solutions to the islands... Read more

Mobile game Tamhattan supports healthy living

Thursday, 28 January, 2010
The University of Tampere has launched a new health entertainment project, which develops health promoting computer and mobile phone games for young people. The games bring the mobile youth together into a type of smart-mode-environment either at home or school. The starting point of the project is positive health education, where the youth’s... Read more

World’s tallest building utilises ABB technology

Thursday, 28 January, 2010
ABB has delivered an electricity distribution substation, control equipment, medium voltage switchgears and transformers to the world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The technology, which has been designed and manufactured in Finland, will improve the building’s energy efficiency while offering electrical... Read more

Helsinki wins Finnish Travel Quality Award

Wednesday, 27 January, 2010
The Finnish capital city of Helsinki has raised its profile significantly in the past few years, which is evident from the city’s top score in the Finnish Travel Quality Awards. The awards were presented for the fifth time. The competition was hosted by Finland’s Travel Bureau SMT, Gloria-magazines and the Finnish Fair Corporation. The winner... Read more

Princess Maria connects Helsinki and Saint-Peterburg

Wednesday, 27 January, 2010
New EU-registered ferry operator St. Peter Line opens a ferry connection between Helsinki and Saint-Petersburg in April. The company is planning to operate the route five times a week, which according to the company will serve more than 500 000 passengers per year.   Princess Maria is a modern passenger ferry built about 30 years ago.  It can... Read more

Outotec to deliver precious metals plant in China

Wednesday, 27 January, 2010
Outotec, a specialist in minerals processing and metallurgical technologies, has signed a contract with Baiyin Non Ferrous Group for the design and delivery of a new precious metals plant in Gansu Province, China. The value of the contract is approximately 6 million Euros. The delivery includes basic engineering, proprietary equipment and... Read more

Tieto R&D grows fast in Chinese mobile industry

Tuesday, 26 January, 2010
Tieto Oyj has been awarded as the fastest growing R&D outsourcing company in the Chinese mobile devices industry in 2009. The award was presented at the Mobile Industry Congress of China last December. The award was based on Tieto’s revenue and headcount, increased number of customers and for services provided to local customers, such as China... Read more

Finnish school system to be exported to United Arab Emirates

Tuesday, 26 January, 2010
The University of Jyväskylä will export the Finnish primary-school model to Adu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, where an interest in developing the local school system according to the Finnish model has emerged. The project in Abu Dhabi involves the establishment of two lower primary-schools, where teaching is provided according to the Finnish... Read more

Outokumpu’s Kemi mine has enough resources for hundreds of years to come

Monday, 25 January, 2010
The mineral resources in Kemi mine may turn out to be significantly greater than earlier estimated. There may be enough mining resources for hundreds of years to come. According to the seismic research report by Geological Survey of Finland the intrusion including Kemi chrome ore extends to the depth of 2-3 kilometres, possibly even to 4... Read more


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