PRESS MATERIAL
PRESS MATERIAL
The VARPU research project focuses on virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) in the context of industrial applications. It targets industry areas that are important to the Finnish economy, including mechanical engineering, the process industry, building, facility management, urban planning, living and security.
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Business Finland creates new growth by supporting Finnish companies to go global, as well as funding innovations. Their experts speed up the identification of business opportunities around the world and help transform them into global success stories. As a fresh organisation, formed through the merger of Tekes and Finpro, they continue to evolve by listening to their customers. Business Finland’s services can support you during the different stages of internationalization.
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The city of Rovaniemi, the enterprises in the region as well as the Arctic Centre and Faculty of Art and Design at the University of Lapland are experts in the field of Arctic Design and committed to its development.​ Rovaniemi is recognized as one of the design centers in the Finnish National Design Program and Arctic Design is included in the National Arctic Strategy. The city of Rovaniemi has gathered considerable experience in urban design, planning and architecture, snow maintenance, winter technology and transportation and urban culture in arctic conditions.
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Arctic Ice Cream Factory is a local company located in the heart of Rovaniemi. situated on the Arctic Circle. They have a passion to unify the best ice cream ingredients with the northern natural products. The company serves a wide variety of flavours such as lingonberry, liquorice, fudge, bilberry, milk chocolate and vanilla. Arctic Ice Cream Factory’s ice cream parlour is located on Koskikatu 18, Rovaniemi.
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Sallan Villiporo is a company that specializes in 100% natural, alder smoked and air-dried reindeer meat, “Ren-Chips”. These reindeer chips are additive free and produced in Salla, a municipality of Northern Finland. The owner of Sallan Villiporo, Hannu Lahtela is ardent about the quality of the reindeer meat, being the number one importer of the meat for Finland’s best restaurants.
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Ahlskog Tannery was established in Finland during the 1920’s by Mr Hugo Ahlskog. The company has since been continued by his son Mats Ahlskog, who has developed the company and its production in luxurious and exclusive Scandinavian reindeer hides. The reindeer leather from Finland is used for unique and timeless designs.
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Koskisen Oy is over a hundred years old and a family business committed to wood. Over the decades, we have evolved into a wood industry expert. Our roots are in Kärkölä where Kalle Koskinen, the founder of the family business, started in the saw milling industry 1909. His path took Koskisen from being small co-operative in sawmilling to a manufacturer of quality wood products and a major employer in our area.
Our operations are guided by our core values integrity, courage, creativity and profitability. Our aim is to surpass our customer’s expectations every time. We know all about the demands placed on the products’ end uses and we promote our customers’ businesses through innovative product and service solutions.
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REDU is the organization of the Rovaniemi Education and Training Consortium consists of profit centers, limited liability companies, internal services units and joint management.
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Mariela Pokka Mariela’s early and varied cultural exposures and later as a discerning fashion customer in London, led to her developing a refined sense for luxury, flattering lines and beautiful fabrics, along with an impressive knowledge of what could be found in the market and what it lacked.
Following her move to Finland and her subsequent insight into the reindeer leather business, Mariela developed a longing to combine her creativity and strong sense of style, with the authenticity of the local, deep-rooted heritage of reindeer herding, to bring a contemporary elegance to the use of reindeer hide. Teaming up with Céline Méteil, who worked with Mariela to create Mariela Pokka first collection, and working closely with the local SAMI indigenous reindeer herders supporting and encouraging ethical farming and ecological production -Mariela went on to create a unique, ethically sourced, eco-luxury collection of fashion goods.