http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/ Good News From Finland en Copyright 2010 TAT Group Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:59:00 +0200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/themes/helsinki-chemicals-forum/new-products-from-renewable-resources/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:59:00 +0200 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 resources. – Future production processes will in increasing amounts combine biotechnological and chemical methods, says professor Merja Penttilä from the Finnish Centre... http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/themes/helsinki-chemicals-forum/new-products-from-renewable-resources/ http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/archive/thirty-talented-youngsters-from-all-over-the-world-selected-for-millennium-youth-camp/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:30:00 +0200 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.... http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/archive/thirty-talented-youngsters-from-all-over-the-world-selected-for-millennium-youth-camp/ http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/archive/ovenia-opens-doors-in-st.-petersburg/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:30:00 +0200 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... http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/archive/ovenia-opens-doors-in-st.-petersburg/ http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/archive/outotec-delivers-a-copper-smelter-for-tongling-group-in-china/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:59:00 +0200 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,... http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/archive/outotec-delivers-a-copper-smelter-for-tongling-group-in-china/ http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/archive/valtio-supports-laivakangas-gold-mine-by-1.3-million-euros/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:46:00 +0200 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,... http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/archive/valtio-supports-laivakangas-gold-mine-by-1.3-million-euros/ http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/archive/russian-economy-perks-up-finnish-export-sector-grows/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:43:00 +0200 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.... http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/archive/russian-economy-perks-up-finnish-export-sector-grows/ http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/archive/cargotec-receives-a-major-crane-order-to-singapore/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:30:00 +0200 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... http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/archive/cargotec-receives-a-major-crane-order-to-singapore/ http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/archive/magisso-cake-server-receives-international-red-dot-design-award/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:00:00 +0200 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... http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/archive/magisso-cake-server-receives-international-red-dot-design-award/ http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/archive/freetime-machos-spread-their-charm-at-tribeca-film-festival/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:00:00 +0200 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... http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/archive/freetime-machos-spread-their-charm-at-tribeca-film-festival/ http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/archive/finnish-creative-industries-present-themselves-in-st.-petersburg-this-autumn/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:16:00 +0200 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... http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/archive/finnish-creative-industries-present-themselves-in-st.-petersburg-this-autumn/