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During our Helsinki Business Trip last September, we had the pleasure to visit Maria 01, a startup community that hosts over one thousand tech-heads and grows to be Europe’s largest startup campus. In their article, “This is Finland” introduces three such fascinating companies which are located at Maria 01: “Maria Hospital, the oldest hospital in […]

“A Grid” is the Finnish home for 140 startups and a thriving entrepreneurship community. Aalto University loves entrepreneurs. Its thriving formal and informal curriculums help people start and run their own businesses. Aalto students organise Slush, one of the world’s leading startup events, held in Helsinki every autumn. Aalto has even built a home for

Universum has released the Professional Survey for the Most Attractive Employers in Finland 2019, and we are proud to congratulate our patrons found in the list! KONE ranks the most attractive employer for engineering professionals and as third most attractive employer for business professionals. Moreover, UPM ranks as third most attractive employer for engineering professionals

The Finnish Meteorological Institute has issued a report helping UPM to predict the future physical impacts of climate change on its business. While acknowledging the risks, the report confirms that there are also opportunities as the world shifts to a low-carbon economy. From the nature point of view, the impacts, such as heavy rainfall, storms

The Guardian published news about Finland’s campaign of sustainable tourism: “Campaigns to encourage more sustainable and respectful travel are increasing, though some industry figures doubt their power to effect change. Finland has become the latest destination to introduce a tourism pledge, asking visitors to the country to promise to respect its nature, culture and inhabitants. Forming

Exciting 5G network trials by our patron Nokia: “Nokia and Hutchison 3 Indonesia (3ID) have completed the first 5G end-to-end live network trial in Indonesia. The trial, which was conducted on a Nokia network on millimeter wave frequencies, demonstrates the 3ID network’s ability to support end-to-end 5G deployment. The tests were conducted over a Nokia-built

“Finns have some of the best digital skills in the world and are ready to adapt to the rapidly changing future, a new ranking finds. Finland’s global reputation for digital excellent has received yet another boost after the annual IMD World Digital Competitiveness ranking placed it seventh. Altogether 63 countries were assessed across the three pillars of

“Technology giant Google has announced it will invest 600 million euros in the Hamina data centre and an undisclosed amount in two Finnish wind power projects with a total capacity of 250 megawatts. The data centre investment is a continuation of a 600 million-euro investment announced last spring, raising Google’s total investment in the region to almost

New exciting developments from our patron: “UPM Raflatac and UPM Biofuels have joined forces to innovate for a future beyond fossils. As a concrete result of this collaboration, UPM Raflatac brings two wood-based renewable labeling materials into the market: UPM Raflatac Forest Film™ and UPM Raflatac Fossil-Free Adhesive. These innovative labeling materials will answer brand

“Would you be more likely to recycle if your rubbish bin was a most beautiful thing? Finland’s Niimaar has changed the nature of the chore with a functional piece of sustainable design. In 2016, the gigantic mountains of single-use plastic started to bother Enni Karikoski. What can one do to encourage people to recycle instead