Co-operative Nordic Research

This report has a two-fold objective. -To identify the changing risk management needs in the private and public sectors and the corresponding needs for development of risk analysis methods and related practices. -To list examples of projects where Nordic co-operation between industry, authorities and universities can be effective for increasing the contribution of risk management to industrial growth and a sustainable society. A Nordic expert group, funded by the Nordic Industrial Fund, identified the urgent need for co-operative Nordic risk management research and suggested a structure for co-operation and cross-disciplinary research and for dissemination of knowledge and implementation. The group also specified research areas and project ideas for future development into actual research projects. A workshop with participants from the Nordic countries was one source of ideas. The expert group in addition identified a number of basic resource areas necessary for the development of more efficient risk management industry and which would benefit from Nordic co-operation. A Nordic risk management academy and a Nordic risk management network should be formed. Also a Nordic graduate school on safety and risk management for PhD students should be organized on a Nordic basis in order to ensure competence at all Institutes of Technology, all Business Schools and other education bodies of importance for risk management

Arthur H. Borgströms Mönstermejeri

Arthur H. Borgström’s model dairy Exporter of butter Arthur H. Borgström carried on dairy business during 1891-1904 on Hangöudd (Hankoniemi). The interesting feature with his dairy was that its primary aim was not to produce dairy products but to train staff from other dairies around Finland and in this way to improve the quality of exported butter. The dairy was equipped with the most modern machines and instruments which, at those times, were under intense development. Even though the dairy did not live long, it played an important role in ameliorating dairy processes. For instance, it promoted the idea that cream could be separated from milk already by the milk producers, and only the cream would be sent to dairies for butter production

Hangöföretagens roll under 1940-talets smörjoljekris

The role of Hangö-based companies during the 1940s lubrication oil crisis Because of the war, in autumn 1940, Finland encountered shortage of lubricants and oils, and severe rationing had to be practiced. This led to the emergence of a substantial tar-based industry in Finland. The article describes how two Hangöbased companies, Finska Forcit- Dynamit Ab and Oy MEK-KEM Ab, took measures in facilitating the lubricant shortage at the time

Margarin från Hangö

Margarine from Hangö A hundred years ago, the port city of Hangö (Finn. Hanko) was well known for its production and exportation of butter. For example, the headquarters of Valio dairy company was located in Hangö from 1905 till the First World War. Hangö has also played an important role in the early production of margarine in Finland. The article sheds light on the political resistance that was encountered by the first Hangö-based companies with their plans to start margarine production. The article analyzes also production processes, the end products and their ingredients, and how they were advertised. During the Second World War the city of Hangö had to be evacuated, which was fatal to the city’s margarine industry