(IN BRIEF) ABB Robotics and Junglekeepers have partnered in a pilot project to automate reforestation efforts in the Amazon using Cloud technology. ABB’s cobot YuMi has been deployed to automate seed planting tasks, allowing volunteers to focus on other impactful … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Electronics & Machinery, Environment, Industrial, Sweden, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged ABB, ABB Robotics, ABB RobotStudio Cloud, Amazon rainforest, Amazon reforestation project, autonomous cobot, Cloud, cobot YuMi, Dennis del Castillo Torres, jungle laboratory, Junglekeepers, Moshin Kazmi, planting mature saplings, reforestation, reverse deforestation, robot, Sami Atiya, Sweden, Västerås, world’s most remote robot, YuMi
(IN BRIEF) SEB, a leading Swedish bank, has been ranked as the eighth most valuable brand in Sweden by Kantar, a global data analytics and brand consulting company. The ranking is based on a global survey of 20,100 brands in … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Banks, Business, Industrial, Management, News, Sweden
Tagged Award, Kantar, SEB, Sweden, Ulrika Areskog Lilja, valuable brands
(IN BRIEF) Gasum, the Finnish state-owned energy company, has selected five teams to move forward in its open innovation competition, GasumHackathon, which was launched in January. The aim of the competition is to find solutions and partners to utilise the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Finland, Industrial, Management, Media, News
Tagged Austria, biogas, biogenic carbon dioxide, Competition, Denmark, Finland, Gasum, GasumHackathon, Norway, Sweden, Viljami Kinnunen
(IN BRIEF) Stora Enso has completed the sale of its paper production site in Hylte, Sweden, and all related assets to Sweden Timber, a Sweden-based sawmill and planing mill company. The sale is part of Stora Enso’s previously announced plan … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Industrial, Management, Sweden
Tagged biocomposite, Biomaterials Innovations, building solutions, divestment, fiber, Hylte, Maxau, mill, packaging, packaging materials, paper, paper production, sawmill, Schwarz Produktion, Stora Enso, Sweden, Sweden Timber, Sylvamo
(IN BRIEF) ASSA ABLOY, a leading Swedish lock and security company, has signed an agreement to acquire Mottura Serrature di sicurezza Spa, an Italian manufacturer of high-security residential armored lock cases and security cylinders. The acquisition will strengthen ASSA ABLOY’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Management, News, Security & Safety, Sweden, Technology
Tagged acquire, ASSA ABLOY, Mottura, Neil Vann, Nico Delvaux, Sweden
(IN BRIEF) Scandinavian Enviro Systems and Antin Infrastructure Partners have formed a joint venture with Michelin to create the world’s first large-scale tire recycling group. The joint venture will use Enviro’s patented technology for extracting carbon black and pyrolysis oil … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) AFRY has been awarded a 4-year framework agreement by Banedanmark, the state-owned railway network in Denmark. The agreement involves technical inspections on all of Banedanmark’s ongoing and upcoming projects. AFRY’s experts in transportation, buildings, and energy will carry … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Sweden
Tagged AFRY, Amir Bigdeli, Awards, Banedanmark, railway projects, Sweden
(IN BRIEF) Steel manufacturer SSAB has unveiled SSAB Zero, a fossil carbon emission-free steel that’s made with fossil-free energy and recycled steel. The first commercial steel of its kind, it will be available in Q2 2023. The launch of SSAB … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Volkswagen Financial Services has placed an auto ABS transaction in Swedish kronor, becoming the first company in the market to place an auto ABS transaction based on a securitized pool of leasing contracts. The transaction has a receivables … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Banks, Business, Financial, Germany, Investment, Management, News
Tagged auto ABS transaction, Dirk Bauer, Germany, Sweden, Volkswagen Financial Services
(IN BRIEF) Efterklang, part of AFRY, has created a unique auditory experience at Djungellekan in Helsingborg, the first playground of its kind in Sweden. The park, which was inaugurated in the summer of 2022, has received two prestigious awards for … Read the full press release
Posted in Entertainment, Environment, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Sweden
Tagged AFRY, Awards, Djungellekan, Efterklang, Helsingborg, Landscape Architecture, sound design, sound playground, Sweden
(IN BRIEF) The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation’s mathematics program will award SEK 28m to 17 mathematicians working on mathematical studies of the pandemic, models of random events, and theories for extreme values. The foundation’s support of Institut Mittag-Leffler has … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Healthcare, Management, News, Science, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Anna Sakovich, Axel Målqvist, Cecilia Holmgren, Dr. Mats Bylund, Dr. Scott Mason, Groundbreaking Research, Hans Ellegren, Kaj Nyström, Klara Courteaut, Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation, mathematicians, Peter Wallenberg Jr, Professor Benjamin Klopsch, Professor Gianpaolo Scalia Tomba, Professor Igor Shparlinski, Professor Michael Stillman, Professor Stefan Schwede, Professor Yingda Cheng, Robert Moscrop, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sweden, Thomas Blom, Wushi Goldring
(IN BRIEF) Swedish development finance institution Swedfund has committed $5m to the Nordic Horn of Africa Opportunities Fund (NHAO), which invests in small and medium-sized Somali firms. The fund aims to provide financing for companies with around or less than … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, Financial, Investment, Management, News, Small Business, Sweden
Tagged Financial, investment, NHAO fund, SMEs, Somali, Sweden, Swedfund
(IN BRIEF) Construction company Skanska has announced a NOK 410 million ($48.5 million) contract to build a mixed-use building in the Helgerudkvartalet urban development project in Sandvika, Norway. The building will include 8,500 square metres of housing and 8,200 square … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Norway, Sweden
Tagged Andenæs Eiendom, construction, Helgerudkvartalet, Norway, Sandvika, Skanska, Sweden
(IN BRIEF) Volvo Buses is changing its business model in Europe and will focus on chassis production while outsourcing bodybuilding to external partners. The company has decided to shut down its bodybuilding factory in Wroclaw, Poland, by the first quarter … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Industrial, Management, News, Sweden, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Anna Westerberg, bus, coach, Europe, external bodybuilders, partnership, Sweden, Volvo Buses
(IN BRIEF) A dozen graduates from the University of Dundee will participate in the RSA New Contemporaries exhibition in Edinburgh, which opens on March 18. The exhibition features 11 artists and one architect from the university’s Duncan of Jordanstone College … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Business, Education, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Sweden
Tagged AFRY, Architecture, art, Capital Markets Day, exhibition, graduates, Jonas Gustavsson, Sweden, University of Dundee
(IN BRIEF) Telia Company ranked 4th in Europe and 12th globally in the latest Digital Inclusion Benchmark released by the World Benchmarking Alliance. The benchmark assesses tech companies based on their progress towards improving access to technology, fostering trustworthy use, … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Swedish energy company Vattenfall has won the Supplier Engagement Leader award from environmental nonprofit CDP. The award recognises Vattenfall’s efforts in its supplier CO2 reduction project, which aims to minimise the company’s carbon footprint in its supply chain. … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Management, News, Sweden
Tagged Award, CDP, climate change, environmental, Helle Herk-Hansen, Sweden, Vattenfall
(IN BRIEF) Swedish energy company Vattenfall has launched a new collaboration called ‘Win@Sea’ to investigate the production of sustainable food in offshore wind farms, while also improving the marine environment and biodiversity in the same area. Vattenfall has made Scandinavia’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Management, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Matthieu Povidis-Delefosse, Offshore wind, partnership, sustainable food production, Sweden, Vattenfall, Win@Sea
(IN BRIEF) Voith has opened a new refurbishment workshop in Karlstad, Sweden, which will offer a wider range of refurbishment services, allowing for the economical use of raw materials and an increase in efficiency while utilizing existing resources. The new … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Industrial, Sweden, Technology
Tagged BTG, digitalization, Holmen Braviken, Jan Haraldsson, Karlstad, Krister Nygard, refurbishment workshop, sustainability, Sweden, Voith
(IN BRIEF) Gasum, a Swedish energy company, has received final construction permits for its latest biogas plant project in Götene. The plant will produce 120 GWh of liquefied biogas per year from early 2025, utilizing mainly manure as feedstock from … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Finland, Industrial, Sweden
Tagged biogas, biogas plant, construction permits, Gasum, Götene, LBG Erik Woode, LNG, organic waste, Recycled fertilizers, Sweden, synthetic methane
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