(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a SEK 1.3 billion (approximately €110 million) loan agreement with Billerud, a leading paper and packaging materials supplier based in Sweden. The loan will support the modernization and environmental upgrade of … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Sweden
Tagged Billerud, eco-friendly, EIB, Ivar Vatne, partnership, Pulp and Paper Mill Upgrades, sustainability, Sweden, Thomas Östros
(IN BRIEF) Fortum, a leading energy company, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Swedish nuclear technology firm Studsvik to investigate the potential for new nuclear projects in Sweden. This collaboration is part of Fortum’s ongoing feasibility study … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Finland, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Camilla Hoflund, Finland, Fortum, green transition, Laurent Leveugle, nuclear, partnership, Studsvik, sustainability, Sweden
(IN BRIEF) Peab, SSAB, Ruukki Construction, and Wihlborgs have unveiled the world’s first building constructed entirely with fossil-free steel in Lund, Sweden. The industrial facility named “Tomaten 1” represents a significant milestone in reducing the carbon footprint of the construction … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Metals and Minerals, Sweden
Tagged Christina Friborg, civil engineering, climate neutrality, construction, fossil-free steel, Hasslanda, Jesper Göransson, Lund, Peab, Romina Pourmokhtari, Ruukki Construction, Sami Eronen, SSAB, Sweden, Tomaten 1, Ulrika Hallengren, Wihlborgs
(IN BRIEF) AFRY, a prominent player in industry, energy, and infrastructure, has been awarded a significant framework agreement with Vattenfall Eldistribution, one of Sweden’s largest Distribution System Operators (DSOs). Under this agreement, AFRY will provide a range of technical consulting … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Continental has acquired Vertech AB, a conveyor and maintenance company located in Kiruna, Northern Sweden. Vertech AB specializes in servicing the conveyor industry in mining areas of Sweden and Norway. This acquisition is part of Continental’s strategy to … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Metals and Minerals, News, Norway, Sweden
Tagged acquisition, Continental, Norway, partnership, sustainability, Sweden, Vertech AB
(IN BRIEF) AF Gruppen’s subsidiary Kanonaden Entreprenad has secured a contract to construct and install a new series compensation station in Isovaara for Svenska kraftnät. This project, carried out in collaboration with Hitachi Energy, is part of the Aurora Line, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Finland, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Norway, Sweden, Technology
Tagged AF Gruppen, Bård Frydenlund, Finland, Hitachi Energy, Isovaara, Kanonaden Entreprenad, partnership, power line, sustainability, Sweden
(IN BRIEF) wpd, a leading global developer and operator of wind and solar farms, has secured grid access for two wind farms, Broboberget and Lannaberget, in Sweden. The grid connection agreement with Ellevio allows for up to 740 MW of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Sweden
Tagged Broboberget, Ellevio, Green Energy, Johanna Bohn, Lannaberget, partnership, sustainability, Sweden, wind farms, WPD
(IN BRIEF) ANDRITZ, an international technology group, will rebuild Holmen Paper’s paper machine at the Braviken mill in Sweden to enhance production flexibility. This initiative will allow Holmen Paper to increase the production of fluting for corrugated boxes while ensuring … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Andritz, Gerald Steiner, Holmen Paper, innovative, Ola Schultz-Eklund, Paper Machine Rebuild, partnership, sustainability, Sweden
(IN BRIEF) SweGaN, a semiconductor manufacturer based in Sweden, has chosen AFRY to provide comprehensive support and expertise in various disciplines for the establishment of its new headquarters and semiconductor production facility in Linköping, Sweden. AFRY is assisting SweGaN in … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) In the 2023 Employer Branding survey by Universum, AFRY has secured the second position as one of the most attractive employers for young engineers in Sweden, particularly among BSc engineers in the “young professionals” category. AFRY’s eighth-place ranking … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Industrial, Management, News, Sweden
Tagged 2023 Employer Branding Survey, AFRY, Awards, Sara Klingenborg, Sweden, young Engineers
(IN BRIEF) In a significant stride towards sustainable heavy transportation, Volvo Trucks is leading the way with the launch of a nationwide fast-charging network for electric trucks in Sweden, fueled by renewable energy. This pioneering initiative, set to open approximately … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Finnish plant-based product producer, Oddlygood, has acquired the Nordic brand Planti® in a strategic move to strengthen its position in the plant-based dairy alternative market. The acquisition makes Oddlygood the market leader in plant-based dairy alternative spoonable snacks … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Finland, Food & Beverage, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Sweden
Tagged acquisition, Finland, Kenneth Hamnes, Kimmo Luoma, leadership, Niko Vuorenmaa, Oddlygood, partnership, plant-based, Planti, sustainability, Sweden, Valio
(IN BRIEF) Vestas, a leading wind turbine manufacturer, has received a substantial order from SR Energy AB for the Horshaga wind park in southern Sweden’s Uppvidinge municipality. The order encompasses 20 V162-6.2 MW and five V150-4.5 MW wind turbines, along … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Anna Schlasberg Wachtmeister, Horshaga Wind Park, partnership, Peter Zachrisson, SR Energy AB, sustainability, Sweden, Vestas, wind turbines
(IN BRIEF) Skanska has entered into an agreement with Region Värmland to construct a groundbreaking new reception building at the Central Hospital, CSK, located in Karlstad, Sweden. Valued at approximately SEK 740 million, this contract will be recorded as part … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), in collaboration with the European Union (EU) and Sweden, is providing a $20 million loan to TBC Bank in Georgia. This financing is aimed at bolstering lending opportunities for micro, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, European Union, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Small Business, Society, Sweden, United Kingdom
Tagged EBRD, EU, Francis Malige, GEORGIA, Giorgi Megrelishvili, Lawrence Meredith, MSMEs, partnership, sustainability, Sweden, TBC Bank, women empowerment
(IN BRIEF) Ericsson and MediaTek have collaborated to exhibit the capabilities of the Reduced Capability (RedCap) solution in the realm of 5G Standalone technology. This partnership involved successful interoperability testing (IoDT) in Sweden, where the RedCap data was tested alongside … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Management, News, Sweden, Technology, Telecom
Tagged 5G, Dr. HC Hwang, Ericsson, interoperability testing (IoDT), MediaTek, partnership, RedCap, Sibel Tombaz, Sweden, technology
(IN BRIEF) Gasum, a Nordic energy company, has opened a new gas filling station in Växjö, Sweden, in response to increasing customer demand for lower-emission fuel options. The station offers renewable liquefied biogas (LBG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG), which … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Finland, Management, News
Tagged Alwex Transport, Gasum, Peter Sagebrant, Renewable Gas Filling Station, Sharareh Edström, sustainable fuel, Sweden, Växjö
(IN BRIEF) The community of Forsmark, Sweden, is experiencing economic prosperity and low unemployment, thanks in part to the local nuclear power plant. Residents have shown long-standing support for the plant, which has contributed significantly to the local economy and … Read the full press release
(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
ANDRITZ technology contributes to circular fashion with key solutions for production of pulp made from 100% textile waste ANDRITZ textile fiber preparation system lays the foundation for a pioneering recycling process developed by Renewcell (PRESS RELEASE) GRAZ, 21-Dec-2022 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Austria, Business, Environment, Industrial, Sweden, Technology
Tagged ADuro, Andritz, biodegradable viscose, cellulose fibers, circular clothing industry, Circulose® pulp, fashion circular, Kristinehamn, lyocell textile fibers, pulp, recycling, Renewcell, shredders, Sundsvall, Sweden, textile fiber preparation system, TEXTILE RECYCLING, textile waste, used cotton
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 1-Dec-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska (STO: SKA-B), a world leading project development and construction group, has announced an internal transaction for the divestment of the the Sthlm 01 office building in Stockholm, Sweden owned by Skanska Commercial … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Real Estate, Sweden
Tagged construction, divestment, LEED-certification, office building, Skanska, Sthlm 01, Stockholm, Sweden
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