Author: bsimell
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Startups in Turku region | A walk and talk with Emilia from Mintti Siivous
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Emilia wants to step up the game when it comes to today’s cleaning industry. Digitalization is the first thing that comes to mind when talking about disrupting a business, yet the founder of Mintti Siivous (Direct translation: Mint Cleaning) puts…
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A new connection vessel for the Turku archipelago will be designed and implemented through local cooperation
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Deltamarin has been selected as the designer for the new archipelago connection vessel. The vessel will be built by HL-Metal in Parainen. The vessel will start operating on 1 May 2023 and will serve the islands north of Nauvo in…
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RajuLive, a video production and media services company based in Turku, is growing
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RajuLive Oy, a Turku-based company specialising in video productions and live broadcasts, has acquired video production company Lumo Creative Oy on 1 August 2022. At the same time, Lumo’s Matias Tanner joined RajuLive as creative video producer, further strengthening the…
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Valmet Automotive starts manufacturing Mercedes sports cars
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At the end of July, Valmet Automotive signed an agreement with Mercedes-Benz Group AG to manufacture the Mercedes-AMG GT sports car in both combustion engine and hybrid versions. Production will start at the Uusikaupunki car plant towards the end of…
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Elomatic sets up a subsidiary in Germany focusing on marine technology
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Elomatic Oy has established a subsidiary in Wismar, Germany, called Elomatic Maritime Technologies, which will focus on ship design and offshore wind power structures. The new company will enhance Elomatic’s capacity to provide excellence to shipping companies, operators and shipyards…
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Turku-based Faron Pharmaceuticals receives major funding for cancer drug development
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Biopharmaceutical company Faron Pharmaceuticals has received a five-million-euro investment, reports Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). The company recently announced particularly interesting research results on the efficacy of its immunological drug bexmarilimab in cancer treatments. In a somewhat unusual directed share issue,…
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Circular economy company CH-Bioforce receives rare EU funding of up to €15 million
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Raisio-based CH-Bioforce aims to build its own biomass processing plant in Raisio in 2024. The company’s business idea is based on the use of industrial and especially agricultural side streams. The regional development company Turku Science Park Ltd. has been…
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Robocoast to boost digitalisation of manufacturing industry
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Turku Science Park Ltd is part of an innovation cluster, which was awarded funding by the European Commission. It is a Robocoast EDIH consortium focusing on the digitalisation of manufacturing industry. Turku Science Park Ltd is responsible for digital maturity…
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New business opportunities for SMEs from health data
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Major EU funding boosts digitalisation of Finnish SMEs. HealthHub Finland brings together top experts from across the country to help companies to lower the threshold for creating new health data-driven innovations. Coordinated by Turku Science Park Ltd, HealthHub Finland’s…
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Estonian startup wins Å Pitch competition
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Held in an unusual setting on the deck of a river raft on the Aura River, the international Å Pitch startup event attracted almost a hundred enthusiastic participants. 12 companies from Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Germany and Sweden participated in the…