Month: May 2023

Sony has unveiled the ZV-1 II, the second generation camera in its ZV series of vlog cameras. Boasting a wider angle of view than its predecessor, the ZV-1 II aims to help vloggers create more engaging content with high image quality. 

Equipped with an Exmor RS image sensor, BIONZ X image processing engine, and ZEISS Vario-Sonnar T* lens, the ZV-1 II offers excellent capabilities for photographers of all skill levels. With its 18-50mm wide-angle lenses, the compact ZV-1 II is designed to be a versatile travel companion, ideal for capturing everything from group selfies to dynamic shots of cramped interiors. The camera also includes features like a top angle and zoom for shooting high-quality selfies, an 18-50mm optical zoom for creating variety in videos, and an intelligent 3-capsule microphone that automatically adjusts direction based on faces or objects. Moreover, the ZV-1 II is constructed with recycled materials such as bamboo, sugar cane fiber, and recycled paper to reduce its environmental impact. The camera is set to be available in June 2023 through Sony authorized resellers at an estimated retail price of 1000€.

In Nomine helped to announce that ventilation solutions manufacturer ETS NORD’s new 9000 square meter production facility in Tallinn’s Peterburi Road, due for completion next year, has received its cornerstone. The total value of the construction is 15 million euros and the main contractor is Mapri Ehitus. With the new factory building, the company aims to increase its sales turnover from 70 million euros today to 125 million euros by 2027.

Urmas Hiie, chairman of the ETS NORD management board, expects the new factory to produce around 20 million euros worth of ventilation equipment a year, which will boost the company’s export potential. “Today, we export 50 million of our products to Scandinavia, 12 million to Estonia and 8 million to other countries. We have grown steadily over the past 25 years, and we have offices in Finland, Sweden and the United Arab Emirates in addition to Estonia. When the new building is completed, we will have 29,000 square meters of production and warehouse space in Lasnamäe, but when we started production here 18 years ago, a 2,800 square meter factory seemed huge,” he says.

Tarmo Roos, CEO of Mapri Ehitus, the builder of the new factory, confirms that building a factory for a top manufacturer requires a lot of hard work. “Estonia is a small country, and most of the time the clients build for themselves, so we are in contact with such demanding clients on an almost daily basis throughout the construction process. We have built several tens of thousands of square meters of factories and were chosen as a construction partner not for the cheapest price, but for our experience.”

ETS NORD AS employs 325 people in Estonia, but together with Scandinavia and the United Arab Emirates it has a total of nearly 500 employees. In 2022, the company had a turnover of 70 million euros.

In Nomine took journalists from Tallinn to see the Jõelähtme landfill. The Jõelähtme landfill of Tallinn Waste Recovery Centre AS is Estonia’s largest producer of compost from biowaste. 

In 2022, 63 000 tonnes of waste was still being landfilled and 109 600 tonnes was being recycled, but by 2030, waste that’s landfilled is hoped to have reduced to 10 000 tonnes – everything must be recycled!