MHG Systems' managing director Seppo Huurinainen on the left, executive chairman Rainer Frigren in the middle, and Logica's Heikki Nikku on the right.

MHG Systems has been chosen to represent Finland in the international final of the IT service company Logica’s innovation competition. The company’s innovative solution is used to manage biomass supply chain and to monitor its quality, which helps energy companies to increase the use of biomass as an energy source as required by new directives.

Using MHG Systems, energy companies and biofuel suppliers get detailed information regarding the quality, quantity, energy contents and origin of the biomass.

“Our typical client is a power plant, whose procurement processes are based on the raw materials’ standard quality. Composition of biomass – reed canary grass, wood chips, peat – varies and it contains a significant amount of water, which can dramatically interfere with the production process,” managing director Seppo Huurinainen of MHG Systems explains. “We can offer our mutual clients an operative solution service in order to optimise the production of biomass, and Logica, as an international agent, can hold a key position there to present the Finnish innovation to the rest of the world,” Heikki Tiihonen of Logica states.

Using biofuel requires restructuring of the production processes
“The use of forest fuels has increased during this decade to over 5 million solid cubic metres and the aim is to increase the use of forest chips in Finland to 15 million solid cubic metres by 2020. A large scale use of forest chips, however, will require investing in logistics and operative systems,” says Huurinainen. “In addition to forest, the biomass growth potential in Europe also comes from the crops, where the utilisation of crop energy could tenfold. In the United States, which is the world’s largest supplier of biomass, the energy provided by biomass is expected to triple by 2030.”

With MHG Systems’ innovative solution, the energy producers can increase the transparency of their business, when the origin and the production chain of biomass can be traced.

“The MHG solution is a natural part of Logica’s operation that supports sustainable development: our aim is not only to offer our clients solutions that lessen the strain on the environment, but also to decrease the strain in our own activity,” says Heikki Tiihonen.

Logica’s innovation partner competition is aimed at finding partners in small and medium sized companies to create solutions for our mutual clients. The winner of the competition in Finland will participate in the final event held on May 17th in Stockholm, where ten country winners will present their solutions to the Logica panel.

More information
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Logica, Manager Heikki Tiihonen, tel.+358 40  739  9100,
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Logica, Innovation Manager Markku Luoto, tel. +358 40  844  9511,
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MHG Systems, Seppo Huurinainen, tel: +358 44 581 4950
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MHG Bioenergy ERP

The MHG Bioenergy ERP service is a true operative tool, designed for electricity, heating, pellets, forest industry and forest service companies. It can be used via web browser or mobile devices. It is a specific bioenergy sector ERP system and map service solution, which provides valuable information for developing one's business operations. Bioenergy ERP allows the use of new, particularly contract-based, and empowering operational models. The superior features of the service include transparency throughout the delivery chain, managing the moisture content of bioenergy masses, reporting features based on the amount of energy, i.e. megawatt hours, and accounts and invoicing.

MHG Systems Ltd

MHG Systems Ltd is one of the world's leading suppliers of bioenergy ERP systems. The company utilises its partner network to produce customer-oriented IT and map service solutions designed for developing bioenergy, and field work business operations. MHG ERP synthesizes mobile communications, the Internet, real-time maps, satellite-based location information, RFID, and CO2 monitoring into one business-enhancing service, and allows the use of new and empowering operational models, accurate cost monitoring and real-time enterprise resource planning of biomasses and delivery chains. The company’s services bring significant cost savings and environmental benefits to all operators in the bioheat, bioelectricity, and biofuel production chain.

Through many years of development work MHG Systems has together with our customers and partners, created a Service concept. It combines best practices, modern technology and mobile solutions into one business-enhancing service. MHG Systems' services allow companies to verify the social and environmental responsibility of their operations, as the origin of biomasses, energy content, carbon dioxide emissions, and costs and profits can be reliably proven.
MHG Bioenergy ERP Service helps customer companies to boost their business operations.


Contact information
MHG Systems Ltd
Mikpoli, Patteristonkatu 2
FIN-50100 Mikkeli

Tel: +358 (0)10 400 6280
Fax: +358 (0)10 400 6289
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Internet: http://www.mhgsystems.com/

About Logica
Logica is a business and technology service company, employing 39,000 people, of which 3,000 people are working in Finland. It provides business consulting, systems integration and outsourcing to clients around the world, including many of Europe's largest businesses. Logica creates value for clients by successfully integrating people, business and technology.  It is committed to long term collaboration, applying insight to create innovative answers to clients’ business needs. Logica is listed on both the London Stock Exchange and Euronext (Amsterdam) (LSE: LOG; Euronext: LOG). More information is available at www.logica.com and www.logica.fi .

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