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Measurepolis Development Ltd. is a technology and business development company specializing in measurements and information technology that aims to create profitable business for its partners.

Picture: Helge V. Keitel, KK-Net, Kajaani, Finland (19.9.2013)

The company's main customers are firms and research institutes operating in the field of measurement and information systems.

Measurepolis manages regional and national development programmess within its field of expertise and produces technology and business development, information, and marketing and communication services for its partners and customers.

We visited Measurepolis, CEMIS, and Kainuun Etu today with a group of 20 technology journalists representing the Presstek assiociation.

Picture: Helge V. Keitel, KK-Net, Jyväskylä, Finland (6.9..2013)

Deepening recession and the falling demand of woodworking industry´s traditional products have forced also sawmilling industry to find new and more fertile solutions to improve their operational preconditions.

In recent years, the role of bioenergy production has often been highlighted as a part of sawmills´ business repertoire.

Sawmilling produces naturally a lot of by-products (e.g. bark, sawdust, chips) which could be exploited more effectively in energy production, and this would bring more incomes or maybe even create new business opportunities for sawmills.

Production of bioenergy is also supported by government´s climate and energy policies favouring renewable energy sources, public financial subsidies, and soaring prices of fossil fuels.

Also the decreasing production of domestic pulp and paper industry releases a fair amount of sawmills´ by-products for other uses.

Professionals of wood and bioenergy industries meet again at the Wood and Bioenergy 2013 exhibition. Organized since 1989 the event has established itself as a leading event of the industry.

Picture: Helge V. Keitel, KK-Net, Jyväskylä, Finland (6.9.2013)

Take a look at the exhibitors:350 companies at display on 200 stands.

I was there , meeting and talking with experts, exhibitors and visitors. Jyväskylä's central location and functional facilities of Jyväskylä Paviljonki provide the event with a professional framework it deserves. Wood and Bioenergy exhibition represents wide-ranging the whole timber industry.

Valtavalo G3 LED tubes are manufactured in Finland with a completely new automated production line. The automatic processing ensures a uniform quality and reliability that has not been met before in LED light sources.

At the end of the manufacturing process each G3 LED tube goes through a multiphase automated test process where the amount of light, the colour rendering index, the spectrum, light temperature, power, power ratio and harmonic distortion are measured.

Take a peek inside Oulu's business opportunities. Visioning a future for the technology city.

Innovation catwalk from the event Robotics Innovation Challenge that took place in Eskilstuna, Sweden, on April 25, 2013. On the catwalk new robot innovations were presented. The event was powered by the Swedish robot cluster Robotdalen.

I'm reflecting back upon the things we discussed at the Hanasaari China seminar. It's time to get in touch with some of the people I met there.

Picture: Helge V. Keitel, KK-Net, Hanasaari, Finland (2013)

Imagine that this information board would be a touch screen with some additional content available by changing the frame or one of the segments. Picture: Helge V. Keitel, KK-Net, Sotkamo, Finland

Ryanair makes money throug dramatically increased efficieny. Flying isn't a luxury experience anymore. Rayanair allows travellers to spend their hard earned euros on the ground. I do like the idea.

What I rellay wanted to ask Jouko was whether he had brought the newspaper with the article written by Svetlana.

No problem, the artcile is also available at Helsinki Times - News from Finland.

This is an interesting coincidence, while we're negotiating to close a deal about a Clenatec CRM project where we need bloggers and social media activists to cover the Russian market. 

I hope to be able to get a contract in August or September 2013. We're also thinking about other possibilities in the same line. I'll write more about that in my coming postings.

Svetlana Huusko writes: "My first visit to Finland was in 2005 when my family and I went on vacation to a Spa-Hotel and my first impression of the country was very positive. It was quiet and peaceful, and people were not in a hurry. There were many ways to relax here and the nature was insanely beautiful. Since then, I have visited Finland quite a few times for shopping, leisure and cultural attractions but I never thought about living here or marrying a Finnish man. I’m originally from St. Petersburg, so it was easy for me to visit Finland and enjoy all the pleasures."

Read more about Svetlana at Helsinki Times

The man walked to the window and gazed out. The paper mill, power plant, water and waste treatment units were there. They would be there for some years or decades to come. 

Looking at the prospects, the networker had to make a fundamental choice from which many other decision in his professional life would follow. And that choice was simple.

His contact was looking for measurement and process specialists, problem identifiers, programmers and productivity enhancers motivated to operate as local problems solvers.

He had to figure out logical answers to these questions:

• Do you want to do good and do well?
• Do you want to make money and make the world a better place?
• Do you want your kids to live in a safe and sustainable environment?
• Do you want to become a good and respected problem solver?

Back in school, we used to talk about working together. After all this time, we are, now.

Kind of funny. They all walked over to the boardroom TV and saw what the environmental consultant mentioned.

On the screen, we were pushing through a crowd of TV cameras and microphones as reporters shouted questions.

The response: "No comments!"

The rest of the meeting passed quietly. The energy consultants occupied themselves behind their computers. We were talking about alternative CHP solutions for small scale power plants.

A lot of talk, but very little sustainable, long-term solutions. Sad, there was a demand. The technology evolution was slower than expected.

DALLAS

White people never drew into the neighborhoods and mean streets of South Dallas, into the "other Dallas" fo crime and crack cocaine, prostitution and proverty, drive-by shootings and gang-bangers.

I'll tell more details in my next postings.

Global trends such as climate change and urbanization shape the way we live and the way we do business.

We need a diverse range of skills to communicate and collaborate with our customers and prospects in the fields of:

• Energy
• Mining
• Building
• Food
• Nutrients
• Automation
• Measurements
• Communication
• Control
• Water
• Waste
• Pollution
• Environment
• Productivity
• Sustainable
• Infrastructure

As human beings, we rely on the nature around us for the quality of life and the supply of necessities such as food and water.

Security of power supplies, climate change and energy efficieny are top priorities on the global agenda.

Once upon a time, Nokia was the world's largest mobile phone maker. Nokia was number one with a huge margin compared to anyone else. There was a time when the Swedish Ericsson appeard as an important competitor. 

Picture: Helge V. Keitel, KK-Net, Sotkamo, Finland (2010)

Today, Nokia is just another smart phones producer. It will take a long time for the global leader to climb back to its historical might. This  will take a lot of time or it never happens.

Motorla and Blackberry are almost history. What kind of lessons can we learn from this?

Lions Club Sotkamo had a meeting in Kuhmo 29.06.2013. We're preparing for the Annual Meeting in Vuokatti 2015.

Picture: Helge V. Keitel, KK-Net, Sotkamo - Lions Club Sotkamo Bootcamp in Kuhmo (2013)

In the spring of 2013, the Bioenergy team of 21 persons participated in a most interesting trip to Rheinland-Pfalz in Germany. The journey became a fact-finding-mission focusing on bioenergy, solar energy, windmills, biogas units, pellets, briketts, etc.

Picture: Helge V. Keitel, KK-Net, Germany (2013)

Picture: Helge V. Keitel, KK-Net, Germany (2013)

The role of a tractor at a German biogas unit at Rheinland-Pfalz.

Picture: Irja Kallio, KK-Net, Bioenergy Germany (2013)

The Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, has called on the European Central Bank to create a program to provide cheap funding to small businesses, an initiative that has been empolyeed outside the euro zone to get credit flowing again.

Small firms in Spain are paying higher rates for financing  than their counterparts in Northern Europe, the result of a property bust and prolonged recession in that country.

Though credit conditions helped push a record number of Spanish firms into bankruptcy in the first quarter of 2013.

Source: The Global Edition of The New York Times, Reuters

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Picture: Helge V. Keitel, KK-Net, Germany (April 12, 2013)

We visited the company Tenhaeff GmbH in the vilage of Ellner (Rheinland-Pfalz) to see the sawmill and the manufacturing of traditional German interior design items and components for restaurants and hotels.

TENHAEFF - Ihr Gastronomie Möbel Hersteller

Source: www.tenhaeff.de