* Major projects in Paris and Madrid incorporate active measure to limit the impact of tunnel fires There is a growing trend among road tunnel operators to incorporate active fire safety measures in their constructions, instead of relying on traditional passive measures, according to water mist fire protection specialist Marioff. The company has seen a tenfold increase in serious enquiries over the past two years, and the fact that major new projects such as the A86 in Paris and the M30 project in Madrid have already adopted its active measures is a clear sign that attitudes are changing.

Marioff’s HI-FOG system has been selected to provide protection for another major tunnel construction in Europe. In Spain, the Madrid Calle 30 (M30) project is the inner ring road motorway of the city of Madrid. This major project involves several new sections of road and tunnel construction.

The great ships are coming back. Some of them are being built in northern Europe, in Finland. Finnish know-how is widely recognized and for instance Finnish icebreakers are considered to be the best in the world. This year there is amazingly almost no ice to break in the Gulf of Finland. So the icebreakers are at the moment being used as cruise ships instead! In Finland's Pavilion you will meet some outstanding Finnish and international experts on cruise-related products.

Finnforest, part of the Metsäliitto Group, invests 15 million euros to develop innovative birch plywood solutions for its industrial customers. It will build a birch plywood upgrading unit that will be ready for production by the beginning of 2008.

SpiroStar, the smallest lung function testing system in the world, weighing only 22 grams, meets the latest ATS/ERS spirometry standards. According to Finnish manufacturer Medikro, SpiroStar is one of the first lung function testing systems in the world to satisfy the new and changed requirements for the calculation of lung function testing.

• Is the first large active protection system against tunnel fires to be marketed in Europe. In terms of structure, it is also the largest on which work has started. The first section of the A86 West tunnel, the missing link in the Paris 'super-ring road', is to be opened in October 2007. Built, financed and operated by Cofiroute, this 10 km tunnel linking Rueil-Malmaison and Versailles will revolutionise traffic flow in the West Paris region. With a particularly innovative design, made up of two superimposed road levels, one in each direction, and reserved for light vehicles, this tunnel will be equipped with the latest safety devices, exceeding the requirements of the new regulations concerning safety in tunnels.

As legislative requirements and consumer awareness continue to expose the weaknesses of widely used 'limited-life' thermal paper receipts , a new chemical formulation from Finnish paper pioneers Jujo Thermal is set to overturn traditional expectations for durability.

Loglift Jonsered cranes optimised for continuous use are playing a key role in the efficient operation of one of Europe's largest-ever wood processing plant investments - Binder Holz's newly-opened sawmill in Kösching.

Environmentalists, politicians and the man in the street are united in their concern about the threat to marine life and health posed by levels of pollution in the Baltic – and there are encouraging signs that technology is coming to their aid. Ship operators are already adopting a state of the art on-board treatment process, for example, which enables them to treat all the waste water generated by passengers and crew until it is crystal clear. It can then be discharged safely at sea, with no threat to health or marine life - and the quality of the processed water exceeds all current maritime standards.

Marine environmental solutions specialist Evac has launched a new advanced shipboard waste water treatment system, which produces crystal clear effluent that exceeds the requirements of all current quality standards, including those set by the IMO, Alaska, USCG and the Navy NIAG. It provides a compact, low maintenance solution for ship operators squeezed between the twin pressures of increasingly stringent legislation to protect the environment, and spiralling costs for waste water management and disposal.