Turku Business Region is organising a programme that invites international startups to develop their businesses in Southwest Finland. In the Startup Call Turku competition, innovative teams participate in an intensive three-month programme that highlights the advantages provided by the startup ecosystem in Turku and Finland.    Applying for the Startup Call Turku programme is now open……

In 2018 Hannamari Nurkkala bravely left her salaried job and co-founded POPS! ice cream factory with her childhood friend Piia Pöllänen. The two have faced the turmoil of the pandemic years and suspicious remarks, but the entrepreneurs’ commitment and creativity have guided them through even the most difficult pitfalls. What makes this ice cream factory……

During spring 2023, the Tribe Tampere Association will prepare a survey of the start-up ecosystem in the Turku region together with Turku Science Park Ltd. An extensive start-up survey has been launched in the Turku region, which will bring together data on the growth, development and growth needs of companies in the region and assess……

Employer branding is a fairly new term and might still cause some confusion as to what it is and how companies can benefit from it. Our latest Talent Boost Talks event focused on answering the question of what makes a successful global employer brand. We got to the bottom of it during the panel discussion……

The Turku Intersectoral Excellence Scheme (TIES) is a new postdoctoral fellowship scheme based at the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS) research collegium and founded in partnership with Turku Science Park Ltd. TIES is a blend of traditional Institute for Advanced Studies bottom-up research with intersectoral working. All applicants appointed to the TIES programme will……

Technology Operations Lead Marcin Floryan from Spotify thinks that flexibility and employee happiness are key issues in attracting and retaining talent in global business. Finding the right talent is a hot topic in any company wanting to grow and have an impact. Before reaching out, you should look at the talent you already have, says……

Matti Salonoja’s goal is to get rid of plastic, disposable lids for coffee cups and other drinks. This is no longer just a dream, as The Paper Lid Company can produce 70,000 ecological lids per hour and almost the entire production is already exported to the global markets. What is going on in the industrial……

The Orion Research Foundation awarded two special grants for both meritorious research and public advocacy for research funding. On 27 October, Professor Jukka Westermarck of the University of Turku was awarded a special grant of €100 000 from the Orion Research Foundation. Westermarck is Research Director at the Turku Bioscience Centre and Professor of Cancer……

Meyer Turku Shipyard delivered the Carnival Celebration to the customer on Wednesday 2.11. successfully and on schedule. Carnival Cruise Line received the vessel at a signing ceremony in Turku, Finland. Carnival Celebration embarked on her maiden voyage late last week. The ship is firmly anchored in the latest technologies: for example, it uses LNG, the……

Startup Call is like a shortcut to networking in a new business environment, says entrepreneur Samat Serimbetov. Business is business anywhere in the world, but there are always new things to learn when establishing a company in a new country and a new market. Therefore, Samat Serimbetov applied for Startup Call, a program aimed at……