Eye surgeons from around the world are converging in the Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre on 6–8 March 2026. ESCRS Winter Meeting is the first major eye surgery congress to be held in Finland. With the publication of the new national standard SFS 7515, Finland has become a pioneer in refractive surgery. Other countries are yet to implement such national standards for eye surgery services.
7.10.2025
Finnish Data Center Association (FDCA) is a great example of how SMEs and micro companies can actively participate in standardization. Among others, the association has influenced standards on general energy efficiency and the recovery and reuse of waste heat generated by data centres.
12.2.2025
Temet, a Finnish manufacturer of civil protection solutions, was one of the writers of an international standard for hardened protective shelters. Published in 2024, the standard paves the way for companies to compete in the international market for shelters. The process demonstrates the enormous potential that SMEs have for influencing the contents of standards.
2.4.2024
Betolar has developed a type of concrete that does not require cement. European standards must be amended to allow the use of alternative concrete solutions in construction.
9.6.2022
Finland has about 54,000 civil defence shelters. In Finland and elsewhere in the world, some shelters have been found lacking. A global standard on civil defence shelters is being prepared to remedy the situation, with Finns at the vanguard.
22.11.2021
Novel solutions are needed to reduce emissions from telecommunications, and the focus is now on data centres with high energy consumption. The new ERF standard gives data centres the means to measure, in a reliable and comparable manner, how much of the heat that they produce can be recovered and exploited. The international standard, prepared under the guidance of Finnish experts, helps data centres to cut not only their CO2 emissions but also energy costs.
9.7.2021
Breaches of information security can cause serious problems. Yet many organisations consider it a matter of individual heroics, not an essential part of organisational procedure.
7.7.2021
In order to be successful, companies and public organisations have to consider their impact on the people and world around us. Narrow-minded profit-seeking does not go far when stakeholders demand responsibility.
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