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        <title>ThingLink acquires fashion image tagging service from Sweden</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ThingLink, the innovative Finnish interactive image service, has acquired Pixboom, the leading image tagging service for the Swedish fashion industry. Pixboom was founded in 2008 in Stockholm and the service enables interactive images on hundreds of Swedish fashion blogs. Pixboom CEO Jonas Suijkerbuijk will join the ThingLink Advisory Board....]]></description>
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        <title>Finnish-Chinese project works for cleaner air</title>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 02:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Finnish environmental expertise is heading to China in the form of the China Testbed project. Set up by the Finnish energy and environment consortium CLEEN, the project develops applications for monitoring air quality in cooperation with companies and research institutes. One of the future aims of China Testbed, which focuses on measuring fine...]]></description>
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        <title>Paving the way for a sustainable economy</title>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Tekes’ Green Growth programme is looking for new business opportunities and quantum leaps in environmental innovations that have international growth potential. The scarcity of energy, water and land offers Finnish companies promising growth markets. The central theme of the Green Growth programme is the sustainable growth of the economy and...]]></description>
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        <title>Finnair’s inflight film receives international awards</title>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 06:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The Unique Design of Finland, a short film created for inflight entertainment purposes, has won accolades at festivals in Germany and the United States. The film showcases Finnish design, from buildings and vehicles to dishes and apparel. The film, which has been shown on Finnair’s flights from the beginning of the year, won the...]]></description>
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        <title>Mint of Finland honours Marimekko’s founder</title>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 05:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Mint of Finland is issuing a commemorative coin for Armi Ratia, the founder of textile and design house Marimekko. The coin features Armi Ratia and Marimekko’s trademark Unikko poppy flower which was designed by Maija Isola. — Armi Ratia was a strong and determined person, and the coin reflects that. She has left a huge legacy which is felt in...]]></description>
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        <title>Sayduck helps you choose furniture</title>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 02:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Helsinki and London-based startup Sayduck has created a mobile app which lets users see exactly how a piece of furniture looks in a room using augmented reality. The iPhone and iPad app lets shoppers visualise objects in their homes from any angle. The app works with a tracking marker so that it knows where to virtually place the object in the...]]></description>
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        <title>Outotec delivering technology for Indian plant</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 08:04:03 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Outotec is delivering technology for a new iron ore sintering plant to be built in Rengali in the state of Orissa, India. The company has signed a EUR 20 million contract with Indian Bhushan Power & Steel Limited (BPSL).The scope of Outotec's delivery includes technology, engineering, supplying proprietary equipment and supervisory services...]]></description>
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        <title>Finnish golf technology qualifies for European Tour</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 06:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The European Tour has begun co-operation with golf technology specialists Viherio Technologies, based in Oulu, Finland. Viherio’s products will first be utilised during the tour at the BMW Championship tournament, to be played in England between 24 and 27 May. Viherio will supply the tournament with its GREENi spectator service. The service...]]></description>
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        <title>Wallpaper blocks Wi-Fi</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[An affordable wallpaper which blocks Wi-Fi signals could be brought to market next year by Finnish materials company Ahlstrom. French news services The Connexion and Le Point are reporting that Ahlstrom has bought the rights to Metapaper which was developed by researchers at France's Grenoble Institut Polytechnique and the Centre Technique du...]]></description>
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        <title>ZEF voting engine brings democracy to Egypt</title>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 06:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ZEF Solutions is bringing the world a voting application developed in Finland. The application, called VotingAid, was developed in co-operation with the Finnish media company MTV3 and has been used in six Finnish elections. ZEF’s VotingAid has been well received in Egypt, where democratic presidential elections are currently being held for the...]]></description>
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