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End-of-life textile refinement plant receives funding from Business Finland
Business Finland has granted Lounais-Suomen Jätehuolto (LSJH) circular economy investment aid for building a full-scale end-of-life textile refinement plant in Topinpuisto in Turku. When the plant is ready, Finland will be the first country in the world where post-consumer textiles are obtained nationwide for reuse and recycling. Lounais-Suomen Jätehuolto (LSJH) has received Business Finland’s circular……
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Strong entrepreneurial atmosphere in Southwest Finland
The entrepreneurial atmosphere has traditionally been positive in Southwest Finland and the Turku region. The recent Regional Prognosis 2022 compiled by Varsinais-Suomen Yrittäjät association and Osuuspankki bank looked into the experience of entrepreneurs regarding the matter. The entrepreneurial atmosphere in Southwest Finland is rated slightly higher compared to the previous year. In a comparison by……
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Regional Prognosis: Enterprises expect growth in 2022
The economic expectations of enterprises in Southwest Finland have improved considerably compared to a year before. The outlook for turnover, profitability, personnel number and investments have taken a significant turn for the better as indicated by the Regional Prognosis 2022 compiled by Varsinais-Suomen Yrittäjät association and Osuuspankki bank. The economic expectations of enterprises in Southwest……
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The 2021 Per Brahe Prize goes to Hongbo Zhang
The Åbo Akademi University Foundation has given the 2021 Per Brahe Prize to Hongbo Zhang, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Åbo Akademi University. A prize sum of €12,000 is annually awarded to a promising researcher at Åbo Akademi University with the hope that he or she will continue his or her……
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Medicortex Finland Oy Announces Issuance of a Patent in Israel
Medicortex Finland Oy, a Turku-based biopharmaceutical company focusing on the development of diagnostics and drug treatment for mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), announces approval of company’s pivotal patent in Israel. The issued Israeli patent “Prognostic and Diagnostic Glycan-Based Biomarkers of Brain Damage” (IL patent number 254980) covers company’s core technology of innovative diagnostic kit and……
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Costa Toscana delivered from Meyer Turku shipyard
Meyer Turku delivered today the 180 000 GT cruise ship Costa Toscana to Costa Cruises. The timely delivery of the ship is a testimony to the shipyard’s ability to perform even under these trying times. “With Costa Toscana we are turning a new page at the shipyard. We have been pushing our ship building processes onward……
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International Strenght for Increasing Dinolift’s Export Sales
The Talent Explorer funding has encouraged the recruitment of the company’s first talent with an international profile. Dinolift Oy, a passenger crane manufacturer based in Loimaa, has long made the majority of its turnover abroad. So the company wanted to strengthen its export sales organisation with an international expert. According to Teemu Ristelä, Commercial Manager,……
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Turku is included in the list of the world’s leading climate cities
For the third year in a row, Turku has been included in the list of the world’s leading climate cities. Thanks to its climate measures, Turku is recognised as one the 95 best cities in the world in the A list by the international CDP organisation. To meet the 1.5 degree warming limit target set……
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Air Leap starts a direct route between Stockholm Arlanda and Turku
From 24 January, Air Leap will start a direct route between Stockholm Arlanda and Turku. Air Leap will operate the route with two daily round trips, lunch and evening, Monday to Friday and one direct flight from Turku to Stockholm on Saturday with return on Sunday. Air Leap has previously announced that it will increase……
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Organon to Acquire Turku-based Forendo Pharma
A global healthcare company Organon and Forendo Pharma have announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement, under which Organon will acquire Forendo. Forendo is pioneering the translation of intracrinology science into first-in-class therapeutic solutions. Forendo’s lead clinical compound in endometriosis is being evaluated for its potential effect on endometriotic lesions, a significant……
