(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 5-Dec-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The Fortum-Rusnano wind investment fund announced it is taking on its fifth project out of the total 1,823 MW awarded to the fund in the Russian wind auction during 2017 and 2018. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Finland, Investment, News, Russia
Tagged 50-MW Ulyanovsk 2 wind farm, Fortum, Fortum-Rusnano wind investment fund, Rostov Region, wind farm, wind power
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 28-Nov-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — NIB signs new loan agreement of DKK 450 million (EUR 60 million) with Danish hearing healthcare company Demant A/S to finance Demant’s research investments for 2019. This is the third loan agreed between … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Denmark, Financial, Finland, Healthcare, Investment, Technology
Tagged audiological technology, Demant A/S, Eriksholm, hearing aid devices, hearing aids, hearing healthcare, investments, loan, NIB
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 25-Nov-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — CapMan Nordic Real Estate II Fund acquired a retail and office property located at Købmagergade 42 in Copenhagen. The property is located in one of the main pedestrian streets in Copenhagen, within a … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 7-Nov-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Wärtsilä and PSA Marine IntelliTug project achieved a breakthrough following the successful installation of a first-of-its-kind Dynamic Positioning (DP) system onboard the harbour tug ‘PSA Polaris’. Trials are now being carried out in … Read the full press release
Posted in Finland, Industrial, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 7-Nov-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — BP Ventures invests €10 million in MaaS Global. The Finnish-based start-up is a provider of digital mobility software designed to make transport easier and smarter. MaaS Global’s innovative Whim app provides users to … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) FORNEBU, 1-Nov-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Jukka Leinonen has been appointed head of Telenor Group’s newly formed Nordic cluster. Leinonen is currently the CEO of the Finnish telcom operator DNA and will retain this position aside becoming a part … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Finland, Internet & Online, Management, News, Norway, Sweden, Technology, Telecom
Tagged 5G, appointment, CEO, DNA, Finland, Hanne Knudsen, IoT, Jukka Leinonen, Petter-Børre Furberg, Sigve Brekke, telcom operator, Telenor Denmark, Telenor Group, Telenor Sweden
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 31-Oct-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — CapMan Infra to establish a joint venture with Telia Company that will invest into and deploy fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) infrastructure in Finland. CapMan Infra will take a majority investment in the joint venture that … Read the full press release
Posted in Finland, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, News, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Avoin Kuitu, CapMan Infra, digital infrastructure, fast broadband, fibre, Fibre To The Home, Finland, Finnish Government Programme 2019, FTTH, Harri Halonen, infrastructure, investment, joint venture, optical fibre networks, Stein-Erik Vellan, Telia Company
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 31-Oct-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — NIB and Westra Wermlands Sparbank sign seven-year loan programme of SEK 300 million (EUR 27.8 million) to help small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and environmental projects in western Sweden. This will improve … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Investment, Sweden, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged alternative energy solutions, construction, energy efficiency investments, environmental projects, financing, forestry, heat pumps, IT, loan, loan programme, NIB, pulp and paper, SMEs, solar panels, TRANSPORT, Värmland, western Sweden, Westra Wermlands Sparbank
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 2-Oct-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Wärtsilä to engineer, supply, and commission a hybrid propulsion system for an offshore sector vessel. Norway-based Eidesvik AS has selected Wärtsilä to upgrade its ‘Viking Neptun’ construction vessel. The order was placed in … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, Finland, Industrial, News, Norway, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Cato Esperø, Eidesvik AS, hybrid propulsion system, offshore vessel, Vermund Hjelland, vessel, Wärtsilä
(PRESS RELEASE) GENEVA, 1-Oct-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — SGS acquires the business and assets of the personal protective equipment (PPE) testing and certification activities of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH). FIOH, based in Helsinki, Finland, is previously operated as … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) VANTAA, 28-Aug-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Pöyry awarded with an EPCM (Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Management) assignment from Bracell. The contract is to develop the BoP (Balance of Plant) of the Project Star located in Lençóis Paulista, state of São … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Finland, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Balance of Plant, BoP, Bracell, construction, engineering, ePCM, Fábio Bellotti da Fonseca, Managemen, Nicholas Oksanen, Plant expansion, Pöyry, procurement, pulp production, the Star Project
(PRESS RELEASE) COPENHAGEN, 20-Aug-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — ISS signs 5-year Vested partnership with a major global professional services firm. The agreement covers approximately 90 offices across the Nordics. This is the fourth Vested partnership for ISS globally and will be … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Finland, Management, News, Norway, Sweden
Tagged ISS, ISS Europe, Jacob Götzsche, professional services firm, Vested partnership
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 15-Aug-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — CapMan Nordic Property Income Fund completed two separate transactions to form a high-quality modern office sub-portfolio. Together the properties form a c. 14,500 sqm office portfolio with over 5- year blended lease maturity … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 7-Aug-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — NIB and Maxima LT, UAB sign ten-year EUR 52 million loan agreement to finance Maxima’s investments in its retail network renewal in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The Lithuanian retail company will upgrade 31 … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Estonia, Financial, Finland, Investment, Latvia, Lithuania, News, Retail
Tagged cooling systems, energy efficiency, energy efficient buildings, energy-saving lighting, Estonia, food retailer, Henrik Normann, investment, Latvia, Lithuania, MAXIMA GRUPĖ, NIB, refrigeration technology, solar panels, store refurbishment programme, Vitalij Rakovski
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 18-Jul-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The quick service restaurant industry can now make a use of a new fiber-based solution that will help them meet the demanding sustainability needs of the food market. It is Ahlstrom-Munksjö‘s newly launched … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Finland, Food & Beverage, Industrial, News
Tagged Addie Teeters, Ahlstrom-Munksjö, compostability, eco-friendly food packaging papers, fast food industry, food market, greaseproof technologies, papers, paraffin wax free food packaging papers, paraffin wax free papers, paraffin-free, ParaFree™ Papers, ParaFree™ Wax Alternative Papers, recyclability, resistance to oils and condiments, restaurants, Robyn Buss, specialty paper, sustainability, trulyNatural, water repellency, wax alternative technologies, wax papers
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 15-Jul-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Wärtsilä again selected by Damen Shipyards Group to provide the main propulsion solutions for a large Marine Aggregate Dredger (MAD). The dredger is being built for Hanson Aggregates. The order was signed with … Read the full press release
Joint development project by Wärtsilä, Oshima & DNV GL comes up with Bulk Carrier design meeting the IMO 2030 environmental targets (PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 3-Jul-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The next-generation 62,000 dwt Ultramax Bulk Carrier design that meets the International … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Environment, Finland, News, Norway, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 31DF dual-fuel main engine, CO2, controllable pitch propeller, DNV GL, EEDI, efficiency, Eiichi Hiraga, energy storage, GHG reduction targets, greenhouse gas, IMO 2030 environmental targets, LNG bunkering infrastructure, LNG tank, lowering operating costs, marine market, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, optimised propulsion, Oshima Shipbuilding, power take out, ships, solar panels, Stein Thorsager, Trond Hodne, Ultramax Bulk Carrier, vessels, Wärtsilä
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 1-Jul-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — McDonald’s customers in Finland can now have the option to use Valio Oddlygood® oat drink in their drip coffee. Oddlygood® oat drinks are now available nationwide at all McDonald’s restaurants in Finland. Mats … Read the full press release
Posted in Finland, Food & Beverage, News
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 18-Jun-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Longstanding partner and Bangladesh’s largest independent power producer (IPP) Summit Group has signed 2 (two) seven-year Maintenance management and operational advisory agreements with Wärtsilä. The current major agreements are indeed the biggest ever … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Finland, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News
Tagged Ace Alliance Power Ltd, Bangladesh, condition-based maintenance, cost optimisation, Dhaka, Eng Mozammel Hossain, Faisal Khan, Gazipur, grid, Henri van Boxtel, independent power producer, Kodda, Lifecycle solution agreements, maintenance management and operational advisory agreements, power generation, power plants, reliable generation, Summit Gazipur II Power Ltd, Summit Group, Wärtsilä, Wärtsilä Bangladesh
An Innovative Road Safety Initiative To Rely On Live Vehicle Data (PRESS RELEASE) AMSTERDAM, 5-Jun-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — EU Data Task Force (DTF) and TomTom (TOM2), active in location technology services, will work together on a proof of concept to … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, European Union, Finland, Germany, Internet & Online, Netherlands, News, Spain, Technology, Telecom
Tagged BMW AG; Ford Smart Mobility Ltd; Mercedes Benz; Volvo Cars, decentralised data collaboration architecture, drivers, EU Data Task Force, HERE Europe B.V., infrastructure data, Ralf-Peter Schäfer, road safety, road safety in Europe, safer roads, safety data, slippery roads, TomTom, TomTom Traffic B.V., vehicle data, vehicle-generated data
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