The growth programme supporting innovation in the maritime industry continues after COVID-19 lets up Despite COVID-19, growth companies in particular are eagerly anticipating the programme’s next round All the rest of Turku Science Park Ltd.’s services are continuously available for businesses, organisations and other groups in the industry The next round of the Maritime Growth……

The TechTurku Week is organised for the tenth time this year The event will be now entirely virtual This time the Week looks at new technologies with a wider perspective than previously The TechTurku Week (known as Turku ICT Week until 2019) was organised for the first time as a three-day event in May 2012….…

In research possible new areas of cooperation are drug development methods, artificial intelligence and production processes In education collaboration means various projects, guest lectures, theses and mentoring The partnership promotes the strengthening of internationalisation according to the strategy of University Turku The University of Turku and Bayer have signed a strategic partnership agreement. The aim……

The mentoring program supporting Nordic life science start-ups continues The Danish Novo Nordisk Foundation is funding the program with 1.8 million euros In Finland, the program is implemented by Turku Science Park Ltd. and Vertical The Nordic Mentor Network of Entrepreneurship (NOME), an elite Mentoring Program for Nordic life science startups, has secured 1.8 million……

The capabilities of Finland’s six largest metropolitan areas to adopt new, more sustainable operational models that make use of circular economy were strengthened during the CircVol project The CircVol development project consisted of around 70 companies, and it organised over 60 events relating to its central theme of circular economy The development project was coordinated……

Maritime Growth is looking for large maritime industry companies to take part in its 2021 programme The programme helps large companies to find new innovations that strengthen their competitive edge to improve their operations and develop new products For growth companies the programme provides an opportunity to find new, strategically significant clients The name of……

Production at the Uusikaupunki battery plant will begin at the end of this year The recruitment of 200 employees for the new plant will begin in the spring The plant will be focusing on high-voltage automotive battery systems and modules, also for full electric vehicles Valmet Automotive has signed a second battery manufacturing contract with……

The new sustainable cruise ship is powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) Several key partners from Turku region and the Nordics have been developing environmental technology details and an innovative interior for the vessel The expected placement in service will be early 2022 on the Turku–Åland–Stockholm route A significant milestone has been reached in the……

Business has been built around the data provided by the European Copernicus program The BalticSatApps project contributed to the establishment of ten new startups The project was initiated by Turku Science Park Ltd. and coordinated by the University of Turku The European Copernicus Programme provides Earth Observation (EO) data free of charge on an open-access……

Turku was selected from over 2000 reader proposals The city is the only Finnish destination and one of only three Nordic destinations to appear on the list Turku received a strong commendation from Avanti Chajed, an American who originally came to study in Turku Turku is one of the New York Times’ 52 favourite places……