(IN BRIEF) Nokia will deploy its Cloud Native Communication Suite on Optus’ hybrid cloud platform—powered by Red Hat OpenShift and Optus’ public cloud—to replace the incumbent IMS voice solution. The fully containerized CNCS will automate core network functions via Kubernetes, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Finland, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Telecom
Tagged 5G voice, Cloud Native Communication Suite, CNCS, energy efficiency, hybrid cloud, IMS, Kubernetes, network modernization, network resiliency, Nokia, Operational Efficiency, Optus, partnership, Raghav Sahgal, Red Hat OpenShift, Tony Baird
(IN BRIEF) Nokia has been chosen to provide the technology for the Medusa Submarine Cable System, a next-generation open-access fiber-optic network developed by AFR-IX Telecom that connects North Africa and Europe. The system, which spans the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Red … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Finland, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Telecom
Tagged 1830 Global Express, 5G, AFR-IX Telecom, AI, Algeria, Cloud, connectivity, digital economy, digital infrastructure, digital transformation, EGYPT, Europe, fiber-optic network, future-ready, high capacity, ICE7 optics, INNOVATION, John Harrington, Libya, low-latency, Medusa Submarine Cable System, Miguel Angel Acero, MOROCCO, Nokia, Nokia Bell Labs, North Africa, Open Access, partnership, Subsea Cable, TELECOM, Tunisia
(IN BRIEF) Fortum will purchase ABO Energy’s Finnish wind‑power development portfolio, adding 4.4 GW to its Nordic pipeline for €40 million at closing, with earn‑outs potentially bringing the total to €70 million. Closing is expected in Q4 2025, and initial projects may become ready‑to‑build … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has granted JSC Balticovo a EUR 30 million loan with a ten-year maturity, supported by InvestEU, to expand the egg producer’s sustainable capacity in Latvia. Funds will build aviary and rearing poultry houses … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Finland, Government, Industrial, Investment, Latvia, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged AAA Aaa credit rating, aviary production houses, Balticovo competitiveness, cage-laid eggs, egg-sorting line, Emissions Reduction, environmental benefits, EU long-term funding, hen welfare, InvestEU programme, JSC Balticovo, Kaspars Piladzis, Latvia poultry industry, marine welfare, mid-cap financing diversification, NIB, Nordic Investment Bank, partnership, productivity, rearing poultry houses, sustainability, sustainable operations
(IN BRIEF) Neste will deliver 7,400 tons of 100 percent unblended SAF to DHL Express at Singapore Changi Airport between July 2025 and June 2026, marking one of Asia’s largest SAF deals in air cargo. The SAF, meeting CORSIA criteria, will be blended on-site to … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Finland, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 1% SAF target, 2025–2026, 35–40% blend, 400 tons, 7, 9.5 million liters, air cargo, Boeing 777 freighters, Carl Nyberg, Christopher Ong, CORSIA‑eligible, decarbonization, DHL Express, greenhouse gas emissions, Neste, Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™, partnership, SAF, Singapore Changi Airport, South Asia Hub, sustainability, sustainable aviation fuel
(IN BRIEF) Alstom and Key Model World are collaborating on the Model Railway Village at The Greatest Gathering, Derby’s three-day railway festival (1–3 August 2025). Highlights include Pete Waterman’s “Making Tracks 3” 64 ft OO-gauge Milton Keynes Central layout and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Finland, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged Accurascale, Alstom, Bachmann, Cavalex Models, Derby Litchurch Lane Works, Eric French, Heljan, Hornby, Hornby Magazine, Key Model World, Making Tracks 3, Mark Pearson, Mick Bryan, Model Railway Village, OO-gauge, Pete Waterman OBE DL, PJM Models, Railway 200, Revolution Trains, Stockton & Darlington Railway, The Greatest Gathering, Twelve Trees Junction
(IN BRIEF) Kuopion Energia is exploring SMRs to replace its Haapaniemi CHP plant by 2035 and has engaged AFRY to conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment and constructability study, with results due in spring 2027. This next phase follows AFRY’s earlier … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged AFRY, constructability study, Decision-in-Principle, deep percussion drilling, district heating, EIA, Environmental Impact Assessment, Esa Lindholm, Finnish Government, Geology, geotechnical surveys, Haapaniemi CHP plant, Ilkka Suntio, Kuopion Energia, low-carbon energy, partnership, Petri Turtiainen, Small Modular Reactors, SMR, spring 2027, sustainability, sustainable heating solutions
IN BRIEF) Citycon Oyj has named Henna Tuominen as its new Director, Corporate Communications. Reporting to CEO Oleg Zaslavsky from Espoo, she will lead all facets of communications, brand management, and media relations. Tuominen brings over 20 years of experience … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Real Estate, Retail, Technology
Tagged Aktia, appointment, Baltics, brand management, Caruna, Citycon Oyj, Corporate Communications, ESG, Henna Tuominen, Media Relations, Nordics, Oleg Zaslavsky, organizational transformation, stakeholder engagement, Stockmann, strategy renewal, sustainable urban development, University of Oulu
(IN BRIEF) University of Helsinki researchers, with domestic and Russian partners, used genome-wide SNPs and mitochondrial DNA to chart genetic diversity in the Siberian flying squirrel. They found minimal variation in Finland and maximal, deeply divergent diversity in Russia’s Sikhote-Alin, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Environment, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Technology
Tagged boreal taiga, conservation genetics, Finland, Finnish Museum of Natural History, genetic diversity, genome-wide SNPs, habitat fragmentation, Jaana Kekkonen, mitochondrial DNA, partnership, Pteromys volans, Siberian flying squirrel, Sikhote-Alin, Stefan Prost, subspecies, sustainability, taxonomic reassessment, umbrella species, University of Helsinki, University of Oulu
(IN BRIEF) NIB has extended an €18.3 million, 10-year loan to Joo Group Oy to support four new residential buildings in Turku and Kirkkonummi, Finland, totaling a €40 million investment. Slated for delivery in 2025, the developments will add nearly … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged André Küüsvek, energy class A, EU taxonomy, Fastighets AB Balder, Finland, Helsinki, Joo Group Oy, Kirkkonummi, LEED Platinum, NIB, Nordic Investment Bank, Nordic-Baltic region, partnership, rental apartments, residential development, Riga, solar energy, sustainable housing, Turku
(IN BRIEF) Metso will acquire TL Solution’s recycling operations and induction heating technology development capabilities to strengthen its mill lining recycling services. This move follows Metso’s 2022 introduction of the Poly-Met™ recycling service and builds on over a decade of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Metals and Minerals, News, Technology
Tagged 'Metso Plus', Circularity, composite liners, CO₂ reduction, Finland, induction heating technology, Martin Karlsson, Metal Recovery, Metso, mill lining recycling, mining, Oulu, partnership, Poly-Met™, recycling service, rubber liners, sustainability, sustainable innovation, TL Solution
Krüptokasiino mässajad kohtuvad Euroopa metsikuima muusikaekspordiga – ja Euroopa ei ole enam kunagi endine (Lühidalt) Winz.io ja Soome artist Käärijä alustavad strateegilist koostööd, mis toob segamini krüptomaailma ja meelelahutuse. Käärijä energiline lavaline esitus ja Winz.io innovatiivne krüpto- ja veebikasiino bränd … Read the full press release
Posted in Entertainment, Estonia, Finland, Internet & Online, Marketing, Media, News
Tagged 'Cha Cha Cha', autentsus, digimeelelahutuse uus ajastu, digipõlvkond, digitaalne, Energía, Euroopa visionäär, fännikogukond, innovaatiline, julgus, Käärijä, kampaaniad, krüpto- ja veebikasiino, krüptomaailm, krüptovaluuta integratsioon, muusikashow, otseülekanded, plahvatuslik innovatsioon, plokiahel, revolutsioon, sisukoostöö, Soome artist, staar Käärijä, strateegiline koostöö, üritused, Ville Ahtiainen, Warner Music, WEB3, Winz.io, Z-põlvkond
The crypto-casino rebels meet Europe’s wildest music export – and Europe will never be the same again (IN BRIEF) Winz.io, the trailblazing crypto-powered online casino, has joined forces with Finnish music phenomenon Käärijä—whose viral hit “Cha Cha Cha” and stunning … Read the full press release
Posted in Entertainment, Estonia, Finland, Internet & Online, Marketing, Media, News
Tagged 'Cha Cha Cha', Blockchain, crypto, Crypto casino, crypto innovation, digital entertainment, Europe's most-watched annual music competition, European Music, gaming, Käärijä, music, music rebel, online Casino, Rap, Ville Ahtiainen, Warner Music, Winz.io, Winz.io already speaks fluent Gen Z
(IN BRIEF) Stora Enso teamed up with Lindab to design a ten-use, tape-free reusable corrugated box that reduced packaging CO₂ by 72 percent on Polish-to-Czech deliveries and 61 percent on routes to Sweden. Our lightweight FEFCO 201 redesign secures without … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Environment, Financial, Finland, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged 12 percent packaging emissions, 61 percent reduction, 72 percent reduction, carbon footprint reduction, circular packaging, EU packaging compliance, FEFCO 201 redesign, life cycle assessment, Lindab, partnership, recycled materials, return logistics, reusable corrugated packaging, Robert Jarmoliński, Stora Enso, sustainability, sustainable innovation, tape-free closure
(IN BRIEF) Fortum has completed its acquisition of Orange Energia Sp. z o.o. in Poland for up to PLN 120 million (EUR 28 million), paying about PLN 90 million in cash at closing and deferring the remainder to early 2029 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Finland, Government, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Poland, Retail, Technology
Tagged 130 000 customer contracts, acquisition, clean energy, Comparable Operating Profit, Consumer Solutions segment, decarbonisation, earn-out, electricity sales, EUR 28 million, Fortum, Orange Energia Sp. z o.o., Orange Polska, partnership, PLN 120 million, Q3 2025, retail distribution network, Strategic Priorities, sustainability, transformation
(IN BRIEF) In May 2025, CapMan Real Estate took over management of six historic commercial buildings along Copenhagen’s Strøget, on behalf of two German pension funds. The properties span from 1760 to 1925 and comprise around 11,500 sqm, with retail … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Financial, Finland, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Real Estate, Retail
Tagged Alex Jacobsson, asset management, CapMan Real Estate, Copenhagen, Copenhagen office, energy efficiency, German pension funds, Helsinki, high street retail portfolio, historic buildings, Jyväskylä, London, Mads Diderichsen, occupancy improvement, Oslo, partnership, repositioning strategy, Stockholm, Strøget, value creation, €5.5 billion GAV
(IN BRIEF) Gasum has opened its ninth LBG refueling station in Norway at Moskog Business Park, expanding its network along key highways (E39, E6, E18, RV3, RV7) and offering both compressed and liquefied biogas to commercial carriers and the public. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Finland, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Norway, Technology
Tagged Anders Hustoft, Bjørn Røst Kjørmo, Førde, Gasum, GLP, Green Land Transport Program, greenhouse gas reduction, Ingelin Noresjø, Jogeir Munkeby, LBG station, liquefied biogas, Moskog Business Park, Moøyane, Norway transport emissions targets, NOₓ emissions, partnership, Rema 1000, Sunnfjord, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) Lumene Group has implemented Stora Enso’s Österbergs W50 wraparound packaging machine to automate the boxing of its forty tube-based beauty products. This collaboration addresses Lumene’s sustainability targets by delivering recyclable, durable, and user-friendly packaging. Operational benefits include improved … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Business, Chemicals, Electronics & Machinery, Environment, Financial, Finland, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged circular beauty, corrugated wraparound, cost savings, Jari Tiusanen, Lumene Group, manual labor elimination, Operational Efficiency, Österbergs W50, packaging automation, partnership, Petri Aalto, production predictability, recyclable design, Stora Enso, sustainability, Sustainable packaging
(IN BRIEF) Verizon Business and Nokia will deploy private 5G networks across the Thames Freeport’s main logistics and manufacturing sites—DP World London Gateway, Port of Tilbury, and Ford Dagenham—to support AI analytics, autonomous vehicle control, and real-time logistics orchestration. Backed … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Finland, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Telecom, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged AI analytics, Autonomous Vehicles, David de Lancellotti, DP World London Gateway, economic regeneration, edge computing, Ford Dagenham, Free Trade Zone, Industrial Transformation, IoT, Jennifer Artley, job creation, Martin Whiteley, Nokia, Nokia DAC, Nokia MX Industrial Edge, partnership, Port of Tilbury, Private 5G, real-time logistics, Thames Freeport, Verizon Business
(IN BRIEF) Fortum will supply green hydrogen to P2X Solutions under a new sales agreement, with hydrogen produced at Fortum’s 2 MW Kalla test center in Loviisa. P2X Solutions will handle onward distribution to its customers. This partnership strengthens Finland’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Finland, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged Finland, Fortum, GREEN HYDROGEN, Herkko Plit, Hydrogen Logistics, Kalla test center, Loviisa, low carbon transition, P2X Solutions, partnership, Satu Sipola, sustainabiity
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