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Final spurt in SHIFT ticket sales!
The SHIFT Business Festival in Turku May 22nd – 23rd. The coolest visions and ideas about business and technology More than 4000 attendees expected SHIFT Business Festival connects groundbreaking technology with leaders of traditional industries for a discussion about the ethics of future development. The festival, attracting 4000 great minds and visionaries, is held May……
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HyTest’s revenue and operating profit continues to grow
The share of the export represents a 96% share of the revenues The share of sales to China was 35 % Operating profit remained at high levels HyTest is one of the world’s leading companies in the immunodiagnostics reagents business. Indeed, its products are sold in no less than 50 countries throughout the world. During……
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Finnish animated series Pikkuli to Al Jazeera
The licensing rights of the Finnish children’s animated series Pikkuli have been sold to Al Jazeera Al Jazeera is the world’s biggest Arabic-speaking channel Pikkuli is created in Turku by Metsämarja and Antti Aittokoski The five-year licensing deal will bring Pikkuli to the broad reach of Al Jazeera’s network, spanning more than 310 million households in over 100……
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Meyer Turku delivered New Mein Schiff 1 to TUI Cruises
The new flagship of German TUI Cruises has been delivered from Meyer Turku shipyard The beautiful 315 m cruise ship is based on a new design, which is an evolution from the very successful Mein Schiff series TUI Cruises recently ordered a third sister ship to New Mein Schiff 1 & 2 for delivery from……
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Innovation Camp Created at University of Turku Organised at Singapore
The Maritime Innovation Camp organised at Singapore in autumn 2018 is based on the concept created by Turku School of Economics of the University of Turku The innovation camp is organised together with the Singapore Maritime Institute The camp is related to the Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Turku and the Singapore Maritime……
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Growth inspired by the right people
Nanol Technologies that manufactures an additive for lubricants is aiming for the international market Company raised earlier a funding of 1.5 M euros Jerker Gräsbeck has started as a new managing director The startup company Nanol Technologies manufactures an additive that reduces friction and wear for lubricants used in various mechanical equipment. According to studies,……
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A startup in Turku revolutionises the way air quality is measured
The new innovation of startup Urbanzee enables even to measure the situation of a single street The main targets for Urbanzee are especially in China and India. Urbanzee is currently looking for a partner city in Southwest Finland, to perform an air quality pilot A Turku, Finland based startup has developed a novel mobile method to measure air quality……
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XXL protects their products with Noccela throughout Finland
A Finnish growth Company Noccela expands its cooperation with sport retail chain XXL XXL will be using the smart indoor positioning-based anti-theft tags in their stores nationwide Founded in 2014, it has grown to be a company with more than 20 employees XXL, the largest sports retail chain in the Nordics, has decided to expand its……
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Valmet Automotive set new production record in 2017
A total of 90,000 vehicles were manufactured at the company’s Uusikaupunki, Finland plant The all-time high volume was reached with 90,000 Mercedes-Benz A-Class and GLC vehicles Cars have become one of the top exports of Finland Valmet Automotive has made a new record in its annual car production volume. A total of 90,000 vehicles were……
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International bioeconomy and circular economy event to be held in Turku in May
The first SmartCHEM Summit will be held in Turku, Finland in May 2018 The summit includes speakers from forerunner and startup companies of the bioeconomy and circular economy industry, as well as international guests The summit is a part of the largest annual European event of the environment sector, EU Green Week This May, SmartCHEM summit……