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Icebreaker TV Series Wins Prestigious Award at Cannes
Partially shot in Turku, the new arctic thriller series “Icebreaker” has won the prestigious MipDrama Coup de Coeur award at Cannes. “Icebreaker” is an original series by Elisa Viihde and stars Jessica Grabowsky. The filming in Turku lasted for two weeks. Set in the Gulf of Bothnia, “Icebreaker” tells the story of coast guard Sanna……
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Aiming for Global Growth
Turku-based company Wiima Logistics solves logistical challenges of companies in various fields of business. Thanks to Talent funding from Business Finland, Wiima can gain international growth faster than on its own. International growth has been the main goal for the Turku-based company Wiima Logistics since the very beginning. CEO Heikki Heinonen thinks that going international……
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Could an AI-based virtual assistant help us adopt a healthier lifestyle?
Collaboration between Wellpro Impact Solutions and HealthHub Finland to transform our daily routines In a world where maintaining a healthy lifestyle amidst the demands of modern life is a universal challenge, new solutions are on the horizon. One noteworthy example is the partnership between Wellpro Impact Solutions Ltd and HealthHub Finland EDIH. Together, the collaborators……
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Northbound Scaleups: a new call for startups looking to go international
Northbound Scaleups, the programme aimed at helping startups scale up their business, has progressed to its second round. The joint initiative by Turku Science Park, Movexum (Gävle, Sweden), and Tehnopol (Tallinn, Estonia) offers international workshops and mentoring sessions, free of charge, to help participating startups gain valuable knowledge of new target markets and learn new……
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Aqsens Health’s Collaborative Research Receives Funding to Advance Saliva-Based Detection of Lung Cancer and Tuberculosis
Aqsens Health, a Turku-based medtech startup, announced in their newest press release a new collaboration with research teams from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center. The company received funding from China’s Ministry of Science and Technology and Business Finland for a research collaboration focusing on the detection of lung cancer……
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“Developing complex technology requires many kinds of capabilities”
Groke Technologies CEO Juha Rokka discusses what kind of talents he is looking for and what Groke has to offer for its employees. How would you describe Groke Technologies to a potential employee? We are a small technology startup, which focuses on the digitalisation of the marine industry. We are already a truly international company,……
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DelSiTech and Turku University of Applied Sciences developed a cleanroom facility for pharmaceutical manufacturing
The Turku-based drug delivery technology and drug development company DelSiTech Oy has completed a state-of-the-art cleanroom for the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, where, for example, sterile products can be made in syringes for injections. The development of this facility is a great example of innovative cooperation between universities and companies in the region. DelSiTech’s new cleanroom……
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A life-changing move to the other side of the world
If someone had told Angelo Villasanta a year ago that he would move to Finland from the Philippines for an ICT job, he wouldn’t have believed it. Now he has a fulfilling working life, a nice community of friends and a plan to build his life in Turku for the long term. How does a……
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External help made international recruitment easier
How did the Teleste end up hiring three ICT professionals from the Philippines? We initially sought to recruit ICT talents from Finland but decided to broaden our search by collaborating with Barona. They suggested that there are many ICT professionals in the Philippines, so we decided to explore this option as well. This was the……
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Develop your health and wellbeing business with Finnish digital innovation hubs
The increasing digitalisation of the health and wellbeing sector is transforming the way healthcare services are delivered and received. Organisations that embrace digitalization are better positioned to compete in today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape and are more likely to achieve long-term success. HealthHub Finland and Location Innovation Hub, two European Digital Innovation Hubs from Finland……
