Visit to Vammala - May 2004
 Mr Brown with staff and students at Vammalan lukio |
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George Davidson, Comenius Co-ordinator at Peebles High School and John Brown, Rector at Peebles High School, visited the school's Comenius Partner School at Vammala, Finland from 5-9 May 2004.
The main purpose of the visit was twofold - firstly to introduce Mr Brown to the Comenius partner school, the Vammalan lukio and secondly, to visit some local business to set up international business links for Peebles High School's new Business Partnership initiative.
After visiting the school, 3 factories were visited - Konepaja (a manufacturer of specialised hospital beds), Epsira (a manufacturer of styrofoam packing materials and cycle helmets) and Vexve (a manufacturer of ball valves for use in water, oil and gas pipelines). Photographs of the visits are shown below.
As usual, we were treated to generous hospitality by our hosts Hilkka and Antti Rajakorpi and warmly greeted by the staff of the school and of the factories we visited. As can be seen in some of the photographs below, we had a varied and enjoyable itinerary.
Our thanks go to all our Finnish friends!
George Davidson and John Brown
| | | Konepaja product - specialised hospital beds |
| | | Mr Brown and Mr Davidson with Pekka Koski, MD of Konepaja |
| | | Mr Brown with Jorma Tihverainen of Epsira, a styrofoam manufacturing company |
| | | Examining a mould which can cost the price of a good car! |
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| | Jorma Tehverainen with cycle helmet products |
| | | Inspecting Vexve's product - ball valves for use in pipelines |
| | | Part of the manufacturing process at Vexve |
| | | A sculpture made from scrap metal at Vexve |
| | | With Jukka Nieminen, Marketing Director at Vexve |
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| | Mr Brown in the library of Vammalan lukio |
| | | Discussing projects on Sustainable Development with Timo Niemimaa, Biology Teacher at Vammalan lukio |
| | | | Mr Brown and Mr Davidson at the Tihverainen's home |
| | | Checking our bearings at the Rajakorpi's summer place |
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| | A cold day at the lakeside at Jamijarvi |
| | | | Timo was so proud to be an "Honorary Scot"! |
| | | St Olav's Church has been fully restored after it caught fire in 1997. |
| | | A view from "Devil Mountain" near Vammala |
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