Selby & Friends Tour 3 30 June to 7 July – “Confessions of a Romantic” Vesa-Matti Leppänen and Timo-Veikko Valve join Kathryn Selby Pianist Kathryn Selby AM brings together two brilliant Finnish guest artists for the first time with Vesa-Matti Leppänen (Concertmaster, New Zealand Symphony) and Timo-Veikko Valve (Australian Chamber Orchestra Principal Cellist). Performing three [...]
Finnish minerals and metals technology company Outotec is collaborating with energy company Global Oil Shale Group (GOS) in the development of a concentration process for oil shale. Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs, has also signed a deal with GOS to collaborate in oil shale processing and plant design for converting oil shale [...]
Finland has the sixth best higher education system in the world according to a new comparison. The first to report the news was Helsingin Sanomat. The United States rose to the number one spot, with Sweden and Switzerland coming second and third respectively. Finland ranked higher than the UK, Germany and France, among other countries. [...]
Angry Birds brand is expanding to a new leisure time activity: fishing. Rovio, the parent company of Angry Birds and Rapala, the global tackle and fishing lures company, have signed a licensing agreement. Rapala is launching its Angry Birds product line in first in Finland, Denmark, Norway, Baltica and China during the spring 2013. — [...]
Deltamarin, a Raisio-based company specialised in ship design, has received an order straight out of the history books: It has been commissioned to design the new Titanic. The order was placed by Blue Star Line Pty Ltd. The ship will be a replica of the RMS Titanic that sank in the Atlantic in 1912. Just [...]
Nordic Festival, Warburton Victoria 18-19 May 2013 Nordic Festival is a not-for-profit event organised by the Warburton and District Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Tourism in consultation with the Victorian Nordic community. The aim of the event is to celebrate the culture and heritage of the five Nordic Countries – Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and [...]
MultiTouch, the Finnish manufacturer of touchscreens, has delivered the world’s largest multi-touch installation to an Australian university. The multi-touch wall is approximately 14 metres wide. The display installation will be located in the main building of the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, giving visitors the chance to familiarise themselves with the ecosystem of [...]
HELSINKI—Finland’s government plans to further cut its corporate tax rate to 20% from 24.5% as of the beginning of 2014 as the nation’s leaders look to kick-start a stagnant economy and address concerns about a lack of competitiveness. The move could also help Finland keep pace with other Northern European countries taking down the tax [...]
The birds have become an international brand. Rovio Entertainment, the maker of Angry Birds which has now been downloaded over 1.7 billion times, is launching a cartoon series this weekend. Angry Birds Toons will be viewable through video-on-demand services, smart TVs and select TV networks around the world. The animated shorts will also be available [...]
Outotec has signed an agreement to acquire Scanalyse Holdings Pty Ltd, an Australian-based software technology company, for an undisclosed price. The acquisition is expected to be completed this month. Scanalyse, which has operations in Australia, Brazil, Chile and the United States, specialises in measurement software development. Its condition and performance monitoring technologies and services are [...]
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