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Infinited Fiber starts a 3-year, €100 million partnership with Inditex

Infinited Fiber starts a 3-year partnership with Inditex, the parent company of ZARA. In a deal worth €100 million, Inditex commits to buying 30% of Infinited Fiber’s annual future production Infinna™.

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VTT is creating sustainable electronics and optics in new ECOtronics project

VTT creates sustainable electronics from bio-materials and printed processes in the new ECOtronics project. The project supports the renewal of the electronics and optics industry in Finland.

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VTT leads the creation of the Finnish sustainable textile industry

Finland is developing a sustainable textile industry with research institutions such as the Espoo-based VTT leading the way.

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Colourful iPad cases made of Ioncell

Introducing Ioncell — interview with Jari Laine, Senior Innovation Advisor at Aalto University

Ioncell, the sustainable fibre developed at Aalto University, is revolutionising the fashion industry. Senior Innovation Advisor Jari Laine talks about the past, present, and future of the project.

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Infinited Fiber secures €30 million in funding — with H&M Group, adidas, and BESTSELLER as investors

Espoo-based Infinited Fiber has raised €30 million in its latest funding round. H&M Group led the round while Adidas and Bestseller joined as new investors.

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Yarns made of recycled paper and cardboard in different colours.

Ioncell — Aalto University's sustainable fibre is changing the fashion industry 

Ioncell, a cutting-edge Aalto University innovation, turns pulp and post-consumer textiles into high-quality fibres. The versatile material could help replace cotton and polyesters in the future.

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Espoo's Kera district is the new standard in smart city piloting environments

The Kera district in Espoo is setting a new sustainable smart city pilot environment standard — with Nokia providing the 5G platform and the city and local companies the smart city infrastructure.

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Paptic fights plastic pollution with a scalable wood-based packaging material

Paptic produces a wood-based, easily scalable and reusable packaging material that replaces the short life-span products that litter oceans and other water areas.

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VTT is re-thinking the recycling of polystyrene in Europe

VTT is re-thinking the state of polystyrene production, consumption and recycling. The aim is to offer a technically and economically feasible solution to recycling polystyrene waste in Europe.

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Espoo's innovation ecosystem puts IoT, big data, and the full power of biotechnology into use in circular economy creating a truly sustainable economy.

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