News from Finland

This is an experimental news service that offers news from Finland in English. A venture from Malloc Enterprises, Inquiries by email: [email protected].

Tracegrow recycles alkaline batteries into zinc and manganese fertilizer

Farmer and serial entrepreneur Petri Huhtala was pondering on a use for used alkaline batteries. Now used batteries are recycled to fertilizers by his company Tracegrow. Over ten Billion alkaline batteries discared glob…

Railway link to the Arctic Ocean could connect the Northeast Passage to Europe through the Finnish Lapland

A railway connection to the Arctic Ocean would accelerate investments in the arctic region. The Transportation and Communications ministry published a study on the topic recently. Finland wants a piece of the action and…

FogScreen, the creator of the water vapor projection surface is bankrupt

FogScreen, the startup developing an image projection surface built on water vapor has declared bankcruptcy in 2013. Development of the technology has continued in another company. The FogScreen is a device that vaporis…

Uber returns to Finland in July 2018

The new legislation that deregulates transportation services like taxis comes into effect in July 2018. This is also the time ride sharing giant Uber returns to the Finnish market after a year long hiatus. In an intervi…

PSE 3 chipset from Bell Labs can bring sixfold bandwidth to existing fiber networks as it nears the Shannon limit

Bell Labs research center has announced a new processor for optical network switches. The PSE 3 chipset (Photonic Service Engine 3) is the first fiber connection processor that is built using the PCS modulation technolo…

Customs statistics: Diesel fuels the most valuable export produce in 2017

According to the statistics from Finnish Customs' statistics for 2017, the growth of exports from the country grew by 15% in 2017. The total value of exports was 59,5 Billion out of which the largest product was surpris…