Nokia completes Scalado acquisition

"We believe that this acquisition will strengthen Nokia’s leading position in mobile imaging and provide us with a great opportunity to create even better imaging products and applications," said Jo Harlow, Executive Vice President, Smart Devices at Nokia. "We welcome the skilled and passionate professionals from Scalado to Nokia and are excited to have them work with the rest of our talented and dedicated imaging experts to bring world-class imaging solutions to our Nokia Lumia smartphones. The Nokia team is already responsible for many leading innovations in mobile imaging and, together with the experts from Scalado, we aim at astonishing the world with new, outstanding imaging experiences."

The Scalado Facility in Lund, Sweden has now become a key site for Nokia’s imaging software for smartphones, in addition to the company’s existing locations in Espoo and Tampere, Finland.

"We’re excited to join Nokia at such an important time in its smartphone story," said Sami Niemi, co-founder of Scalado and now Head of Capture & Relive, Smart Devices at Nokia. "The technologies and competences we’ve developed should help move from taking photos to capturing memories and emotions."