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UPM Forest Life offers a new, virtual forest experience

(UPM, Helsinki, 26 September 2019 at 13:00 EET) – UPM’s new Forest Life site offers users a unique way of getting to know forestry practices and the species inhabiting Finnish forests. The website takes its user on a tour in the forest and explains the ins and outs of sustainable forestry and forest management. Sustainably managed forests are our future. They maintain biodiversity and bind carbon. Additionally, forests provide livelihood to hundreds of thousands of people. Wood from sustainably managed forests is used to replace products made from fossil raw materials. UPM Forest Life

Ambassadors to Reach More than 100 million Audience – Rovaniemi’s Unique Summer Got Tremendous Boost

Held second time in summer 2019, Rovaniemi Summer Ambassador –campaign reached approximately 105 million audience around the world. Youtube and Instagram star Amro Maskoun brought the greatest single audience by his 42 630 000 reach.The title “city that never sleeps” should never have gone to New York. Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland has a much stronger case, at least in summer, writes journalist Declan Harte after visiting Rovaniemi for three days in June. Harte was one of Rovaniemi Summer Ambassadors in summer 2019. Altogether 16 influencers and medias visited Rovaniemi during the season of

Metsä Board Corporation: Managers’ transactions

Metsä Board Corporation Managers’ transactions 26 September 2019 at 12 noon EESTMetsäliitto Cooperative, which is a closely associated party to Metsä Board’s chairman and two members of the Board, has acquired on 23 September 2019 and 24 September 2019 Metsä Board Corporation’s B shares. Metsä Board Oyj - Managers' Transactions ____________________________________________ Person subject to the notification requirement Name: Metsäliitto Osuuskunta Position: Closely associated person (X) Legal person (1):Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities In Issuer Name:

Press invitation: An all-European PIDA winner will be elected at Luxe Pack Monaco

On Monday 30 September we will know who is the first total European winner of the packaging design competition PIDA. The 36 entries have now become four finalists from Sweden, the UK, Germany and France and now they will compete for the title Grand finale winner at Luxe Pack Monaco. PIDA is a BillerudKorsnäs initiative for driving development in packaging design, showcasing the work of young talent, and creating a meeting place for the packaging community – an arena for ideas and inspiration.The theme for this year’s PIDA is Bring the Future, a challenge with a sustainability focus. The

Eco Wave Power Wins the United Nations Global Climate Action Award

Today, the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat announced the 15 winners of the 2019 prestigious UN ‘Momentum for Change’ Global Climate Action Award, with Eco Wave Power (EWP, EWPG Holding AB) receiving the award for its innovative wave energy technology. Niclas Svenningsen, Manager of the UN Climate Change Global Climate Action programme congratulated Eco Wave Power for winning the “Global Climate Action Award” and said: “This year, we had over 670 incredible applications for the UN Global Climate Action Award. It is our pleasure to give this award to Eco Wave Power.

Bambuser partners with Monki and NA-KD – a step into the future of retail

Bambuser is launching a cutting-edge technology that is set to revolutionize the retail industry. Together with NA-KD, a fast-growing online fashion marketplace and Monki, international fashion brand, Bambuser is introducing Live Video Shopping, bringing an already well-established phenomenon on the Asian market to European e-tailers.Live Streaming goes Live Shopping With state of the art technology Bambuser empowers retailers with immediate conversion, feedback and engagement from their audience. Through a tailormade solution for retail, Bambuser will give brands and e-tailers the

Resurs’s Nordic consumer survey: Consumers are happier with in-store purchases than online purchases

Resurs’s Nordic consumer survey into the factors generating customer loyalty has revealed that a wide range of products is not always a recipe for success, especially for online retailers. The survey showed that consumers are generally happier with the purchases they make in physical stores than with their online purchases. This is one of several insights presented in the Resurs Retail Report: Strategies for a loyalty-creating customer journey, which will be published later this year.It is particularly attractive for digital channels to offer a broad product range, with a variety of options

RaySearch expands to a new major market with distribution agreement for Russia

RaySearch has entered into a long-term distribution agreement with the healthcare industry distribution company Medeqi in Russia. The comprehensive collaboration provides full responsibility for marketing, sales and service of the treatment planning system RayStation®* in Russia to Medeqi.Medeqi was established in 2017, and the majority of its employees have extensive experience in the healthcare industry. Medeqi work with other major oncology vendors in the region and collaborate exclusively with companies that provide solutions for the best patient care and the highest level of efficiency.

Future-oriented solutions for residential and commercial construction

heroal presents new products at Batimat 2019 in Paris Verl, September 2019. As a provider of comprehensive systems, heroal presents newly developed aluminium system solutions for tomorrow’s building envelope at the Batimat 2019, following the motto „SIMPLY BETTER. FUTURE.“. The main focus is on the topic of Outdoor Living as well as on solutions characterised by their versatile fields of application in both residential and commercial construction.Outdoor Living One of the new products presented by heroal at the fair is a system solution for the segment Outdoor Living, which, thanks to

Qred and Webrock Launch Joint Venture in Brazil

Fintech scale-up Qred and investment company Webrock Ventures today announce a joint venture in Brazil. Qred’s digital technology for SME lending will be combined with local expertise and financing from Webrock Ventures and Swedish investment fund manager Atlant Fonder. Emil Sunvisson, Adriano Duarte and Joakim Pops“The vast majority of small businesses still lack access to credit in order to invest and grow, despite the Brazilian economy digitizing at full tilt,” says Emil Sunvisson, CEO of Qred.  Adriano Duarte, Co-founder and CEO of the new Brazilian company, adds: “It is

Skanska signs major lease at 2+U office development in Seattle, USA

Skanska has signed a 13-year lease with Qualtrics for about 25,500 square meter at the 2+U office development in Seattle, Washington, USA. Qualtrics will take occupancy in summer 2020. With this transaction, the office portion of the development project is now 100 percent leased.2+U is a 38-story, 64,000 square-meter office development in Seattle’s Central Business District. The project is pursuing LEED Platinum status. Skanska began construction in February 2017 and expects to complete construction operations in the fourth quarter of 2019. Since 2009, Skanska USA Commercial Development

Vestas wins 168 MW order in Mexico

News release from Vestas MediterraneanMadrid, 26 September 2019 Vestas has secured a 168 MW order for a wind park in Mexico. The order derives from a corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) and includes the supply and installation of 42 wind turbines of the 4 MW platform with V150 rotors. The order also includes an Active Output Management 5000 (AOM 5000) service agreement for the operation and maintenance of the wind park over the next five years. The 73-metre long blades of the Vestas 150m rotors will be locally manufactured in the TPI Composites factory in Matamoros, which

Finnair joins a Nordic initiative for electric aviation

A Nordic initiative to drive the development of electric aircraft is now being launched. Funded by Nordic Innovation (an organization under the Nordic Council of Ministers), a platform is created where Nordic players gather to develop the future of electric aviation.“Technological innovations are key in solving aviation’s CO2 emission challenge”, says Jaakko Schildt, Chief Operating Officer, Finnair. “In this project we are concretely creating the future of electric aviation, together, and taking an important step towards carbon-neutral flying.”   “We will be a Nordic network that works

Qred etablerar verksamhet i Brasilien

Nu startar fintechbolaget Qred tillsammans med Webrock Ventures ett joint venture i Brasilien, där Qreds teknologi och kunskap inom digitala företagslån kombineras med lokal expertis och finansiering från Webrock Ventures samt Atlant Fonder. Emil Sunvisson, Adriano Duarte och Joakim Pops  – De allra flesta småföretag saknar ännu idag helt tillgång till krediter för att kunna investera och växa, samtidigt som den brasilianska ekonomin digitaliseras i snabb takt, säger Emil Sunvisson, vd på Qred.  – Det är viktigt att etablera en välfungerande finansiering för småföretagare

EQT Credit completes unitranche financing for CTEK

EQT Credit, through its Direct Lending investment strategy, is pleased to announce its support for CTEK AB (“CTEK” or the “Company”) with a senior secured financing. Owned by Altor, CTEK is today a leading provider of technologically advanced battery chargers, with market-leading positions across Europe, Australia and the US. Following the recent acquisition of Chargerstorm, CTEK is also Scandinavia’s largest developer of electric vehicle charging solutions. Paul Johnson, Partner at EQT Partners’ Credit team, Investment Advisor to EQT Credit, commented: “CTEK has over the past 30

Wärtsilä and Q Power sign strategic cooperation agreement to support development of renewable fuels

Wärtsilä Corporation, Press release, 26 September 2019 at 10 am EESTThe technology group Wärtsilä and Q Power Oy, a Finnish pioneer in biomethanisation, have signed a cooperation agreement to accelerate the development and commercialisation of renewable fuels. The companies will work closely together to further develop the market and to find business opportunities for biomethanisation and synthetic fuels globally. The first target of the cooperation is to showcase a mobile demonstration plant at the Finnish pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai between October 2020 and April 2021. The World Expo is

Enea Teams up with CMC Networks to Deliver Second Generation SD-WAN

New solution for carriers and enterprises is based on open and flexible uCPE platformSTOCKHOLM, Sweden, September 26, 2019 – Enea® (NASDAQ OMX Nordic:ENEA) today announced that CMC Networks, a global telecommunications carrier, has selected Enea NFV Access as the software platform for its second generation Software-Defined Wide-Area Networking (SD-WAN) solution. CMC Networks offers its SD-WAN service named CMC - Rapid Adaptive Network , to customers in the African and Middle Eastern region. Enea NFV Access 

Teleste is now a VIAVI DAA Test-Ready Gold Partner

TURKU, FINLAND – 26 September 2019 – Teleste Corporation has become a Gold Partner in VIAVI DAA Test-Ready Certification Program, initiated by VIAVI Solutions , a global provider of network test, monitoring, and assurance solutions as well as optical technologies. Being recognized as a Gold Partner demonstrates full interoperability with Teleste’s Distributed Access nodes with VIAVI instruments and systems to perform end-to-end return sweep and upstream spectrum analysis. “By achieving Gold status, partners in the VIAVI DAA Test-Ready

Mycronic’s Nomination Committee appointed

The Nomination Committee for Mycronic’s 2020 AGM has been appointed. In accordance with the AGM’s decision, Mycronic’s Nomination Committee shall consist of four members. The members shall represent the three largest known shareholders as of 31 August, 2019 which have chosen to participate in the Nomination Committee, together with the Chairman of the Board. The composition of the Nomination Committee is as follows: · Henrik Blomquist, Bure Equity · Thomas Ehlin, Fjärde AP-fonden · Hans Ek, SEB Investment Management AB · Patrik Tigerschiöld, Chairman of the Board, Mycronic

Sigrid Therapeutics Takes Another Step Towards a Treatment for Prevention of Type 2 diabetes

Sigrid Therapeutics Reports Significant Blood Sugar Reduction with Excellent Safety Profile in STAR Trial with Breakthrough Medical Device SiPore15 in Prediabetes and Untreated Type 2 Diabetes Stockholm, Sweden, September 26, 2019 – Sigrid Therapeutics AB , an innovative technology company developing a new class of silica based therapies for metabolic diseases and disorders, today reports the first results from their Proof of Concept STAR study  in subjects with prediabetes or newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes.

Archer awarded contract for the modular drilling rig Archer Topaz

Hamilton, Bermuda (September 26, 2019) Archer announces the award of a contract with a North Sea operator for the provision of drilling services using the modular drilling rig Archer Topaz. The firm contract commitment is for permanent plugging & abandonment of two wells and recovery of conductors. Following a period of rig reactivation, Topaz will be mobilized with operations expected to commence in Q2 2020. “We are very pleased to announce the second contract for our modular drilling rigs this year” said Kenny Dey, Archer’s Vice President for Platform Drilling. “The additional

Michael König new CEO of Elkem ASA

Oslo, 26 September 2019: Current chairman of the board of Elkem ASA, Michael König will assume the position of CEO of Elkem ASA from 1 December 2019. Current CEO, Helge Aasen, will step down after more than ten years in the position and will continue as a board member of China National Bluestar. In addition, the nomination committee has nominated Helge Aasen to become a member of the board of directors of Elkem ASA. Hao Zhigang, current member of the board of Elkem, will assume the position of chairman of the board of Elkem as Michael König resigns from the board. “The board has

Follicum initiates collaboration with Bioglan for the production of FOL-005 cream for upcoming clinical trial on patients with hair loss

Lund, Sweden, September 26. Follicum today announces the signing of a cooperation agreement with Bioglan AB for the production of clinical trial material of Follicum's new, cream-like formulation of FOL-005 for topical treatment. The formulation will be used in the Phase II clinical trial on hair loss, which is expected to start in the beginning of 2020.In mid-June this year, Follicum announced that the company had conducted a successful, scientific advisory meeting with the German Medicines Agency, BfArM, concerning the upcoming clinical trial with FOL-005. As previously communicated, the

TagMaster in deployments in three major cities in the Gulf Area

Press release, Stockholm, Sweden 26 September 2019 TagMaster, a leading supplier of advanced sensor systems for Smart Cities within Traffic and Rail, has through its subsidiary Sensys Networks Inc. received orders totaling more than $800,000 for several new projects in three major cities in the Gulf Area. Working in conjunction with local partners Sensys Networks is deploying the company’s technology to improve the performance and reliability of detection and traffic data collection in support of advanced ITS (Intelligent Transportation Solutions) and Traffic management solutions. “

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