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HICCS 2008 - - Invitation to press conference
May 14, 2008 |
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We at the HELSINKI REACH CENTRE (HRC) have the pleasure to invite you to the press conference organised in the context of our first annual Helsinki International Congress on Chemical Safety – HICCS2008, which is taking place on the 20th – 22nd May 2008 in the Helsinki Fair Centre.
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HICCS 2008 - Helsinki International Congress on Chemical Safety is approaching
May 7, 2008 |
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The first annual HICCS congress, organised by HELSINKI REACH CENTRE, will be held in the Helsinki Fair Centre on 20th-22nd May 2008.
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Energy and materials efficiency take priority in chemical industry’s investment in environment, health and safety in 2007
April 29, 2008 |
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Capital spending on environment, health and safety by the chemical industry in environmental, health and safety (EHS) work reached a record high of EUR 124 million in 2007. A quarter of this was targeted at improving energy efficiency and a fifth at waste management i.e. improving materials efficiency.
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Outlook deteriorates in the Finnish chemical industry
April 23, 2008 |
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So far, chemical industry companies in Finland have managed to escape the consequences of the US economic recession. There are no clear signs of slower growth in the Finnish chemical industry. Still, the expectations of the chemical industry companies are falling.
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National Plan for implementing on-line health care services
April 11, 2008 |
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The new report on SAINI on-line health care services for citizens creates a framework for supporting the public in their independent promotion of their own health as well as flexible electronic transactions within the health care service system.
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Biotech and IT innovations compete for 2008 Millennium Technology Prize |
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The finalists for the 2008 Millennium Technology Prize have been announced by the Technology Academy Finland.
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WHEN: 8 April 2008 at 1.45 p.m. GMT
WHERE: www.millenniumprize.fi
The 2008 Millennium Technology Prize Finalists will be announced on 8 April 2008.
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SOK is taking the Prisma chain to St Petersburg. The first unit, located in the shopping centre of Hotel Moskva, will open its doors in summer 2008.
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Over the next few years, the S Group will improve its consumer goods offerings. Arto Hiltunen, SOK’s Chief Executive, says that the Group’s shared goal is to achieve clear cut growth in sales of consumer goods by 2015.
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The S Group racked up good performance in 2007. The Group’s retail sales rose to EUR 10.5 billion, up 7.9 per cent on the figure a year earlier.
The S Group posted aggregate profit before extraordinary items of EUR 317 million (2006: € 336 million).
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December 12, 2007
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The Living Lab Innovations – Successful User Cases
seminar provided an understanding of living lab in the
Helsinki Metropolitan Area in the form of presentations
and on site visits. The seminar also announced the establishment
of a European Network of Living Labs office (ENoLL)
in Helsinki.
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The REACH Regulation requires communication by companies
in the chemicals industry along the entire production
chain. REACHWAY™ Dialog offers the means whereby
the process of evaluating chemicals can be dealt with
as little market disturbance as possible.
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A total of 99 individuals have been nominated for the
2008 Millennium Technology Prize, with candidates being
proposed by 88 organisations in 27 countries. The world's
biggest technology award will be presented by Tarja
Halonen, President of Finland, in June 2008.
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Climate change and rising energy and raw material prices
are rapidly leading to a wider use of cleantech applications.
This significant change has stirred a great
deal of interest among investors in clean-tech and the
new opportunities it provides. Sitra has set as its
target to create a €100-160 million fund investing
in Nordic cleantech enterprises.
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The S Group, which operates in Finland, Russia, Estonia
and Latvia, is establishing a bank. The S Bank is to
open for business on 15 October. The supermarket bank
is part of the S Group’s extensive range of services,
which is transforming building societies into banking
operations.
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SOK's new Corporate Management Team began their work
on August. At the same time new Chief Executive Arto
Hiltunen (49) took up his duties after Professor Kari
Neilimo retired 31st of July 2007.
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In January-June, the S Group's retail sales grew by
9 per cent compared with the corresponding period a
year before. Sales by the grocery trade rose by 8.8
per cent. In the same period, the S Group posted aggregate
profit before extra-ordinary items of EUR 162 million.
The cooperative enterprises gained 55,500 new customer-owners
in the first part of the year.
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Nominations for candidates for the next Millennium
Technology Prize are now being accepted. The world’s
largest technology prize is awarded for an innovation
which improves the quality of human life and encourages
sustainable development. A new element in the 2008 award
will be publicity for a selection of the technological
innovations that are improving quality of life and have
been nominated for the prize. Both the names of the
Finalists and their inventions will be announced before
the Winner is declared.
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Capital spending on environment, health and safety
by the Finnish chemical industry reached record figures
in 2006. The sector invested a total of some EUR 86
million in improvement of environment, health and safety
issues, an amount equal to more than 14 per cent of
fixed investment by the sector and a rise of more than
one fifth compared with 2005.
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Production in the Finnish chemical industry increased
in 2006 by almost 4%. Still, the differences between
sub-sectors were remarkable. In global economy year
2006 seems to remain the peak year of the recent business
cycle. So far the change downward is expected to be
a minor one, claims The Economic Outlook of the Finnish
chemical industry.
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The Rocca al Mare Prisma in Tallinn will expand and
move into new premises in 2008.
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The Board of the Millennium Technology Foundation has
appointed five new members to the eight-person International
Selection Committee for the one million euro Millennium
Technology Prize. Every second year, the prize is awarded
to a technological innovation that has the potential
for a positive impact on quality of life while also
supporting sustainable development.
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