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Green Mobility Pilot in Helsinki
PayiQ is taking part in an innovative green mobility project designed to encourage more sustainable travel choices. By influencing passengers’ route and transport decisions, the initiative promotes eco-friendly options. The pilot project is currently underway in Helsinki. PayiQ is a technical provider in EU-funded ACUMEN project that aspires to affect passengers’ route and transport choices in order Read more
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Vapaus Raises EUR 10 Million Series A Funding to Accelerate Global Expansion of Employee Bike Benefits
Vapaus, the Finnish pioneer in employee bike benefits, has successfully secured EUR 10 million in a Series A funding round. This equity injection will fuel the company’s international expansion, advance its software development and platform automation, and drive the growth of its innovative PreCycled concept aimed at the second-hand bicycle market. Vapaus has grown sixfold Read more
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Missing pieces of urban mobility – Alternatives for roads are in the making
If we think about the mobility landscape the novel ideas come through automation combined with something physical. Self-operating drones as a fine example. Ground transportation is being filled with autonomous cars and shuttles. Some companies present ground transportation in layers above the ground. One of the companies is Finnish UDT Technologies which is presenting a Read more
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KONE’s Veturi Program: Building a Sustainable Urban Future
A Four-Year Journey of Innovation with 200 Partners In 2020, KONE launched the “Flow of Urban Life” Veturi ecosystem program, addressing urbanization and sustainability challenges. Supported by EUR 20 million from Business Finland, the program brought together 200 companies, resulting in over a hundred patent applications. “The Veturi program helped us find high-tech partners to Read more
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Fintraffic
Safe, smooth and environmentally friendly mobility in Finland We ensure that pilots are cleared to land, that drivers are informed of disruptions on the road ahead, that rail passengers know that their train will arrive on platform three and that the captain of an oil tanker will know to avoid an impending collision. We are Read more
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Data helps the city of Vaasa go carbon neutral
A collaboration project between the City of Vaasa, Vaasan Sähkö, Wärtsilä and TietoEVRY is aiming to build one of the world’s first solutions to help a city go carbon neutral. In the pilot, the team is researching measures that could slow down climate change, with the City of Vaasa a pilot environment. Cities all over Read more
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ABB
ABB is a pioneering technology leader in electrification products, robotics and motion, industrial automation and power grids, serving customers in utilities, industry and transport & infrastructure globally. Continuing more than a 125-year history of innovation, ABB today is writing the future of industrial digitalization and driving the Energy and Fourth Industrial Revolutions. ABB operates in Read more
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September greetings from Smart Green Ports Export Booster!
To Smart Green Ports USA Export Booster Members We are delighted to share information to everyone on the recent and upcoming activities of the Export Booster in the USA. After the summer vacation in July we have continued to carry out activities at ports and terminals. On 26 August, Team Finland staff visited the Port Read more
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Significant new opening for professional use of drones
Unmanned aviation is now really taking off. The electric-powered and locally emission-free flying devices know as drones are coming under the magnifying glass of both companies and researchers. In order to ensure efficient, safe and professional operations, several major challenges need to be addressed. These include, for example, air navigation services for low-level airspace, control Read more