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Helsinki Chemicals Forum

  • European Chemicals Capital attracts

    – Helsinki is smoothly growing into its role as the Chemicals Capital of Europe, rejoices the City Mayor Jussi Pajunen. The European Chemicals Agency speeds up international...

  • New products from renewable resources

    What does one get when combining White Biotechnology with Green Chemistry? New sustainable methods for the production of chemicals, materials and fuels from renewable biomass...

  • European Chemicals Agency prepares itself for a rush hour

    The first three years of the European Chemicals Agency located in Helsinki have progressed according to the objectives. Year 2010 will be the most exciting one, when the first...

  • REACH creates new business

    The European Union regulation on chemicals, REACH creates new and successful business possibilities. REACHlaw Ltd found its business model somewhere between global industry...

Headlines

Thirty talented youngsters from all over the world selected for Millennium Youth Camp

Thursday, 18 March, 2010
Participants for the Millennium Youth Camp, held in association with the Millennium Prize Awards, have been selected. From the initial 995 applications, 30 talented young people between 16 and 19 years were selected for the camp. The participants of the camp represent all the seven continents. There will be an equal number of girls and boys.... Read more

Ovenia opens doors in St. Petersburg

Thursday, 18 March, 2010
Finnish property management company Ovenia Oy has established a subsidiary company in St. Petersburg in order to expand into the Russian market. The company believes that there is a demand for the experience and knowledge of Finnish property management, particularly in the St. Petersburg area. According to CEO of Ovenia Mika Valtonen the... Read more

Outotec delivers a copper smelter for Tongling Group in China

Wednesday, 17 March, 2010
Outotec has been awarded a contract by Tongling Non-Ferrous Metals Group for the design and delivery of a new copper smelter for Jinchang in Anhui province, China. The contract value is approximately 15 million euros. Outotec's scope of supply includes licenses for Outotec Flash Smelting and Kennecott-Outotec Flash Converting technologies,... Read more

Government supports Laivakangas gold mine by 1.3 million euros

Wednesday, 17 March, 2010
The Finnish Ministry of Employment and the Economy has granted Nordic Mines Oy a 1.3 million euro business development assistance for building up the infrastructure of Laivakangas gold mine near the west-coast city of Raahe. The infrastructure of the mine consists for instance of road network serving the mining operations, electricity grid,... Read more

Russian economy perks up - Finnish export sector grows

Wednesday, 17 March, 2010
Russian economic development is about to take a positive turn, which will be visible also in this year’s foreign trade, estimates Russia Expert Timo Laukkanen at the Confederation of Finnish Industries EK.   Russian gross national product contracted last year by eight percent, but already by the end of the year signs of better times appeared.... Read more

Cargotec receives a major crane order to Singapore

Tuesday, 16 March, 2010
Singapore-based Ezra Marine Service has ordered two large MacGregor offshore cranes from Cargotec. The value of the order is approximately 12 million euros. MacGregor is Cargotec’s daughter brand.   The cranes will be delivered during 2010 and the beginning of 2011. The order comprises two large active heave-compensated subsea knuckle-jib... Read more

Freetime Machos spread their charm at Tribeca Film Festival

Tuesday, 16 March, 2010
Freetime Machos is the first Finnish film to be chosen to the documentary category of the Tribeca Film Festival held in New York. Directed by Mika Ronkainen, the film tells the story of a hapless rugby team from the Northern Finnish town of Oulu coached by British Roger, an employee of Nokia. Freetime Machos is a portrait of stout Finnish male... Read more

Magisso cake server receives international Red Dot Design Award

Tuesday, 16 March, 2010
Finnish design house Magisso Ltd. has won the first prize in the product design category of the coveted Red Dot Design Award. The international jury judged the entries by functionality, durability, ecological factors, and innovation and quality. The awarded cake server is made of stainless steel and designed by Maria Kivijärvi. Red Dot Award... Read more

Finnish creative industries present themselves in St. Petersburg this autumn

Monday, 15 March, 2010
Companies operating within the Finnish creative industry will present themselves on a creative event week, which will be held in St. Petersburg on 18-22th October. The week will feature an exhibition at St. Petersburg’s old bread factory Loft Etazh, and event and discussion days at the Sokos Hotel Palace Bridge. Loft Etazh is the number one... Read more

Raisio acquires British snack producer Glisten

Monday, 15 March, 2010
The shareholders of Glisten plc. have approved the terms of the public offer placed by the Finnish food producer Raisio, which will now acquire the entire issued share capital of Glisten. The completion of the acquisition is subject to further legal conditions but is expected to be complete on 8 April 2010. Raisio will pay 22.8 million euros... Read more


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