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An international student group from Laurea UAS has made a mobile application which gathers in one place links to websites providing information to foreigners living in Finland. The students started the project with an interview survey about issues that cause the most problems for immigrants.

The office of Elam Oy, which manufactures building boards, is covered with various wood veneer patterns up to the ceiling. The company is in Mäntsälä, but the customers, interior design professionals, are mainly in the capital region. How are customers reached, and how have methods developed over the years? 

Sweat beads on the kiln operator's forehead at Finemal Oy. The work is physically demanding on a summer's day next to the 820-degree heat source. When lifting metal objects, the hands rise above a 90-degree angle, which strains the shoulders. The same situation applies to spray painters. The employees asked if the company could try the use of an external support backbone, i.e. an exoskeleton.