Helsinki, Finland, 15-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading provider of innovative products, solutions and services, is pleased to announce that the first ever Wärtsilä X72 mid-bore, low-speed engine has successfully passed the factory acceptance test. This milestone verifies that the engine … Read the full press release
Espoo, Finland, 9-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Mr Jari Rosendal, Executive Vice President and President of Outotec’s Americas region has announced he will leave Outotec to become the President and CEO of Kemira Oyj. He will continue in his current position and as … Read the full press release
Supplied radio and core network plus services for network upgrade NSN’s comprehensive LTE infrastructure and refarming services helped Telkomsel provide LTE services for Bali APEC summit Jakarta, Indonesia, 6-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Customers of Telkomsel, Indonesia’s largest telecom operator, now enjoy higher … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Internet & Online, Technology, Telecom
Tagged 3G HSPA+ network, 3G network, 4G LTE services, Adita Irawati, Alex J. Sinaga, Bali APEC summit, Circuit Switched Fall-Back, Cordia So, Evolved Packet Core, Flexi Multiradio Base Station, Indonesia, Indonesia’s first public LTE services, Indonesia’s largest telecom operator, Jakarta, LTE infrastructure, Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN), SM, Telkomsel upgrade, ultra-fast mobile broadband
Espoo, Finland, 27-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Maintpartner Finland sells its engineering workshop business in Kouvola, Finland to Dust Control Systems Oy, based in Loviisa, Finland. The deal includes the workshop machinery and related inventory. Nine employees transfer to the new owner … Read the full press release
The Leader in International Express Places First in Holiday Edition of Great Package Race Bonn, Germany, 20-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — It’s been said that no one knows how to meet deadlines for deliveries around the world quite like Santa Claus. … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Entertainment, Finland, Germany, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Daniel McGrath, Delivery Race, DHL Express, Finland, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech's Supply Chain & Logistics Institute, Great Package Race, holiday, Ian Clough, international express delivery, logistics, North Pole, Professor John Bartholdi, Rovaniemi, Santa Claus
Helsinki, Finland, 13-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Fortum has agreed to sell its electricity distribution business in Finland to Suomi Power Networks Oy, which is owned by a consortium of Finnish pension funds Keva (12.5%) and LocalTapiola Pension (7.5%) together with international … Read the full press release
Helsinki, Finland, 13-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Fortum has completed the assessment of the future alternatives of its electricity distribution business that was launched in January 2013. After thorough consideration, the company has concluded that divesting the electricity distribution business is the best solution … Read the full press release
Kesko Food today opened its fourth food store in the St. Petersburg area. In addition to the four stores already in operation, Kesko Food’s objective is to open three new large food stores in the St. Petersburg area by the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Food & Beverage, Investment, Retail, Russia
Tagged food store, K-ruoka, Kari Heiskanen, Kesko Food, Oleg Buyalski, RUSSIA, St Petersburg, Ulitsa Marshala Govorova, Urkhov Pereulok 7A
NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, HONG KONG OR JAPAN. Helsinki, Finland, 10-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Cargotec Corporation announced on 3 December 2013 that the company intends to offer up to … Read the full press release
Helsinki, Finland, 09-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has retained a three-year contract to provide complete service and maintenance support for two Kalmar ship-to-shore (STS) cranes operated by SCA Logistics B.V at their Rotterdam Terminal in the Netherlands. The contract … Read the full press release
LEMMINKÄINEN’S SHARE OF DAMAGES RELATED TO THE ASPHALT CARTEL SPECIFIED TO APPROXIMATELY EUR 48 MILLION WITH INTEREST AND EXPENSES Helsinki, Finland, 09-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — On 28 November, the District Court of Helsinki gave its decisions in the legal proceedings concerning damages … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Finland, Government, Law
Tagged asphalt, asphalt cartel, asphalt industry companies, cartel, damages, District Court of Helsinki, Lemminkäinen, Robert Öhman, Timo Kohtamäki
Helsinki, Finland, 09-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has gained an order from DP World for seven empty container handlers to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The order was placed in October 2013. The new empty container handlers will be delivered … Read the full press release
Stockholm, Sweden, 04-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Sweden Technology Fast 50 is an objective ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Sweden as well as an annual award to those companies. Cloudmore is pleased to be recognized from such a credible … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Estonia, Finland, Internet & Online, Ireland, News, Norway, Sweden, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Awards, Bolagsverket, Cloud, cloud services provider, cloud services unified, Cloudmore, Deloitte, Erik Olin, Michael Wicander, ranking, revenue growth, Rising Stars, Sweden Technology Fast 50, Swedish Fast 50
Researchers have found a new way to curb the spread of the mosquito-borne parasite. Helsinki, Finland, 02-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Malaria disappears when family size drops to less than four persons per household. This connection was established in an extensive international study … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Finland, Healthcare, Science
Tagged disease, Docent Lena Huldén, Larry Huldén, malaria, population density, size of families, study, University of Guelph, University of Helsinki, use of DDT
Not to be distributed in or into Australia, Canada, the Hong Kong special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa or the United States. Helsinki, Finland, 25-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom Corporation (Ahlstrom) and Munksjö Oyj … Read the full press release
Helsinki, Finland, 25-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom, a global high performance fiber-based materials company, announces that the European Commission and the Brazilian competition authority CADE have approved Perusa Group as the buyer for Ahlstrom’s pre-impregnated décor papers and abrasive paper backings businesses. … Read the full press release
Paris, France, 21-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — CSC- IT Center for Science is deploying a highly energy-efficient supercomputer. The system is built by Bull and co-funded by the European PRACE project. It will be installed in CSC’s datacenter in Kajaani. CSC will use … Read the full press release
Espoo, Finland, 15-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Nokia announced that Samsung has extended a patent license agreement between Nokia and Samsung for five years. The agreement would have expired at the end of 2013. According to the agreement, Samsung will pay additional compensation … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Finland, Law, Management, Technology, Telecom
Tagged arbitration, licensing, Microsoft, Nokia, patent license agreement, patent portfolio, Paul Melin, Samsung
Anders Danielsson is appointed Executive Vice President and new member of Skanska’s Senior Executive Team, SET. In the SET, Anders will be responsible for the Nordic Construction units, Skanska Sweden, Skanska Norway and Skanska Finland. Stockholm, Sweden, 14-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Anders … Read the full press release
The agreement contemplates the potential supply of up to 57 turbines between 2015 and 2016 to various wind farms, as well as 10-year O&M service agreements. This is the second master agreement signed by the two companies in less than … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Finland, Spain
Tagged 5 MW turbines, Gamesa, Ricardo Chocarro, S Group, St1 Ltd, TuuliWatti
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