HELSINKI, 18-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — A consortium formed by YIT and Are and Länsimetro Oy have signed an agreement on the construction of the Soukka station on the West Metro line in Espoo, Finland. The value of the contract is … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Finland, Infrastructure & Utilities, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged Are, construction, Espoo, Finland, Länsimetro, metro line, Soukka metro station, YIT
The Liiteri container offers residents high-quality home supplies and electric and cleaning tools for rentas an alternative to owning them. HELSINKI, 18-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — YIT has decided to promote the living comfort of the Kivistö area in Vantaa by … Read the full press release
Posted in Electronics & Machinery, Finland, Management, Technology
Tagged cleaning tools, electric tools, home supplies, Kivistö, Liiteri, Vantaa, YIT
VANTAA, 13-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Mari Puoskari, President of Pöyry Environment, has left Pöyry and is moving to new challenges outside the company. She joined Pöyry in February 2017. “I want to thank Mari for her active and energetic take on … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, Finland, Management, Technology
Tagged appointment, Environment, Kaisa Vähänen, leadership, Management, Mari Puoskari, Markku Oksanen, Pöyry Environment
Vantaa, Finland, 11-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Following an international competitive process, ContourGlobal has awarded Pöyry and Ekonerg, its Joint Venture Partner for this assignment, with an owner’s engineer services assignment for the Kosova e Re 500 MW coal-fired power plant project. Kosovo’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Finland, Industrial, Technology
Tagged coal, ContourGlobal, Ekonerg, engineer services, Kosova, Kosovo, Michael Gruenenfelder, power, power plant, power_plant, Pöyry
Vantaa, Finland, 11-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — INTER RAO Export LLC, a leading Russian energy company acting as an EPCM Contractor in a number of large international projects, has awarded Pöyry with the assignment for technical audit services provision for the project of … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Finland, Infrastructure & Utilities
Tagged Audit, construction, Cuba, Ilkka Heikkilä, INTER RAO Export LLC, power, power units, power_plant, Pöyry
HELSINKI, 04-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The technology group Wärtsilä and Norwegian Wilhelmsen Ship Management, a Wilhelmsen group company, have signed a 5-year agreement covering the maintenance of exhaust gas cleaning systems installed in three vessels managed by Wilhelmsen Ship Management. The … Read the full press release
STOCKHOLM, 04-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — EQT Credit, through its Mid-Market investment strategy, is pleased to announce that it has provided the financing to support Keensight Capital and ERES’ (the “Shareholders”) investment in Biovian (or the “Company”), a leading European player in … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Finland, Investment, Pharma & Biotech, Sweden
Tagged acquisition, biopharmaceuticals, Biovian, EQT Credit, ERES, financing, investment, Keensight Capital, Paul Johnson
Päivi Myllärinen, Valio’s principal scientist and Doctor of Food Sciences, has received a significant innovation award for women from the Finnish Parliament. Myllärinen received the award for her pioneering research and development of dairy technology. By combining nature’s own biological … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Finland, Food & Beverage, Science, Technology
Tagged Award, dairy, dairy technology, dairy_technology, development, Finnish Parliament, INNOVATION, Päivi Myllärinen, Paula Risikko, RESEARCH, scientist, Valio
HELSINKI, 24-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — YIT has signed a contract with Hollister Incorporated, a US-based medical products manufacturing company, to construct the second stage of a medical device factory in Kaunas, Lithuania. The value of the deal for YIT is approximately EUR 25 million … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Finland, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Lithuania
Tagged construction, Hollister Incorporated, Kaunas, Lithuania, medical device factory, YIT
HELSINKI, 24-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Kalmar, part of Cargotec, and Yara have entered into an agreement in which Kalmar will deliver fully autonomous equipment, software and services for a unique, fully digitalised container handling solution at Yara’s Porsgrunn facility in … Read the full press release
The Škoda Transportation Group became the 100% owner of the only Scandinavian manufacturer of rolling stock in Finland, the Transtech company. The majority stake in Transtech was purchased by Škoda in August 2015. The agreement to buy the remaining 25 … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Czech Republic, Finland, Investment, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged Petr Brzezina, rolling stock, Sinituote Oy, Škoda Transportation, trams, Transtech, Zdeněk Majer
Vantaa, Finland, 22-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The Assuruá Energia Solar PV power plant started to generate energy in the first quarter of 2018. Located in the city of Itaguaçu da Bahia (Bahia), the plant has an installed capacity of 30 Mwac. Pöyry … Read the full press release
BRUSSELS/ THE HAGUE, 17-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The winners of the 2018 EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards, Europe’s top honour in the field, were announced today by the European Commission and Europa Nostra, the leading European heritage … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Awards, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Society, Spain, Türkiye
Tagged 2018 EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards, Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Europa Nostra, European Commission, European heritage network, Plácido Domingo, Tibor Navracsics
New agreement with Pan European ice hockey competition has digital activation at heart ZUG, Switzerland, 16-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — iLOQ, the rapidly growing leader in digital access management, and the Champions Hockey League (CHL) have announced a new four-year partnership to help … Read the full press release
ESPOO, 07-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Fortum takes a step forward in its Bio2x programme by establishing a joint venture together with Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) and Chempolis for building and operating a biorefinery in Assam, India. Fortum will invest to the … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Finland, Industrial
Tagged Assam, Biomass, biorefinery, Chempolis, Fortum, Heli Antila, INDIA, Numaligarh Refinery Limited
ESPOO, 20-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Pittsburg Unified School District (PUSD), a public school district based in Contra Costa County, California, has switched some of its vehicles from operating on petroleum diesel to using Neste MY Renewable Diesel™. Neste MY Renewable Diesel … Read the full press release
HELSINKI, 17-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Consumers rank Valio as the most sustainable brand in Finland. The dairy and food company received the recognition for the fifth consecutive year in the Nordic’s largest brand study on sustainability. Issues of particular importance to … Read the full press release
Posted in Finland, Food & Beverage, Society
Tagged brand, dairy, FOOD, Kristiina Kiviharju, sustainability, Valio
HELSINKI, 17-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Valio has over 110 years of experience in dairy innovations and is a true pioneer in lactose free products. Today, Valio is bringing selected products from its globally largest lactose free –sin lactosa– portfolio to the Spanish … Read the full press release
Posted in Finland, Food & Beverage, Marketing, Spain
Tagged Alimentaria, Alimentaria2018, dairy, lactose, lactose free product, protein, protein snacks, snacks, Valio, Valio PROfeel®
Vantaa, Finland, 27-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Commencing on 1 March, Pöyry Deutschland became a member of the German Chapter of the international organisation buildingSMART. With this membership, it allows Pöyry Deutschland to be even more effective in this community and in taking … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Finland, Germany, Management
Tagged BIM, BIM standards, building, buildingSMART, Dr. Axel Brommer, Pöyry Deutschland
HELSINKI, 27-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Lineo™ by Stora Enso, a renewable replacement for oil-based phenolic materials, has been awarded ‘Bio-Based Product of the Year’ at the Bio-Based World News Innovation Awards 2018. Shortlisted alongside products from Clean Plus Inc. and … Read the full press release
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