The Business of Innovation

From a student flat to Europe's market leader

 

The software company Digium Oy that was founded in a student studio flat in 1998 and is specialised in browser-based enterprise feedback management, can currently be found on Deloitte’s list of the hundred fastest-growing European companies. The fusion with the Norwegian QuestBack made Digium the leading company in Europe in an industry that is expected to have 20-30% annual growth.

(December 17th, 2010)

Newelo develops network journalism

 

The founders of Newelo Oy first developed services to media houses and news agencies under the Nokia Group. It was soon realised that the product may have demand on a broader scale as well. Thus, an idea for a spin-off company was born that would rely more on technology.

(December 17th, 2010)

Chemical cluster at forefront of Europe

Riku Rinta-Jouppi, Project Manager of the Helsinki REAH Centre is a busy man. Meetings with chemical agencies in different countries have sent him from one continent to another. The aims are high: Helsinki is being built into Europe’s capital of chemicals.

(February 6th, 2008)

Preventing fires before they start

In Finnish home, accidents occur more often than in other European countries. In future, things might be different. Concern for fire safety has inspired Lahti-based company, Fidepro Oy, to develop an innovative intelligent smoke alarm.

(February 6th, 2008)

Successful development in a micro-company

TEKEL's Incubator Company of the Year 2007 is a virtual company operated by a three-person team. Using biotechnology specialists, BioCis Pharma Ltd from Turku develops drugs for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases in humans and animals.

(January 14th, 2008)

At the speed of change

The pace of progress at the Oulu-based Sensinode Ltd is so great that people are holding on to their hats. The company’s field of business, designing wireless sensor networks and OEM products, is in a transitional phase. The company is but a few steps away from internationalising.

(January 14th, 2008)

 
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