Costa Smeralda has been delivered to Costa Cruises from Meyer Turku shipyard and will now sail towards Barcelona. The 180 000 GT ship is one of the most innovative, and some would claim, the most beautiful ships ever built at Turku shipyard. “Costa Smeralda will be a further boost to the use of LNG in……

Turku-based Faron’s shares has been listed on Helsinki First North Helsinki helps the Nordic investors trade on the company’s shares Faron is known for its Clevegen and Traumakine pipeline candidates Nasdaq has announced that trading in Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy shares has commenced on Nasdaq First North Growth Market Finland. The Turku-based company belongs to the……

The winner of the 9th BusinessUp acceleration program was Korpi ForRest Korpi ForRest offers relaxing audiovisual experiences for workplaces The next BusinessUp programme will start in spring 2020 On Wednesday 27 November, the 9th BusinessUp DemoDay took place at SparkUp Turku. As the winner was awarded KorpForRest. They create digital audiovisual forest experiences for workplaces……

Maritime Accelerator 2019 partner companies choose Enjay, Aiforsite and QiO Technologies Concrete plans related to the marine industry were developed during the fall and presented at the international Breaking Waves conference in November Preparations for the 2020 program have already begun The 2nd Maritime Accelerator program ended on 21 November at the Helsinki Fair Center….…

Major companies support strongly the new degree programmes of the University of Turku Meyer, Elomatic and Cadmatic donate the university two professorships  Donations deepen the close collaboration with the companies in the Turku Business Region Major companies in the Turku region, Meyer, Elomatic, and Cadmatic support developing the new degree programmes in technology of the……

Concrete actions needed for attracting and networking needed for retaining international talents Larger companies and gaming industry have best practices and for diversity English as a working language encouraged in more companies The 3rd annual Talent Boost Summit took place on Tuesday 12 November at Logomo Teatro in Turku. The theme was talent retention and……

The chosen startups will be showcased at the Slush side event On 21.11, Breaking Waves brings together key actors in the maritime cluster at the Helsinki Messukeskus International Speakers include Emanuele Grimaldi of the Grimaldi Group and Jens Meier of the Port of Hamburg The final partners for the 2019 Maritime Accelerator program will be……

The new company will offer innovations for autonomous mobility In the early stages, 15 specialists will be responsible for the service production of VTT SenseWay Oy The company supports the position of the Turku Business Region as a strong research and development center in the industry Finland is a forerunner in autonomous and remotely controlled……

The partners of the Maritime Accelerator 2019 programme started discussions with the selected growth companies More Finnish companies among the growth companies and start-ups compared to last year Rauma Marine Constructions is looking for AI technologies to support its manufacturing execution through the programme Aimed at strengthening the innovativeness and competitiveness of Finland’s maritime industry,……

The WeSeaChallenge idea competition  strives to find innovative solutions that utilize space data to increase awareness about the condition of the maritime area, and support actions for improving it WeSeaChallenge is looking for solutions in fish farming business, sustainable urban development, and the better coordination of protective actions for the environment In total, 8 500……