Ericsson and ABB have strengthened their collaboration to accelerate the industrial ecosystem for flexible wireless automation. The two partners are already fast-tracking the introduction of a new generation of intelligent factory technologies, with Ericsson deploying an intelligent automation system at its manufacturing facilities in Estonia. ABB is providing a fully automated flexible robot cell solution for the final assembly of 5G radios.

This year Enterprise Estonia announced its support for the development of Stora Enso’s Tallinn Service Centre to the tune of 200 000 euros. Stora Enso is the leading provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden constructions and paper on global markets. Worldwide the company employs some 26 000 people and is publicly listed in Helsinki and Stockholm. But for the jobs requiring the most precision, the company comes to Tallinn. Why is that?

The Financial Times listed 100 European leaders and influencers, both companies and individuals, both behind the scenes and in the public eye. Two digital leaders, one person and one company from Estonia made the list.

How to get teenagers hooked on building something with their own hands? Eesti 2.0, a non-profit organization empowers 14-19-year-old inventors with the courage to use the latest technology to solve problems and come up with completely new solutions while working in teams under the supervision of world-class mentors.

Allan Martinson is the CEO of LeapIn, a turn-key solution to set up a location independent company with a bank account. In March this year, Martinson resigned from the COO and Chief Sales Officer seats of Starship Technologies, a company that builds last-mile delivery robots and is heralded as one of the most promising European tech startups.

Today, 18th of September, 35 electric cars started the 2,600-kilometer rally from Tallinn to Monaco. Among the competitors is a team of the Estonian Investment Agency that this year focuses on the rally stages held in Germany.

Startups in Estonia have attracted over half a billion dollars in investments in just 1.5 years.

As biological creatures, humans are exposed to medical conditions such as stroke, Zika virus and sexually transmitted diseases. Researchers at the University of Tartu Institute of Technology are taking great steps to offer visionary solutions for these global issues, while also pioneering in contemporary health technology areas.

Like never before, technology advances at a rapid pace. The Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), self-driving cars, android-based humanoid robots are not merely science fiction anymore. With new technologies there need to be improvements made to cyber security as well. Security in the technology field is not just keeping software up to date but having trained people using computers. Cyber security experts see cyber hygiene as the cornerstone of cyber security.

An unusual inhabitant has joined the Estonian startup hub LIFT99 at the Telliskivi Creative City, a former soviet space tech factory turned Hipsterville of Tallinn. Trinamic is a German company whose microsystems transform digital information into physical motion − so something to see, feel and touch.

Ten Estonian defence contractors are participating in Eurosatory 2018, Europe’s largest land and airspace defence and security fair, in Paris this week.

Founded by Arno Kütt in 2006 as an online furniture retailer in the central Estonian town of Viljandi, Cleveron soon found a new business focus − developing software and hardware for automated parcel terminals to overcome the inefficient and monopolistic delivery service that was an obstacle for its own business