HELSINKI, 11-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Stora Enso will announce its second quarter 2016 financial results on Thursday 21 July 2016 at 13.00 Finnish time (12.00 CET). The following events will take place later that day: 1) Webcast for media The webcast … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Investment
Tagged financial results, Karl-Henrik Sundström, Seppo Parvi, Stora Enso, Ulla Paajanen-Sainio
Hudiksvall, Sweden, 01-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Hiab, part of Cargotec, has completed its R&D investment in Hudiksvall, Sweden. The new state of the art laboratory is part of an investment of EUR 2 million originating from 2014. The investment was aimed … Read the full press release
Posted in Finland, Industrial, Investment, Sweden, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Hiab, R&D investment in Hudiksvall, Roland Sundén, Sweden
HELSINKI, 30-Jun-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Instantly smaller carbon footprint Considering emissions throughout the entire fuel life cycle, vehicles that use renewable diesel cause considerably less carbon emissions than fossil diesel. The progressive and ambitious City of San Francisco, for example, has … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Finland
Tagged carbon emissions, fossil diesel, Neste, Vehicles that use renewable diesel
Neste Jacobs playing a major role in Asia’s largest biopharma project HELSINKI, 30-Jun-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs has worked on an assignment to prepare conceptual and basic design for Asia’s largest human blood plasma … Read the full press release
HELSINKI, 29-Jun-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, is enhancing its service offering by participating in a new maintenance hub in the Canary Islands. The facility, operated by one of Spain’s biggest shipbuilding and ship … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Management, Spain, Technology
Tagged Alvaro Garaygordóbil, Canary Islands, Till Siegmann, Wärtsilä, Zamakona Yards
HELSINKI, 28-Jun-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Wärtsilä has won an order for two new 8000m3 trailing suction hopper dredgers being built for the Adani group, India’s largest private multi-port operator. The vessels are the first of a new IHC Beagle series designed … Read the full press release
HELSINKI, 28-Jun-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Wärtsilä, a global leader in complete lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets, announces that it has acquired the USA and Canada based company Weir American Hydro from the Weir Group plc. Ownership of the … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Finland, Management
Tagged Hydro and Industrial service, Mr. Pierpaolo Barbone, Wärtsilä, Weir American Hydro
Mehiläinen and Mainio Vire have signed an acquisition whereby Mehiläinen is acquiring full ownership of Mainio Vire Oy. With this merger, Mehiläinen will be an even stronger pioneer of high-quality care services in Finland. HELSINKI, 24-Jun-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The merger … Read the full press release
Posted in Finland, Germany, Healthcare, Investment
Tagged care services operator in Finland, Janne-Olli Järvenpää, Mainio Vire Oy, Mehiläinen
HELSINKI, 24-Jun-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Mehiläinen, a Triton Fund III company, has signed an agreement to acquire Mainio Vire, a leading provider of elderly care, mental health and home services in Finland. Completion is subject to regulatory approval. The purchase price … Read the full press release
Posted in Finland, Germany, Healthcare, Investment
Tagged home services in Finland, Mainio Vire, Mehiläinen, mental health, provider of elderly care, Triton Fund III
HELSINKI, 17-Jun-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Funds managed by CapMan have signed a Share Purchase Agreement, which details CapMan’s intention to sell its holding in Connode Holding AB to UK-based Cyan Holdings plc, a market leader in narrowband mesh technology for energy, … Read the full press release
Posted in Electronics & Machinery, Finland, Investment, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged CapMan, Connode Holding AB, Cyan Holdings plc, Lennart Jacobsson
Espoo, Finland, 14-Jun-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Maintpartner Sweden has signed a major agreement with Statkraft concerning delivery of floodgates. The floodgates will be installed in the hydropower plant in Hyltebruk, Sweden, during the years 2017 and 2018. – It is a … Read the full press release
Linköping, Sweden, 13-Jun-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Defence and security company Saab has signed a contract with the Finnish Defence Forces for the delivery of BT46 training systems to the Finnish Army. Deliveries will take place during 2016. In 2015 the Finnish … Read the full press release
Posted in Defence, Finland, Security & Safety, Sweden
Tagged Anders Gardberg, Åsa Thegström, BT46 training systems, Finnish Army, Saab
Tampere, Finland, 06-Jun-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Sanitization and switching phones used to be tasks for professionals or for those with extensive technical knowledge. With the new service called Cellfie (www.cellfie.no) consumers can perform the following tasks by themselves: • Have … Read the full press release
ESPOO, 30-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Fortum has signed an agreement with the four biggest owners of Ekokem Corporation, representing approximately 81% of the shares, to acquire their shareholding in the company for approximately EUR 470 million. This would correspond to a debt … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Management
Tagged Ekokem Corporation, Fortum, leading Nordic circular economy company
ESPOO, 30-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) has given Outokumpu its annual sustainability award for the efforts of Outokumpu’s Mexican mill in water recycling. Water is used in various phases of the manufacturing process of stainless steel, from … Read the full press release
ESPOO, 30-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Outokumpu has now completed share repurchase which was announced on May 13, 2016. Between May 17, 2016 and May 26, 2016, Outokumpu repurchased 2,000,000 its own shares through public trading at Nasdaq Helsinki, with average price … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Investment
Tagged Outokumpu, share repurchase
The cultures of China and Finland share an appreciation of education. Mutual values are now promoted through a multi-university institute of learning innovation. HELSINKI, 19-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The University of Helsinki is hosting a delegation of Chinese guests this week … Read the full press release
HELSINKI, 17-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — At its first meeting on 12 May 2016 after the annual general meeting of 2016, Aktia Bank plc’s Board of Supervisors re-elected Honorary Counsellor Håkan Mattlin as Chair of the Board of Supervisors. Christina Gestrin, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Finland, Management
Tagged Aktia Bank plc, Christina Gestrin, Clas Nyberg, Håkan Mattlin, Jan-Erik Stenman, Jorma J. Pitkämäki, Patrik Lerche
Renewable materials company Stora Enso and specialty chemicals company Rennovia Inc have announced a joint development and license agreement to cooperate on bio-based chemicals development. HELSINKI, 13-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Under the terms of the agreement, the two companies will cooperate … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Environment, Finland
Tagged bio-based chemicals, Juan Carlos Bueno, Rennovia Inc, Robert Wedinger, Stora Enso
STOCKHOLM, 05-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The first stone of Sonera´s future data center in Helsinki has been laid. From 2017 it will be the largest open data center in Finland, offering services for businesses. With an area of 30,000 m2,, it … Read the full press release
Posted in Finland, Internet & Online, Sweden, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Anne Berner, Jussi Pajunen, open data center in Finland, Sonera, Valdur Laid
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