Category: Blogs

  • Exploring InnoTrans 2024: A Product Manager’s Perspective

    Exploring InnoTrans 2024: A Product Manager’s Perspective

    Attending InnoTrans 2024 for the first time was an experience I’ll never forget. As the product manager for ETCS at Mipro, I’ve heard a lot about the scale and significance of the event, but nothing prepared me for the sheer size of the exhibition and the energy that surrounded it. It was both exciting and…

  • SIGNAL & DRAHT: An approach to traffic management and interlocking simulation in railway and underground railway operations

    SIGNAL & DRAHT: An approach to traffic management and interlocking simulation in railway and underground railway operations

    Simulations play a key role in the development of any real-world system. They use real data or scenarios to mimic the functions of these systems. Developers and operators use simulations every day during the development and operation of systems in order to test specific scenarios and identify how the systems will respond under such circumstances.…

  • From Summer Job to Permanent Position – Combining Work and Studies at Mipro

    From Summer Job to Permanent Position – Combining Work and Studies at Mipro

    Securing a job in their own field is important for students. Many aspire to part-time employment while studying, hoping to earn extra income and gain experience. However, I’ve found combining study and work challenging, which is why I’ve determined that the best approach for me is to work full-time during summers and focus on studying…

  • Mipro Participating in Climate Action

    Nowadays, companies are increasingly striving to operate sustainably and responsibly. Companies are also encouraged to do so by tightening sustainability reporting requirements. Mipro has been committed to the UN Global Compact initiative and has published the accompanying Communication on Progress (CoP) report since 2014. Although the EU’s CSRD directive’s sustainability reporting requirements do not yet…

  • MISONET Automation System: Efficiency and Reliability in Ecological Fish Farming

    MISONET Automation System: Efficiency and Reliability in Ecological Fish Farming

    Finnish technology company Finnforel has emerged as a pioneer in ecological fish farming since its establishment in 2017. The company is located in Varkaus, Northern Savonia, where its recirculating aquaculture system enables fish to grow in flowing water under precisely optimised conditions. The rapidly growing company opened Finland’s first broodstock and fry production facility focused…

  • ISO/IEC 27001:2022 -certificate demonstrates Mipro’s even stronger dedication to customer’s cyber security 

    ISO/IEC 27001:2022 -certificate demonstrates Mipro’s even stronger dedication to customer’s cyber security 

    Today’s organisations are constantly faced with new security threats and vulnerabilities. In addition, the operating environments are constantly changing. Managing this and responding to changing threats in a timely manner requires systematic security practices and continuous improvement and monitoring.

  • Signal+Draht 3/2024: Aiming for improved performance with the assistance of ITIL

    Signal+Draht 3/2024: Aiming for improved performance with the assistance of ITIL

    This article explores the prospects for implementing service management using the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) framework. The article describes the journey towards improved performance in service delivery at Mipro. The company specialises in interlocking and traffic management systems, whereby one of its business areas focuses on developing solutions for railway and local railway traffic.…

  • Overview of the year 2023 

    Overview of the year 2023 

    This year, one of the most discussed themes in public discourse has been hostile influencing and cybersecurity. In line with this, our primary focus in safety management has been on information security and its management system, without neglecting other aspects of safety.

  • Signal+Draht 9/2023: Using model checking for interlocking software verification

    Signal+Draht 9/2023: Using model checking for interlocking software verification

    The application of different verification methods is a prominent part of the development process for safety related systems. Some methods are suitable for the early lifecycle phases, while others are best used later.

  • Signal + Draht 6/2023: Cost-effective evolution to ETCS with EULYNX RBC interface

    National railway signalling systems have gradually grown over time to include different solutions from several technology providers. There is no common standard for these systems’ external interfaces and interoperability has therefore always been a challenge. Typically, the integration between different interlockings, trackside elements and traffic management systems has been achieved by means of the tailor-made…