mainly from Järvenpää and partly from Vantaa's Hakkila office have moved into the new premises in early spring The office building is located close to the Tikkurila station at Lauri Korpisen katu 9 and the area of the premises rented from Sponda Plc is approximately 13,000 square meters "Valmet has over 225 years of industrial history and a strong track record of continuous improvement and renewal in various ways The new premises in Tikkurila mark a new era in Valmet's operations in Finland The modern facilities and good transport connections make the Tikkurila building an important meeting place for us both internally and with our customers," says Aki Niemi "Building a new facility and moving is always a massive effort and I would like to thank the Valmet employees who moved to the new building and our partners for the good cooperation during the project We welcome Valmet employees from Finland and other countries and partners to visit the new premises," continues Teemu Heikkinen who is the local manager of the Tikkurila building and works in the Paper business line at Valmet Modern office building in the heart of Tikkurila The daily life of those working in the Tikkurila office is supported by the building's diverse services a large bicycle parking area with adjacent social facilities and a parking garage with electric car charging points The area offers Valmet employees excellent public transport connections and the services of the Dixi shopping center the focus has been on the flexibility of the spaces The new property has an energy efficiency class A and a platinum-level LEED environmental certification Solar panels that produce renewable energy have been installed on the roof of the building and the yard has been planted with vegetation that supports biodiversity The property’s energy efficiency is also improved by using a geothermal heating system Valmet employs more than 19,000 people worldwide and has customers in over 100 countries The company has more than 110 service centers and 34 research and development centers globally Valmet has about 6,000 employees in various locations Valmet's Vantaa office in Hakkila employs about 700 people a leading full-service packaging solutions supplier for the world’s biggest beauty SPM International announces Bill Partipilo as the new CEO of SPM Instrument boxboard production in Q1 2025 fell 1% compared to Q1 2024 Smurfit Westrock plc announced it will permanently close its coated recycled board (CRB) mill in.. Valmet will deliver a disc filter refurbishment and reinstallation to Holmen Paper’s Braviken Paper Mill.. By Belinda Kelly According to new research Nordic Paper has today decided to approve environmental investments of up to SEK 450 million.. Together with its Turkish partner company Labtek the German testing equipment manufacturer emtec Electronic will.. Mondi has successfully started up its Duino mill This milestone further strengthens Mondi’s position as.. Gulf Paper Manufacturing and Toscotec started up PM2 after a forming section upgrade at their.. Södra delivered a stable result for the first quarter of 2025 VPK Group announces the acquisition of Open Imballaggi a well-established sheet plant specializing in corrugated.. a leading full-line supplier of technologies and services for the paper industry Amcor and Berry Global Group recently announced the European Commission (EC) has granted unconditional approval.. 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Georgia-Pacific’s Savannah River mill in Rincon now accepts polyethylene (PE)-coated paper cups in its.. a global leader in sustainable chemical solutions for water-intensive industries announces that it has invested in Kinki Danboru a privately-owned business located in Zellwood a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions SCA Logistics terminal in Sundsvall has invested in a new knuckle boom crane John Hardwick Twitter Facebook Service hubs with tailored expertise to help you accelerate your business​ Let’s all take advantage of the AI wave – and be the developers of digital futures Tailored software solutions to smoothly run your business​ Custom made offerings adapted for your specific industry Join us on our journey towards responsible AI and explore the opportunities it can bring Tietoevry Corporation           PRESS RELEASE         15 June 2022 has been appointed Head of Investor Relations at Tietoevry as of 1 September 2022 His extensive experience also includes investor relations roles in Outokumpu and Neste His broad experience in capital markets and investor relations will allow us to further develop our active investor dialogue to deliver value to all our stakeholders," says Tomi Hyryläinen Tietoevry creates purposeful technology that reinvents the world for good We are a leading technology company with a strong Nordic heritage and global capabilities we work with our customers to develop digital futures where businesses Our 24 000 experts globally specialize in cloud, data, and software, serving thousands of enterprise and public-sector customers in more than 90 countries. Tietoevry’s annual turnover is approximately EUR 3 billion and the company’s shares are listed on the NASDAQ exchange in Helsinki and Stockholm, as well as on Oslo Børs. www.tietoevry.com Creating purposeful technology that reinvents the world for good The largest battery ever developed within the Nordic countries has been commissioned at Fortum’s Järvenpää power plant in Finland As part of Fortum’s Batcave battery project the lithium-ion battery storage system was installed in partnership with Fortum’s biomass-powered plant in Järvenpää The Batcave battery’s nominal output stands at 2MW while the energy capacity is tabbed at 1MWh The battery consists of approximately 6,600 lithium-ion cells and it offers quick grid flexibility in frequency regulation said: “Our Batcave project takes us a big step closer towards the solar economy where electricity storage plays an important role alongside renewable energy production forms The electricity battery brings flexibility to the national electricity market the Batcave project allows us to test completely new ideas for optimal control of the battery together with other flexible electricity production forms.” The investment cost for the Batcave development project was listed at EUR 1.6 million for which Fortum will gain a 30% energy investment subsidy from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.  The electricity battery was supplied by French company SAFT which has decades of experience in manufacturing various battery technologies Fortum logoFortum logoFortum FORTUM CORPORATION INVESTOR NEWS 3 JULY 2020 AT 9:00 EEST “With this important investment, we continue in our effort to be a preferred infrastructure investment partner to Finnish municipalities. We are very happy for doing this investment in partnership with Vantaa Energy as co-owner and operating partner offering attractive synergies,” adds Carl-Emil Lindholm, Director at Infranode. In 2019, Fortum produced approximately 330 GWh of heat and approximately 90 GWh of power in Järvenpää. The operations currently employ three Fortum employees, who will transfer with the business as old employees. The operation and maintenance services are sourced from an external partner. Ingela Ulfves, VP, IR and Financial Communications Vantaa Energy is one of Finland’s largest city energy companies. We produce district heat and electricity and sell heating services. The energy sector has a significant role to play in combating climate change. We want to be part of the solution. We will stop using coal in our energy production in 2022. We are a growing circular economy energy company that invests in finding carbon-neutral energy solutions. © Fortum 2025 Annual Report K Code of Conduct SpeakUp Reporting Channel Tracing Our Products Kesko's Oiva reports Facebook Instagram LinkedIn YouTube All channels the competition has brought many foreign tourists to the town of Järvenpää in southern Finland to visit one of best grocery stores in the world: “I’m proud of our achievement For a store this small on an international scale located in such a small town in such a small and remote country to be this successful among the best of the best in the world is incredible We have spent a lot of time and resources in developing our store and approach everything with a passion down to the smallest detail We are thrilled to receive such international recognition and be named store of the year!”“The continuous development of the store is very important to me We are constantly trying out various new things at the store and have many projects underway with a long list of ideas waiting to be implemented next spring we intend to remodel our dairy section,” says Markku Hautala we are thrilled and proud of K-Citymarket Järvenpää’s win Markku Hautala and his staff have done an amazing job developing the store Their uncompromising work to serve their customers really shows and is bearing fruit This passion for developing and courage to try out new ideas are driving the entire grocery trade sector forward,” says Ari Sääksmäki IGD announced the awards finalists in July K-Citymarket Järvenpää was the only store to be included in the Nordic countries The other finalists for Store of the Year were Giant Heirloom IGD is a UK-based grocery trade research and training organisation Every year IGD visits some 1,000 stores worldwide and compiles analysis reports The organisation hosts an annual IGD Awards event in London to celebrate the best of the global food and consumer goods industry in various categories K-Citymarket Järvenpää won Store of the Year considered by many as the main awards category K Group media desk (Mon-Fri 8-16), tel. +358 105 350 200, viestinta@kesko.fi The K-Supermarket Mankkaa grocery store and atNorth's data center in Espoo are launching a groundbreaking collaboration in which waste heat from the data center will be used to cover almost all the heating energy needed by the store Noomi Järgerhorn (M.Soc.Sc.) has been appointed as Kesko’s Vice President of Sustainability and assume her new position on 1 June 2025 at the latest According to a K Group survey,* 95% of K-food store customers buy red label products often or sometimes Red label products are sold at a discount because their best before date is approaching Red label products also affect many people's meal plans:.. Kesko was ranked the best company in the world in Consumer Staples on this year’s ‘Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World’ listing K Group is responding to customer wishes by reducing the price of over 1,200 products in its grocery stores in what division President Ari Akseli calls a significant investment in the stores’ basic price level Kesko has been included in the Dow Jones sustainability indices the DJSI World and the DJSI Europe Kesko ranked as the best company in its industry (Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail) for the third consecutive year Kesko has updated its sustainability strategy setting emission reduction targets for its own operations extending to 2034 Kesko will be increasing its investments in energy efficiency and the electrification of transports in.. Did you know that a K-retailer can also be a beekeeper the retailer at K-Supermarket Suosikki in Suolahti got interested in beekeeping when she was finding out about the operations of various small-scale producers K-Supermarket Piikkiö was renovated and expanded with the installation of new energy-efficient refrigeration units LED lighting that can be adjusted for each department and a powerful 100 kW fast charging station for electric cars Kesko has agreed to acquire three builders’ merchants in Denmark: Roslev Trælasthandel A/S The combined net sales of the three operators total some €400 million The acquisitions are part of the executio.. Eriksson began donating products at risk of going to waste to Stadin safka's food aid programme Nearly 45 percent of the products nearing expiration or otherwise destined for waste are now redirected to food aid in collaboration with 21 other organisations have launched a major research project with the aim of making Finland a pioneer in the reuse of packaging In addition to creating a system to enable the reuse of packagin.. Time Magazine has listed the most sustainable companies in the world based on an extensive assessment 13 Finnish companies were ranked among the world’s most sustainable companies Kesko is the best trading sector company i.. By far the most popular canned fruit at K-stores is canned pineapple an affordable product that is suitable for many dishes A QR code will be added to Pirkka and K-Menu pineapple cans so that K-store customers will be able to learn about the origin.. Kesko plans to gradually increase the number of electric vehicles used for transport and deliveries in its grocery trade business to some 200 EVs by 2030 EV charging points for heavy vehicles will be built in all Kesko’s grocery trade logistics cent.. Photo: Youted your parents probably told you not to wear your shoes in the house they may have changed their tune if they saw these knitted sneakers that are actually a quirky pair of slippers Shaped and styled like Converse high-top shoes the cozy footwear features a version of the brand’s iconic star logo and comes complete with laces that you can tie Järvenpää boasts that the slippers are both comfortable and practical. They have a double-lined bottom which allows them to be warm—“even on the terrace cool autumn evening.” The colors are up to you, although she has her own yarn suggestions that will make the pattern easier to replicate Järvenpää provides only one warning with this DIY; it may be addictive DIY Hooded Owl Blanket Turns a Couch Potato into a Cozy Bird Japanese Woman Spotted Wearing Heels That Look Exactly Like Pigeons Stunningly Artistic Shoes Fuse Unlikely Materials with Stylish Heels Want to advertise with us? Visit My Modern Met Media Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening Annie Virtanen has been living in Järvenpää with her husband and three sons for roughly ten years She told us her story and her family’s reasons to move to Järvenpää and why she picked the word ”inclusive” when describing the city My husband and his family have been living in Järvenpää since he was 10 years old his family moved to Järvenpää from Karkkila So when we decided to start a family here in Finland we decided to move from Kerava where I was studying at Laurea-ammattikorkeakoulu where we had a support network through his family and friends that Järvenpää seemed more of a “proper city” in some way I had always loved the idea that Järvenpää is next to a big lake The location is also really important to me The easy access to Helsinki city center and to Helsinki Airport were a big bonus Buying our dream house was also a realistical goal in Järvenpää Since the beginning it was a no-brainer for me to love this city Our original plan was to live in Finland for 3 years until the end of my studies in Laurea-ammattikorkeakoulu Then the plan was to return to Malawi where I had my own travel company Things nevertheless changed when I started excepting our first son and the pregnancy got some dramatic events towards the end Our son was born premature and I doubt I would be alive today if the delivery would have happened in Malawi The level of Finnish healthcare and also the general safety played a big part on our decision to raise our family in Finland.   The hardest thing about living in Finland has definitely been finding a job There has been moments where I have just wanted to go back home I used to think a lot about what was the reason I couldn’t get a job here – was it my appearance But based on my experience with all the foreigners I have met here we all seem to have encountered very similar problems and challenges no matter what our backrounds have been.  Before covid19 I worked in Helsinki-Vantaa Airport Luckily I ended up finding a job in HR in a Finnish The company has a truely international working culture and we have talents from all kinds of backrounds and nationalities both Finnish and international.   but we definitely wanted our kids to go to a Finnish-speaking school There has been some cases with my oldest son where he has been bullied because of his skin colour but we felt that the school took this seriously and tried their best to help him and to deal with the situation the school provided him a speech therapist to help with his speech development and this didn’t cost us anything.   In general I think there has been a lot of different great services and benefits from the city and the society that we have been able to use but I have a feeling these services are not very well known especially among foreigners living in Finland Maybe the main reason is that the foreigners don’t know where to look for the information or the information is not provided in a language they’re familiar with.   Rantapuisto park and the beach are of course obvious I heard that people living in Kerava or Hyrylä drive to Järvenpää particularly to visit the beach I also enjoy that everything is really close here daycare and all the shops and services are within a close distance I also enjoy the historical and cultural aspects of the city you can somehow sense the history in music and art all around the city.   that I have felt people being really supportive of our family I haven’t personally experienced anything negative in Järvenpää which has made me feel that I have been included in the community.   who has seen her own son been bullied because of his skin-colour I would love to see even more actions towards teaching children about diversity and inclusion – so that in the future the kids here in Järvenpää would see no difference between races and skin-colours It’s hard to understand the damage discrimination does to you if you haven’t experienced it yourself.  the city and its local companies could acknowledge the city’s highly-skilled citizens with foreign backrounds by providing them some professional programs or apprenticeships This way people might be able to find jobs easier and the Finnish society would gain much needed high-skilled workforce.   Education: Master in Business Administration  Profession: Talent acquisition specialist  Best in Järvenpää: Rantapuisto park and beach Järvenpäähenkilö-stories introduces the city’s inhabitants Are you a new resident in Järvenpää? Check our page A mover’s guide to Järvenpää | Järvenpää (jarvenpaa.fi) to find useful and inspiring information about the city Annie’s story can also be found in Finnish! Newshub Järvenpää is currently a professor of accounting at the University of Vaasa He also serves as the vice-dean of the School of Accounting and Finance Previous positions include professor of accounting and head of the School of Accounting at the Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics He has also worked at the Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences the University Consortium in Pori and the Turku School of Economics Järvenpää received his doctorate in accounting from the Turku School of Economics His term as dean runs until 31 December 2025 The dean is responsible for the management of the school and is the supervisor of the school's staff This includes promoting collaboration among schools and research platforms and also within the school The dean is responsible for developing and monitoring the quality of the degree programmes Newshub is packed with news and articles about trending topics and relevant social themes Stay on top of trends and follow us on our Newshub Read more about our impactful research To the Newshub front page Contact information In line with its strategy and continued review of the business portfolio, Fortum has decided to assess strategic options, including possible divestment, of its district heating and cooling businesses in Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Järvenpää in Finland. Based on initial assessments, these district heating and cooling businesses have been identified as operations that could provide higher growth and value potential with an alternative ownership structure. In 2019, these business operations comprised sales of 5.1 TWh of heat and 1.3 TWh of power with a combined EBITDA of approximately EUR 120 million. In Poland, Fortum provides district heating in five cities (Plock, Czestochowa, Bytom, Zabrze and Wroclaw) through its own district heating facilities and/or district heating networks. The operations also include two multi-fuel combined heat and power (CHP) plants in Czestochowa and Zabrze, commissioned in 2010 and 2019, respectively. In 2019, 3.3 TWh of heat and 0.6 TWh of power was sold with an EBITDA of EUR 43 million. In the Baltics, Fortum provides district heating in five cities (Tartu and Pärnu in Estonia, Daugavpils and Jelgava in Latvia and Klaipeda in Lithuania). Further, Fortum owns four CHP plants with one additional new plant in Kaunas in Lithuania (49% owned), which is under construction. In 2019, Fortum's sales in the Baltics was 1.5 TWh of heat and 0.6 TWh of power with an EBITDA of EUR 66 million, including subsidies for bio-based energy. These operations employ approximately 530 people, half of whom are located in Poland and half in the Baltics. In addition, Fortum’s district heating operations in the Järvenpää-Tuusula area in Finland, include both a CHP plant and a district heating network. In 2019, 0.3 TWh of heat and 0.1 TWh of power was sold with a corresponding EBITDA of EUR 11 million. The operation and maintenance of this plant are sourced externally. There is no certainty whether the assessment will result in any transactions and Fortum will inform the market, if and when appropriate. Tokmanni     Press release     3 March 2021 at 6:20 p.m Tokmanni, Finland’s largest general discount retailer, has revamped the food department of its Järvenpää store which sells both dry foodstuffs and fresh food the Järvenpää store now has a wider selection and offers a markedly improved customer experience The store has been revamped in line with Tokmanni’s newest food department concept special attention has been paid to the arrangement and display of products and product categories Customers’ wishes have been taken into account in the store layout healthiness and easy preparation – are highlighted more clearly than before The number of shelves has also been increased to enable a more comprehensive product assortment The overall appearance of the Järvenpää store is markedly more pleasing and modern than before the colour scheme combines Tokmanni’s main colours “The purpose of the refurbishment is to create a more diverse and comfortable store with a more comprehensive selection of food products and consumer goods The modern and practical facilities of the store building provided a good starting point for revamping the food department We believe that the refurbished store and our newest food department concept will be well received in Järvenpää,” says Harri Koponen Store Network and Concept Director at Tokmanni Hundreds of new products and an in-store bakery with a changing selection of nearly 100 products the refurbished food department also means more extensive selections The Tokmanni store in Järvenpää now offers nearly 500 new products Dozens of products have also been added to the selections of snacks The additions include products from several Finnish local and small producers The new in-store bakery offers various types of bread sweet pastries and other classics and a changing selection of seasonal products and stock lots The in-store bakery range will include nearly 100 different products the refurbished food department of the Tokmanni store in Järvenpää has a selection of more than 10,000 grocery products The range has been tailored to the needs of local customers and we will continue to supplement the selection based on customers’ wishes and purchasing behaviour,” says Matti Korolainen Some things remain unchanged – such as the low prices “We will continue to ensure that we offer a diverse range of products at affordable prices so we encourage customers to pay attention to our special offers and to pop in for smart shopping The Tokmanni store in Järvenpää offers everything you need under one roof,” says Korolainen Tokmanni seeks to reduce waste by optimising order volumes and deliveries Tokmanni stores sell soon-to-expire food products at half-price starting two hours before the store’s closing time Waste is also reduced by donating unsold food products to charity One of the largest and most diverse Tokmanni stores in Finland the Järvenpää store is one of the largest Tokmanni stores in Finland with one of the most diverse selections in the country In addition to a comprehensive range of food products the store offers a wide selection of products related to beauty It also has a large selection of clothes and accessories household consumer goods and leisure products as well as various garden and yard equipment also play a significant role in Tokmanni’s product selections The Tokmanni store in Järvenpää has a very spacious garden department,” says Korolainen The Järvenpää store has around 50 employees Under the supervision of Store Manager Sanna Viita the store serves customers with long opening hours: from 8 am to 9 pm on weekdays and Saturdays and from 10 am to 8 pm on Sundays Tokmanni takes care of safety in many ways Images & Video: Pixeleye Interactive / Dirk Behlau Vintage cars are gathering in Tuxtla Gutierrez Mexico for the October 22nd start of the Carrera Panamericana The seven day event is a continuation of the original La Carrera Panamericana the 100 competitors will cover about 2000 miles through the heart of Mexico near Juarez – across the border from El Paso Top officers from the Mexican Highway Patrol clear the highways for timed speed runs by the participants and upwards of a million spectators cheer the racers along The event was resurrected in 1988 and shows no sign of waning Back for a second year and among the longest traveling participants founding member of the highly entertaining group If you’ve not run across them before The Leningrad Cowboys is a Finnish rock band famous for its humorous songs exceptional hairstyles and concerts featuring a Russian military band This year’s entry is a restored 1965 Mustang fastback which is reserved for cars built from 1955 through 1965 Additional classes are established for cars that could have participated in the original event A second entry is running under the Leningrad Cowboys Racing banner Harri Rovanperä is entering a 1954 Studebaker The choice is not one that should be chuckled at Swedes Stig Blomqvist (World Rally Champion 1984) and Ana Goni took 1st Place overall in last year’s race with one of these cars from the 1958 Corvette that Järvenpää entered This is the first speed stage on the first day of that event Build your own custom newsletter with the content you love from FordMuscle We will safeguard your e-mail and only send content you request We'll send you the most interesting FordMuscle articles We promise not to use your email address for anything but exclusive updates from the Power Automedia Network Sign in/UpRegister nowWhy RegisterOLYMPIC GAMESBEIJING (NATIONAL STADIUM) Andreas Thorkildsen wins his second successive Olympic javelin title (© Getty Images) police suspect links to drug tradeThe suspects have lengthy criminal records including ties to the Cannonball biker gang Open image viewerThe men were formally placed under arrest on Thursday at Eastern Uusimaa District Court four days after they were taken into custody Image: Pekka Tynell / YLEYle News10.6.2021 17:40•Updated 10.6.2021 17:43Two men were remanded in custody on Thursday at the Eastern Uusimaa District Court on suspicion of murder shot a 27-year-old man to death in Järvenpää just north of Helsinki about two weeks ago The victim was killed in an apartment building courtyard on Sauvakatu in Järvenpää's Pajala district around 2 pm on May 26 The suspects fled the scene but were apprehended on Sunday Police say they receive many tips from the public The brazen daylight attack is being investigated as case of premeditated murder According to Detective Chief Inspector Tero Tyynelä the victim and the suspects knew each other Police suspect that the motive was related to drug trafficking Yle has learned that the suspects have extensive rap sheets including ties to the outlawed Cannonball motorcycle gang One of the men was sentenced nine months in prison in 2015 for aggravated theft attempted aggravated theft and providing false personal information The other suspect was sentenced earlier this year to five years' probation for money laundering related to the proceeds of criminal activities The case was linked to the activities of Cannonball MC which is designated as an organised crime group by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Ten other convictions were handed down as part of the same case Tyynelä declined to comment on the murder suspects' possible links to organised crime He said that police had not so far found any direct links between this killing and organised crime The Eastern Uusimaa Police Department is investigating the case in partnership with the NBI and other police departments IMA is a major association of accountants and financial professionals in business The association supports research and education in the field IMA has 140,000 members and it grants CPA (Certified Management Accountant) authorisations IRF funds research on accounting and financial management the foundation has bestowed more than one million USD in research grants upon academics and doctoral students is to develop research on accounting and financial management in various ways for example by evaluating applications for research grants I will gain new perspectives on the current state development and future of the work of financial management professionals in the United States and globally the appointment could bring new opportunities cooperate in research and education Järvenpää thinks that the appointment was influenced by his diverse research work and collaboration with Dr Kip Krumwiede Järvenpää´s main research interests include the work of financial administration and accounting professionals and its development to support management he has studied the development and application of innovations in management accounting is also well-known at the University of Vaasa as he is involved in our new research project That has received funding from the Business Education Fund to research the effects of digitalisation on financial management IMA website HELSINKI FINLAND JUser: :_load: Unable to load user with ID: 80 Inside K-Citymarket Järvenpää (Image: Lehtikuva) A BRANCH OF K-CITYMARKET IN JÄRVENPÄÄ has been named the 'best grocery store on Earth' at a global retail awards event in London awarded the store on the basis of lengthy criteria including excellent customer service The store beat out shortlist contenders including Sainsbury's and Giant Heirloom You can see more photos from the best store in the world by scrolling down Advertisement inquiries and other after-sales issues: info@helsinkitimes.fi Helsinki Times is the first and only English language newspaper providing news about Finland in English A weekly print edition of Helsinki Times was published from March 2007 up until Feb Helsinki Times is an online-only publication and other groups and individuals interested in Finland from all around the world © Helsinki Times All rights reserved.  Terms of Use | Privacy Policy JUser: :_load: Unable to load user with ID: 58 has revealed his desire to develop the supermarket into the most interesting of its kind in Europe K-CITYMARKET Järvenpää has been shortlisted as a finalist in the shop of the year category at IGD Awards an annual event celebrating the best and most significant accomplishments in grocery trade The Järvenpää-based supermarket will take on competition from Giant Heirloom in Philadelphia (US) Pão de Açúcar in São Paulo (BR) and Supervalu in Clonakilty (IE) “It’s an incredible feeling,” commented Markku Hautala “It has been our dream to put Finnish perseverance expertise in grocery trade and Järvenpää on the world map We’re confident that when you have skilled K-Citymarket Järvenpää has become a nationwide phenomenon due to the bold and ambitious ideas of Hautala The supermarket has featured a sushi counter a gelato machine and a restaurant headed by chef Matti Jämsén since 2016 The plan for next year is to open a bring-your-own restaurant with a licence to serve alcohol inside the grocery shop to allow customers to eat and drink what they have bought Hautala revealed to Helsingin Sanomat last year he and his employees flew to Japan to learn to make sushi in order to turn Järvenpää into the sushi capital of Finland wrote last year about his desire to turn the supermarket into the most interesting in Europe Aleksi Teivainen – HTSource: Uusi Suomi © Helsinki Times All rights reserved.  Terms of Use | Privacy Policy The circular economy is expected to help solve the global sustainability challenge such as recycling and waste management companies play a major role in keeping materials in circulation and – Material cycles could be made more efficient by taking advantage of digitalisation and data I have researched how circular economy enterprises who will be defending her doctoral dissertation at the University of Vaasa on Friday Circular economy enterprises are expecting more competition in the future Customers are increasingly highlighting green values waste transportations should have lower CO2 emissions than now circular economy SMEs need help with planning operations preparing for the future as competition increases reducing CO2 emissions as well as investments it is possible to reduce expenses and increase efficiency by taking advantage of data Material flows could be better managed and cooperation between enterprises in the circular economy ecosystem promoted data do not contain meaning per se; instead you need to be able to produce information to support decision-making on the basis of that data The results of the dissertation show that the data utilised by circular economy SMEs often originate from their business processes and systems The data are used to describe the current state rather than to predict the future – Operations could be developed further if it were possible to combine relevant data from different sources and to produce tangible information for the use of the company’s personnel Circular economy SMEs find it challenging to combine relevant data from different sources and to use analytics Järvenpää says that circular economy SMEs face many challenges with taking advantage of data these difficulties are related to the very understanding of the data and how they are processed as well as resources The data may be scattered across several systems and it is time-consuming to manually input and combine data Enterprises also have challenges with using information systems Enterprises may not have adequate skills to use information systems or the capability to refine data and develop reporting The legislation also poses challenges as the data format required for reporting to authorities might differ from how the data is measured in practice.   How can circular economy SMEs develop their capacity to take advantage of data when it can be difficult in the labour market to compete with larger enterprises for skilled employees one way is to cooperate with a university and its students.  – The results show that enterprises benefited from cooperating with students in data analytics projects in many ways Enterprises not only acquainted themselves with analytics tools but they also learned to better understand their data with the help of visualisations made by students the visualisations produced more understanding of the enterprise’s problem and led to concrete development ideas The user manuals made by students also helped to take advantage of the visualised solution and to develop it further in the enterprise.  Järvenpää points out that not only companies benefit from cooperation with universities cooperation provides a learning environment where they can apply their skills and gain an understanding of the development challenges related to the circular economy.   Anne-Mari (2022) Developing data analytics capabilities of circular economy SMEs Publication pdf Anne-Mari Järvenpää’s doctoral dissertation ”Developing data analytics capabilities of circular economy SMEs” will be held on Friday 2.12.2022 at noon at the University of Vaasa Professor Nina Helander (Tampere University) and Associate Professor Docent Kaisa Henttonen (University of Eastern Finland) will act as opponents and Docent Iivari Kunttu as custos She graduated from Häme University of Applied Sciences in 2005 with an engineering degree and completed her master’s degree in engineering in 2010 she works as a lecturer at Häme University of Applied Sciences View all partners Anthropologist Carole Yawney has documented how on the eve of South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994 the African National Congress (ANC) distributed an electoral leaflet in townships with the following message: … The ANC recognises that Rastas are part and parcel of the oppressed masses We all know of the important role the international Rasta movement has played in the liberation struggle in bringing to the attention of the world the message of our struggle through music The ANC was trying to acknowledge and capitalise on the role reggae music and the Rastafarian movement played in the struggle against the apartheid regime Jamaican reggae was essential in bringing international attention to the South African political struggle Jamaican artists addressed their lyrical messages directly to the liberation movements of southern Africa. Some of the most notable examples include “Fight Apartheid” (1977) by Peter Tosh, “Zimbabwe”(1979) by Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer’s “Botha the Mosquito” (1986) They launched the genre as one of the most popular music styles in the country in the 1980s and early 1990s During the second part of the nineties in democratic South Africa reggae lost much of its former visibility and commercial potential This was partly because it was so deeply and specifically connected to the struggle years and the protest against apartheid the Rastafarian counterculture continued to hold relevance in marginalised urban settings Those are the areas where it had initially been rooted back in the 1970s the protest spirit of reggae turned to voice concerns over the socioeconomic inequalities that continued to escalate throughout the 1990s and 2000s Reggae and Rastafari are currently flourishing especially in the Western Cape province and its capital I first started doing anthropological research on Capetonian reggae in 2013 I assumed somewhat naively that the township reggae circuit of the city would be relatively closed from outsiders But it soon became apparent that I was actually travelling along a well beaten path during my field research Reggae musicians held wide social connections to foreign artists producers and managers across the city as well as across the world Many were using online platforms to collaborate with individuals I remember being captivated by their music particularly their militant lyrical style that seemed exotic and out of the ordinary to me In Finland reggae music isn’t politicised in similar fashion These are just a few of the recent intercontinental ventures of Capetonian reggae musicians In addition, well-established Capetonian singers Zoro and Vido Jelashe emigrated to Europe some years ago but they still draw from township reality in their lyrical storytelling In fact the lyrical and visual depictions of Cape Town’s ghetto conditions are central in rendering the artists with street credibility in all of these collaborations Capetonian reggae music is a part of a broader musical trend where the metaphor of the ghetto has become central in the formation of transnational musical connections Cultural anthropologist Prof Rivke Jaffe states that ghetto-based identifications allow the mobilisation of a broader transnational belonging against the injustice of this immobility helping to undermine the stigma of poverty and social marginality Identification with Rastafarian reggae music and its visual and lyrical narratives has indeed offered South African musicians inclusion in a global story of exclusion and injustice it is the collective frame of immobility… which connects ghetto dwellers worldwide This rings true for the Cape Town reggae scene It’s practically invisible and inaudible in the main music venues of the city where the township audiences are not seen as a lucrative target group Instead this township scene has formed a vibrant existence in YouTube music videos and in foreign music festivals Based on my experience as a researcher it seems that the main political significance of reggae music in general does not lie in its explicitly political lyrics Instead it’s in the grassroots cultural connection that it has enabled Yet the question remains whether these international cultural connections are able to sustain solidarity between marginalised groups of people consumed abroad in ways which enforce stereotypes about the “notorious hoods” of the African cities among middle-class white audiences the financial rewards from these collaborations and tours are often very modest or non-existent for South African reggae musicians The musicians are very aware of the risk of financial or symbolic exploitation in the international circulation of their music But what they find worthwhile are the symbolic rewards such as the possibility to share a festival stage with Jamaican artists Experiences like these are powerful because they once again grant outside recognition for the struggle for human dignity in South African cities The Finnish Immigration Service is preparing to set up new reception centres due to the increased need to provide accommodation for people fleeing Ukraine Most of those fleeing Ukraine are staying in private accommodation those fleeing Ukraine due to the Russian military attack had submitted 38,243 applications for temporary protection Some of the reception centres to be established are branches of existing reception centres The Finnish Immigration Service continues to increase the number of accommodation places in existing reception centres their secondary branches and service points for people in private accommodation The Finnish Immigration Service is responsible for directing planning and supervising the operations of the reception system The Finnish Immigration Service reception centres are located in Helsinki The other reception centres are maintained by organisations New reception 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Järvenpää in the wee hours of Sunday morning The perpetrators failed to blow open the cash machine but caused considerable damage to an adjacent supermarket Open image viewerImage: Juha-pekka Inkinen / Yle12.6.2016 15:21Police reported Sunday that unknown individuals used explosives to try and blow up an ATM in Järvenpää in what appeared to be a failed robbery attempt The automated teller was located in the Haarajoki district The incident took place in the early hours of Sunday morning and involved an automated cash machine embedded in the side of a supermarket The detonation failed to breach the machine but it caused extensive damage to the supermarket Police from the Eastern Uusimaa precinct are investigating the case as aggravated attempted larceny The incident follows a previous case late in May in which thieves attempted to rip an ATM from a wall in central Finland Officials are calling on members of the public with any information relating to the case to contact them at 029 543 6442 was completely destroyed by a fire on Monday morning Firefighters brought the blaze under control but mopping up operations are continuing Open image viewerImage: Yle16.8.2010 8:35•Updated 10.4.2012 19:05Around 10 guests were in the hotel when the flames broke out All of them were quickly evacuated to safety High temperatures have hindered firefighters’ work the on-duty fire chief of the Central Uusimaa Rescue Department ”The extinguishing work has been difficult The restaurant side has been almost totally destroyed.” Firefighters have managed to save the hotel Extinguishing work is expected to continue for some hours Firefighters were alerted to the scene around 4 a.m Police are investigating the cause of the fire Damage is extensive but the Casino CEO Kirsi Savolainen did not want to eleborate on the cost of the fire The Järvenpää Mosque in southern Finland is the first mosque built in the Nordic region according to media sources.Muslims in Europe are constantly trying to build mosques all over the continent and this is the case even in countries where the Muslim population is very small.In this context Finland is one of the northern European countries with a small number of Muslims own a mosque.The Järvenpää Mosque belongs to the Finnish Islamic Complex and the Muslim community raised funds for it.In the 1980s the Tatars arranged language and religious education for children in the mosque most of their activities focused on some religious occasions such as the holy month of Ramadan.The Nordic countries extend across northern Europe and the North Atlantic Ocean in addition to the regions that follow these countries The term Scandinavia is sometimes used in English to refer to the Nordic countries although it excludes Greenland and is often intended to refer only to Denmark