• Life Science cluster sails downwind in Turku Region

    Life Science cluster sails downwind in Turku Region

    Life Science Live was organised in Turku in May The event had three tracks with interesting speakers Turku Business Region is the leading city in Finnish Life Science cluster The international Life Science Live event took place at Turku Fair Center in May. The main theme was artificial intelligence in health care, drug development and……


  • New Swedish horror series filmed in Finland this autumn

    New Swedish horror series filmed in Finland this autumn

    The young adult horror series Cryptid takes place in a small Scandinavian town The series is produced by Dramacorp Ab for Viaplay The series will be filmed in the Turku region in West Finland in early Autumn 2019 Finland’s old capitol Turku is known for beautiful historic buildings and a stunning archipelago, but this autumn……


  • Second round of Maritime Accelerator programme to start in the summer

    Second round of Maritime Accelerator programme to start in the summer

    Initiated to support the growth and competitiveness of Finland’s maritime industry, Maritime Accelerator programme will be implemented this year, too Royal Caribbean and Meyer Turku have already announced their participation in this year’s programme The programme received positive feedback; it helps big, globally operating companies to find new co-operation opportunities in growth-seeking SMEs. In the……


  • International health care AI experts are gathering in Turku

    International health care AI experts are gathering in Turku

    Artificial intelligence will change the health care practices considerably over the next two decades  Experts are saying that investments should be directed at basic health care in particular The international Life Science Live event is gathering leading life science experts to Turku in May ”Artificial intelligence will radically change the health care practices over the……


  • Turku Centre for Biotechnology Strengthens Role as International Cluster of Expertise

    Turku Centre for Biotechnology Strengthens Role as International Cluster of Expertise

    Turku Centre for Biotechnology launches a new brand name Turku Bioscience Over 200 researchers work at the Centre and it gains 4–6 million in supplementary funding Turku Bioscience and its drug development technology can support the operations of the planned future drug development centre Turku Centre for Biotechnology, a joint unit of the University of……


  • Teams from Turku victorious in Finnish Game Awards 2018

    Teams from Turku victorious in Finnish Game Awards 2018

    Two game projects/companies were awarded in Finnish Game Awards Gala Awarded teams were Turku Game Lab, Humak and Rival Games The number of employees in the industry grew to 3,200 in the end of 2018 Finland’s successful game industry celebrated and rewarded their best in the Finnish Game Awards 25.4. in Helsinki. A total of eight……


  • Turku attracts international top professionals to Finland with a unique campaign

    Turku attracts international top professionals to Finland with a unique campaign

    Professionals in technology Fields are searched to Turku in a global Talent Call Turku campaign  Five families from different parts of the world will win a trip to Turku in August 2019 Ensuring the availability of competent labour force is essential to the growth of the companies in the Turku Region There is a severe……


  • CB Health Access Program successfully concluded

    CB Health Access Program successfully concluded

    CB Health Access program facilitated the entry of Health Tech companies to distant markets The results, achieved sales 2,1M€ and 10M€ investment, clearly fulfilled all stated objectives Long-term agreements signed with South Korea, USA, India and Uganda In 2016 a 3-year CB Health Access program was initiated between Estonian, Finnish, Latvian and Swedish business development……


  • ArcDia has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Xinhua Healthcare

    ArcDia has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Xinhua Healthcare

    Turku-based ArcDia International brings its medical devices to the Chinese market This deal gives ArcDia a significant scale advantage ArcDia focuses on the development of innovative products for the decentralized testing of infectious diseases ArcDia International Oy Ltd, manufacturer of the successful mariPOC® infectious diseases testing platform, has entered into an exclusive license agreement with……


  • Life Science Accelerator programme generated nine new companies and gathered 4 million euros of financing

    Life Science Accelerator programme generated nine new companies and gathered 4 million euros of financing

    The first Life Science Accelerator programme in Finland produced excellent results Over a period of two years, nine new companies were founded and the participating companies gathered over 4 million euros of financing Started with ERDF funding, the programme is ending but will continue in autumn 2019 with an improved concept and under the new……