(PRESS RELEASE) TAMPERE, Finland, 30-Dec-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The northern lights are shining extra-bright in Tampere Finland this month as a major step forward in amplifying the power of lasers was achieved. For the first time a laser using similar … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Electronics & Machinery, European Union, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged Ampliconyx, AMPLICONYX OY, automotive, broadband internet, Centro Richerche Fiat SCPA, Ceram Optec Sia, Dr Maxim Odnoblyudov, Dr Regina Gumenyuk, EU H2020, Fiat e-500, Finland, Foundation for Research and Technology HELLAS, green vehicles, Hochschule Mittweida, laser, laser generator, lasers, LUNOVU Gmbh, Manufacturing, Modus Research and Innovation Limited, Nanotypos OE, Nello Li Pira, northern lights, Onostampi SRL, photonics, Prime Laser Technology, PULSE research, Tampere, Tampere University
(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) 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-May-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Metsä Fibre awards pre-engineering assignment to ÅF Pöyry for new bioproduct mill, Kemi. The ongoing pre-engineering project target is to create conditions for building a bioproduct mill with an annual production capacity of … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Finland, Industrial, Investment, News
Tagged ÅF Pöyry, bioproduct mill, engineering, Finland, investments, Ismo Nousiainen, Kemi, Metsä Fibre, Nicholas Oksanen, Rauma, sawmill
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 20-Feb-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — FinRavinto 2017 survey revealed that Finns’ salt intake is still too large, with 86% of women and almost all men, 98%, exceed the daily recommended sodium intake. Valio makes it possible to reduce … Read the full press release
Posted in Finland, Food & Beverage, Healthcare, News, Retail, Society
Tagged Finland, FinRavinto, heart disease, low-salt, salt intake, sodium content, Valio, Valio ValSa® milk salt
(PRESS RELEASE) COPENHAGEN, 16-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Mono Solutions is pleased to announce our newest partnership with Fonecta, the largest digital marketing service provider in Finland. Fonecta was searching for an advanced Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform to strengthen and renew their suite … Read the full press release
Posted in Denmark, Finland, Internet & Online, Marketing, Small Business, Technology
Tagged better customer understanding, customer engagement solutions, data-driven websites, digital, digital marketing service, DTG, European Directories Group (EDSA), Finland, fonecta, Herold, intuitive user interface, Jasmine de Guzman, manage website, Mika Salminen, Mono Solutions, multi-site management tools, native email marketing, on-site personalization, online presence, online visibility, SaaS, search optimization, small businesses, SMBs, Software as a Service, Tricia Score, user engagement, websites
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 10-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — YIT started several apartment building projects in Finland in October–December 2018. The largest of these projects are Tampereen Kanavamestari, Helsingin Tanhua and Vantaan Hortensia. The total value of these projects is nearly EUR 60 … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Finland, Real Estate
Tagged apartment building, apartments, building, construction, Finland, real estate, YIT
HELSINKI, 19-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — NIB and the Finnish energy company Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) have signed a loan agreement of EUR 65 million financing safety system upgrades in two existing nuclear power plant units in Finland. This ten-year loan will contribute to TVO’s refurbishment project … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Security & Safety, Uncategorized
Tagged electricity, Finland, Henrik Normann, loan, NIB, nuclear, nuclear power plant, Olkiluoto, power, safety, safety system, Teollisuuden Voima Oyj, TVO
ESPOO, 03-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Citycon has sold shopping centre Sampokeskus in Rovaniemi, Finland to a fund managed by Trevian AIFM. The total purchase price amounts to approximately EUR 16 million, which is close to the asset’s latest IFRS fair value. … Read the full press release
Posted in Finland, Investment, Retail
Tagged Citycon, divestment, Finland, Grocery, retail, Rovaniemi, Sampokeskus, shopping centre, Tom Lisiecki, Trevian AIFM
The ANDRITZ pulp drying plant installed at UPM’s Kymi mill in Kouvola, Finland, achieved a new record production capacity of 2,452 tons per day on May 31, 2018. GRAZ, 09-Jul-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — In terms of specific drying capacity, this … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Finland, Industrial, Technology
Tagged ANDRITZ pulp drying plant, drying, drying_machine, Finland, Kouvola, Kymi mill, pine_pulp, pulp, UPM
ESPOO, 20-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Fortum is participating in the Helsinki Electric Airplane Association’s project that is testing an electrically-powered airplane. The first serial produced electric airplane purchased in Finland, the Pipistrel Alpha Electro, is scheduled to take its maiden flight … Read the full press release
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
HELSINKI, 07-Jul-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — CapMan RE II fund has sold an office building located at Kasarmikatu 4 in Hämeenlinna to Kiinteistö Oy Hämeenlinnan Kopinkulma. The transaction was completed on June 6, 2017. CapMan RE II fund invested in Kasarmikatu 4 … Read the full press release
HELSINKI, 17-Oct-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — According to researchers, the tension between the public and the secret is significant, and stems from the very structures of our society. “Luckily, it has become more difficult to hide the truth. The media can easily … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Finland, Media, Society
Tagged Finland, Kari Karppinen, press freedom, Salli Hakala, Sauli Niinistö, University of Helsinki
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
Neste, Veolia and Borealis have agreed to create a joint venture company to build a new combined heat and power plant (“power plant”) and produce and supply steam and other utilities to Neste’s refinery and Borealis’ petrochemical plant in Porvoo, … Read the full press release
Helsinki, Finland, 21-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Fortum has signed an agreement with Rolls-Royce about the modernisation of automation at its Loviisa nuclear power plant in Finland. The parties have agreed not to disclose the value of the agreement. The modernisation will be carried … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Finland, Management, Technology
Tagged Finland, Fortum, Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant automation, Rolls-Royce, Tiina Tuomela
Helsinki, Finland, 21-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Fortum and Areva-Siemens Consortium have agreed on discontinuation of the current automation modernisation project agreement. Areva-Siemens Consortium will complete the ongoing agreed and resized work in cooperation with Fortum. Fortum is convinced that a new solution to continue the … Read the full press release
Skanska has signed a contract with Osuuskauppa Arina to construct a shopping center and residential apartment complex in Oulu, Finland. The investment amounts to a total of EUR 100 M, about SEK 890 M. Skanska’s construction contract is worth approximately … Read the full press release
Helsinki, Finland, 19-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Wärtsilä’s consultation process with employee representatives in Finland has been concluded. The process was initiated on 29 January 2014 with the aim of reducing 200 jobs in Finland. As a result of the negotiations, the redundancy … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Electronics & Machinery, Energy, Gas & Oil, Finland, Management
Tagged Finland, Mr Atte Palomäki, Mr Marco Wirén, Mr Stefan Damlin, Wärtsilä
Helsinki, Finland, 13-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — NIB and the city of Lahti have signed a new loan agreement, totalling EUR 30 million with a tenor of 15 years, for the construction of a new bus and freight terminal and two multipurpose school … Read the full press release
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
The Global Gender Gap Report 2013 finds 86 out of 133 countries improved their global gender gap between 2012 and 2013, with the area of political participation seeing the greatest progress Iceland has the narrowest gender gap in the world, followed … Read the full press release
Posted in Economy, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Politics, Society, Sweden, Switzerland
Tagged economic equality, Finland, gender gap, Global Gender Gap Report 2013, Iceland, Klaus Schwab, Norway, Oliver Cann, political participation, Sweden, WEF, World Economic Forum
Espoo, Finland, 22-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Neste Pro Diesel, a premium-quality diesel fuel developed and produced by Neste Oil in Finland, is the first anywhere to comply with the WWFC 5 specification drawn up as part of the Worldwide Fuel Charter (WWFC) … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Finland, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged advanced biofuels, ASIA, automotive manufacturers, biodiesel, Biomass to Liquid biodiesel, Europe, Finland, fuel, fuel quality, hydrotreated vegetable oil, Neste Oil, Neste Oil Corporation, Neste Pro Diesel, NExBTL renewable diesel, premium-quality diesel fuel, renewable diesel, Sam Holmberg, USA, Worldwide Fuel Charter (WWFC), WWFC 5 specification
Finland, 21-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Finnvera launched on 8 October 2013 a SEK 2 billion (approx. EUR 230 million) floating rate note maturing in August 2018. The note was issued under the company’s EMTN (Euro Medium Term Note) programme. Finnvera’s EMTN programme … Read the full press release
19-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — How can we support the oil and gas industry moving towards harsh and remote northern areas? And how do we safeguard the fragile arctic environment? Meet Ramboll and get the answers at the ONS Norway exhibition 19-21 … Read the full press release
Posted in Denmark, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Marketing, Norway
Tagged Bjørn C Bjørnsen, engineering solutions for the oil and gas industry, extreme engineering solutions, Finland, gas industry engineering solutions, Greenland, Norway, oil industry engineering solutions, ONS Foundation, ONS Norway, ONS Norway stand no. 2060 hall B, Rambøll, Rambøll Oil & Gas, RUSSIA, Sweden, Søren Knudsen, The Arctic region, The ONS Norway exhibition
Single Market Scoreboard website launched – new figures are now available online 4-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — With today’s launch of the online only Single Market Scoreboard, a more comprehensive and user-friendly reporting system has been put in place. The Single Market Scoreboard … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Economy, European Union, Internet & Online
Tagged Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Malta, Single Market Scoreboard, Sweden, United Kingdom
SARY OZEK, KAZAKHSTAN, 1-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — A train carrying 410 tonnes of a toxic rocket fuel component, which had been stored in deteriorating containers, left Kazakhstan today for safe disposal at a specialized chemical plant in Dzerzhinsk, Russia as part … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Defence, Government, Industrial, Security & Safety, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dzerzhinsk, Finland, GEORGIA, Germany, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Natalia Zarudna, Norway, OSCE, Poland, RUSSIA, SARY OZEK, Spain, Sweden, Technoazot, Ukraine.
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