(IN BRIEF) Stora Enso has completed the sale of its paper production site in Hylte, Sweden, and all related assets to Sweden Timber, a Sweden-based sawmill and planing mill company. The sale is part of Stora Enso’s previously announced plan … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Industrial, Management, Sweden
Tagged biocomposite, Biomaterials Innovations, building solutions, divestment, fiber, Hylte, Maxau, mill, packaging, packaging materials, paper, paper production, sawmill, Schwarz Produktion, Stora Enso, Sweden, Sweden Timber, Sylvamo
(IN BRIEF) Finnish universities are developing a draft scoring model to improve the country’s certificate-based admission system, which admits around half of all new university students. The proposed model aims to ensure that the opportunities of certificate-based admission applicants are … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Finland, Management, News
Tagged Certificate-Based Admission, Entrance Exams, Marja-Leena Laakso, University of Helsinki
(IN BRIEF) Neste, the Finnish renewable fuels and chemicals company, has completed its second series of industrial-scale processing runs with liquefied waste plastic at its Porvoo refinery, with the goal of further understanding how different types of waste plastics behave … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Finland, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged chemical recycling, Heikki Färkkilä, Neste, Neste RE™, polymers economy
(IN BRIEF) The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has signed a new seven-year loan agreement with Danish global hearing healthcare company Demant A/S, providing DKK 375 million (EUR 49.2 million) to finance the company’s research and development programme for the 2021-2022 … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Finland, Healthcare, Investment, Management, News, Science, Technology
Tagged Demant, Denmark, Finland, hearing technology, Nordic Investment Bank, partnership, research and development
(IN BRIEF) Metso Outotec has announced the divestment of two of its three Metals businesses, Metals & Chemical Processing and Ferrous & Heat Transfer, following a strategic review. The company plans to focus on its Aggregates and Minerals businesses, while … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Private equity firm EQT Life Sciences has raised €260m in assets for its inaugural LSP Dementia Fund, which will invest in companies developing medical technology and drug therapies for neurodegenerative diseases. The fund has exceeded its target fund … Read the full press release
Posted in Finland, Germany, Healthcare, Investment, Management, News, Science, Technology
Tagged Arno de Wilde, Cillian King, dementia, Dr. René Kuijten, EQT, Felice Verduyn-van Weegen, Germany, investment, LSP Dementia Fund, Michael Bauer, Professor Emeritus Philip Scheltens, research and development
(IN BRIEF) Wärtsilä, a technology group, has won a contract to supply reliquefaction systems for eight new LNG carrier vessels owned by various global shipping companies. The orders were booked into Wärtsilä’s order intake in Q1 2023 and reflect the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Finland, Industrial, Management, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Finland, LNG Carrier Vessel, nitrogen, Pål Steinnes, reliquefaction, Wärtsilä
(IN KÜRZE) Outokumpu, ein weltweit führendes Unternehmen für nachhaltigen Edelstahl, steigt ab April 2023 in seinem Werk in Krefeld, Deutschland, in das Metallpulverproduktionsgeschäft ein. Der Schwerpunkt des Unternehmens liegt auf der Herstellung von Metallpulvern, die für fortschrittliche Fertigungstechnologien wie Additive … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, Finland, Germany, Industrial, Metals and Minerals
Tagged Additive Fertigung, AM, Binder Jetting, BJ, Deutschland, EaaS, Edelstahl, Equipment as a Service, heißisostatisches Pressen, HIP, Krefeld, Kreislaufwirtschaft, Metallpulver, Metallspritzguss, MIM, nachhaltiger Edelstahl, Nachhaltigkeit, Nickellegierungen, Outokumpu, recycling, SMS group, Stahlschrott, Thomas Anstots
(IN BRIEF) Outokumpu, a global leader in sustainable stainless steel, is entering the metal powder production business at its mill in Krefeld, Germany, starting in April 2023. The company’s focus is on producing metal powders suited for advanced manufacturing technologies, … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, Finland, Germany, Industrial, Metals and Minerals
Tagged additive manufacturing, AM, Binder Jetting, BJ, circular economy, EaaS, Equipment as a Service, Germany, HIP, Hot Isostatic Pressing, Krefeld, Metal Injection Moulding, Metal powders, MIM, nickel alloys, Outokumpu, recycling, SMS group, Stainless Steel, steel scrap, sustainability, sustainable stainless steel, Thomas Anstots
(IN KÜRZE) Ahlstrom hat bekannt gegeben, dass seine Cristal®-Transparentverpackungspapiere die strengen Bewertungskriterien des SAFER™-Programms von ChemFORWARD zur Sicherheit von Mensch und Umwelt erfüllt haben. Dieses Programm bewertet Produkte auf ihre Nachhaltigkeit und Sicherheit, und die Auszeichnung wird nur an Produkte … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Environment, Finland, Food & Beverage, Industrial
Tagged Ahlstrom, ChemFORWARD, Eva Thunholm, Guillaume Latourrette, PurposeSeal™, recycelbar, Recyclingfähigkeit, SAFER™, SBS-Äquivalenz der Western Michigan University, transparente Cristal®-Papiere, transparente Cristal®-Verpackungspapiere, umweltfreundliche Verpackungen, WMU SBS-E
(IN BRIEF) Ahlstrom has announced that its Cristal® Transparent Packaging Papers have met ChemFORWARD’s SAFER™ program’s rigorous evaluation criteria of human and environmental safety. This program evaluates products for their sustainability and safety, and the designation is given only to … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Environment, Finland, Food & Beverage, Industrial
Tagged Ahlstrom, ChemFORWARD, Cristal® Transparent Packaging Papers, Cristal® transparent papers, eco-friendly packaging, Eva Thunholm, Guillaume Latourrette, PurposeSeal™, recyclability, recyclable, SAFER™, Western Michigan University SBS Equivalency, WMU SBS-E
(ACTUALITÉ EN BREF) Stora Enso a annoncé des modifications de son information sectorielle à compter du 1er janvier 2023. La société a retraité les chiffres comparatifs de son information sectorielle en 2021 et 2022, et les nouveaux segments de reporting … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged Anjala, Biocomposites, biomatériaux, désinvestissements, division papier, fibre formée, forêt, information sectorielle, Langerbrugge, matériaux d'emballage, Maxau, produits du bois, segments de reporting, Selfly Stores, solutions circulaires, solutions d'emballage, Stora Enso
(IN BRIEF) Stora Enso has announced changes to its segment reporting effective from January 1, 2023. The company has restated comparative figures for its segment reporting in 2021 and 2022, and the new reporting segments include Packaging Materials, Packaging Solutions, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged Anjala, Biocomposites, biomaterials, circular solutions, divestments, forest, Formed Fiber, Langerbrugge, Maxau, packaging materials, packaging solutions, Paper division, reporting segments, segment reporting, Selfly Stores, Stora Enso, Wood Products
(IN KÜRZE) Stora Enso, ein weltweit führender Anbieter erneuerbarer Lösungen in den Bereichen Verpackung, Biomaterialien, Holzkonstruktionen und Papier, hat Micaela Thorström mit Wirkung zum April 2023 zu seiner neuen Executive Vice President, Legal and General Counsel ernannt. Thorström verfügt über … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Stora Enso, a leading global provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden constructions, and paper, has appointed Micaela Thorström as its new Executive Vice President, Legal and General Counsel, effective April 2023. Thorström has over two decades … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Ahlstrom has released its annual sustainability report for 2022, highlighting the company’s commitment to setting near-term company-wide emission reductions in line with climate science with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The report also showcases Ahlstrom’s Platinum EcoVadis … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Finland, Management, News
Tagged Ahlstrom, climate science, Finland, Helen Mets, reduce emissions
(IN KÜRZE) Der finnische Edelstahlhersteller Outokumpu hat den Abschluss seines Aktienrückkaufprogramms bekannt gegeben, das im November 2022 begann und im März 2023 endete, nachdem er insgesamt 19.836.205 eigene Aktien zu einem Durchschnittspreis von etwa 5,04 € je Aktie zurückgekauft hatte … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Investment, Metals and Minerals
Tagged Aktienrückkaufprogramm, Edelstahl, Outokumpu
(IN BRIEF) Finnish stainless steel producer, Outokumpu, has announced the completion of its share buyback program, which began in November 2022 and ended in March 2023, having repurchased a total of 19,836,205 of its own shares at an average price … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Investment, Metals and Minerals
(PRESSEMITTEILUNG) HELSINKI, 27-Mar-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — Outokumpu (HEL: OUT1V), der größte Produzent von Edelstahl in Europa, hat den Rückkauf von 221.714 eigenen Aktien im Rahmen seines Aktienrückkaufprogramms angekündigt. Die am 24. März 2023 durchgeführten Transaktionen (ISIN FI0009002422) lauten wie folgt: … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Investment, Metals and Minerals
Tagged Aktienrückkaufprogramm, Edelstahl, Outokumpu
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 27-Mar-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — Outokumpu (HEL: OUT1V), the largest producer of stainless steel in Europe, has announced the repurchase of 221,714 own shares as part of its share buyback program. The transactions (ISIN FI0009002422), carried out on … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Investment, Metals and Minerals
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