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Espoo
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Espoo (ĕs`pô), Swed. Esbo, city (1998 pop. 204,962), Southern Finland prov., S Finland, 10 mi (16 km) W of Helsinki. Part of the Helsinki metropolitan area, Espoo saw enormous growth in the late 20th cent., and is now Finland's second largest city. The city has five regional centers, including Tapiola Garden City, an exemplary planned city. Espoo has many high-tech businesses and institutes; the Helsinki Univ. of Technology and Espoo-Vantaa Institute of Technology are there. Notable sights include the city museum and a granite church dating from 1458.
Espoo
a city in S Finland. Pop.: 224 231 (2003 est.)


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7,341,780 B1 Timson Oy, Espoo, Finland has obtained a patent for a particle granule consisting of plate-like pigment particles and a binder having a surface layer, characterized in that the surface layer of the granule consists of a layer that has at least one layer of pigment particles, which have mainly settled with their plane surfaces in the direction of the surface layer of the granule, and the plane surfaces of the pigment particles are substantially on the same surface layer.
7,452,593; Mikko Karttunen, Satu Kortet and Mika Paajanen, assignors to Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus, Espoo, Finland.
Nokia, headquartered in Espoo, Finland, is a global mobile phone and network equipment manufacturer.
 
 
 
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