ESPOO, 04-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Panu Kopra (Bachelor of Business Administration BBA, MBA, 44) has been appointed as the new Executive Vice President of Neste’s Oil Retail Business Area and a member of the Neste Executive Board as of May 1, … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Finland, Management, Retail
Tagged Antti Tiitola, Matti Lievonen, Neste Executive Board, Neste's Oil, Panu Kopra
ESPOO, 25-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Outotec and Indian based steel producer Sarda Energy and Minerals Ltd. (SEML) have settled their dispute over obligations in a filter delivery. Larox Oyj (acquired by Outotec in 2010) agreed with SEML on the delivery of … Read the full press release
Posted in Finland, Law, Management, Metals and Minerals
Tagged Outotec, Sarda Energy and Minerals Ltd., steel producer
TAMPERE, Finland, 19-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Piceasoft and United Arab Emirates-based RAS Infotech have signed an agreement to offer Piceasoft’s full product portfolio to their customers in the Middle East and India. The initial number of shops where the solution … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Internet & Online, News, Retail, Security & Safety
Tagged Business, cloud solutions, cyber-security, data erasure, data security, Dubai, Dubai Internet City, erasure software, INDIA, Internet Security, Jyri Roselius, Middle East, mobile erasure, mobile software, mobile technology, Mohamed Akram Khazi, network and security management, Online Security, Piceasoft, RAS Infotech Ltd, security software, United Arab Emirates
ESPOO, 12-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Fortum’s solar strategy targets a wider geographic scope than the company’s current business portfolio, and hence will entail entering selected new locations globally. Fortum will carefully select a few geographies with excellent solar conditions. With technologies … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Finland, Management
Tagged Fortum, gigawatt-scale wind, solar portfolio
ESPOO, 12-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Fortum has acquired the Swedish IT company Info24, a company specialised in the development of business solutions within the IoT, Internet of Things. The parties have agreed that they will not disclose the transaction price. Fortum and Info24 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Finland, Internet & Online, Management, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Fortum, Info24, sustainable city solutions, Swedish IT company
HELSINKI, 04-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — RainMiner Wins Vaisala Open Weather Data Challenge Vaisala launched the Open Weather Data Challenge at Slush 2015 in Helsinki, Finland last November. The competition challenged software and weather enthusiasts to leverage open weather data in … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, Finland, Internet & Online, Technology
Tagged Dr. Kevin Petty, Mounir Ennenbach, Open Weather Data Challenge, RainMiner, Vaisala
Tempere, Finland, 30-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Piceasoft’s PiceaEraser™ is the world`s first product to pass the ADISA Claims Test process for mobile erasure. The forensic tests were carried out by Professor Andrew Blyth, Head of Information Security from University of … Read the full press release
HELSINKI, 25-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — TMS Tankers Ltd, one of the largest Greece based shipping fleet operators, has selected Wärtsilä fixed pitch propellers (FPPs) for its new vessels under construction in China. The order was placed with Wärtsilä’s joint venture company … Read the full press release
HELSINKI, 25-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply the Wärtsilä Nacos Platinum integrated navigation, automation, and propulsion control systems for 27 new container vessels being built for Denmark based Maersk Line A/S. The contracts with Wärtsilä were signed … Read the full press release
NIB has signed a long-term loan agreement totalling EUR 80 million with Kilpilahti Power Plant Ltd. for the refurbishment of the combined heat and power plant (CHP) in the Kilpilahti industrial area in the town of Porvoo, Finland. HELSINKI, 17-Mar-2016 … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Finland
Tagged combined heat and power plant in Porvoo, Finland, Henrik Normann, Kilpilahti Power Plant Ltd., NIB
NIB and Denmark’s A/S Arbejdernes Landsbank have agreed on a five-year financing facility, totalling EUR 50 million, for financing environmental projects and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). HELSINKI, 17-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The facility is earmarked for SME investments made by owner-managed companies … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Denmark, Environment, Financial, Finland, Small Business
Tagged Arbejdernes Landsbank, environmental projects, Henrik Normann, NIB, SME enterprises
Expanded Nokia1830 PSS portfolio quadruples optical fiber capacity to greater than 70 terabits per second, helping customers meet surging data demand Photonic Service Engine version 2 chipset offers unprecedented capacity, reach, flexibility, and density, including industry’s first single carrier 400G, … Read the full press release
Posted in Finland, Internet & Online, Technology
Tagged Daniel Melzer, Nokia, Nokia1830 PSS portfolio, Ron Kline, Sam Bucci, Sterling Perrin
HELSINKI, 01-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Lemminkäinen, the Stadium Foundation and HKR-Rakennuttaja have agreed on the earthworks and excavation contract for the Helsinki Olympic Stadium renovation. The work will start in March 2016 and be completed in August 2017. The value of … Read the full press release
Saint-Ouen, FRANCE, 23-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Alstom Foundation will support 18 new projects worldwide this year. Established in 2007, with a budget of €1 million per year, the Alstom Foundation supports and funds projects proposed by Alstom’s employees who decide to … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Finland, France, Non Profit
Tagged Alstom Foundation
The first mill to operate fully free from fossil fuels will increase the share of renewable energy in Finland by more than two percent ZURICH, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — ABB will supply the complete power and process electrical systems for Metsä … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Finland, Switzerland
Tagged ABB t, bioproduct mill, fossil fuels, Metsä Group’, renewable energy
Nokia showcases its diversified Internet of Things (IoT) portfolio of applications, platforms, security solutions, connectivity solutions and services across numerous industry verticals Nokia launches IoT Community that targets open collaboration around business models for application developers and device vendors. Nokia’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Finland, Internet & Online, Marketing, Technology, Telecom
Tagged IoT portfolio, Kathrin Buvac, Mobile World Congress 2016, Nokia
ESPOO, 11-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Notice is given to the shareholders of Outotec Oyj to the Annual General Meeting to be held on Monday, April 11, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. (Finnish time) at Messukeskus Helsinki, Conference Centre entrance, Messuaukio 1, 00521 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Investment, Management, Metals and Minerals
Tagged Outotec OYJ
NIB has signed a 25-year loan agreement of SEK 151 million (EUR 16 million) with Swedish wastewater service provider Käppalaförbundet for the upgrade of its sewage treatment plant in Lidingö, northern Stockholm. HELSINKI, 10-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The loan will finance the construction of a new … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Sweden
Tagged Käppalaförbundet, NIB, sewage treatment plant, Swedish wastewater service provider
A cognitive service platform powered by high levels of automation, virtualization and intelligent analytics, resulting in superior network performance for operators. The platform enables secure, cloud based delivery and development of advanced multi-vendor services. Centralized big data collection, storage and … Read the full press release
Posted in Finland, Internet & Online, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Chris Antlitz, cloud-based platform, Igor Leprince, Nokia, Nokia AVA, Wang Wei
Aim is to leverage unlicensed spectrum to enhance broadband connectivity in rural India, enable the government’s vision of ‘Digital India’ Supports Nokia’s vision to expand the human possibilities of technology in a connected world Aligns with Nokia’s Sustainability strategy to … Read the full press release
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