{{Short description|Finnish private weather forecasting company}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox company | name = Foreca Ltd | native_name = Foreca Oy | logo = Foreca logo.svg | logo_size = 120px | type = [[Subsidiary]] | genre = [[Weather forecasting]] | foundation = {{Start date and age|1996}} | location_city = [[Espoo]] | location_country = [[Finland]] | homepage = {{URL|https://www.foreca.com|www.foreca.com}} }} '''Foreca Ltd''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|ɔr|k|ə}}) is a private [[Finland|Finnish]] [[weather forecasting]] company. It is the largest of its kind in the [[Nordic countries]] and is headquartered in [[Espoo|Espoo, Finland]]. Foreca provides weather services for international business use. This service is partly based on data and products of the [[European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts]].
Foreca was first established in 1996 under the name '''Weather Service Finland'''. In January 2001, it changed its name to Foreca as part of its efforts to expand the company internationally.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitoday.fi/viihde/2001/01/09/weather-service-finlandista-tuli-foreca/20017628/66 |title=Weather Service Finlandista tuli Foreca |website=Digitoday |date=2001-01-09 |accessdate=2013-07-21}}</ref>
Foreca provides weather and road weather services to the automotive, digital media, and winter road maintenance industries. Since 2004, the company has had a contract with [[Microsoft]] to produce content for its international [[MSN]] websites and [[Microsoft Windows]]. Foreca provides weather services for drivers that are customers of companies such as [[BMW]], [[Mercedes-Benz Group|Daimler]], and [[TomTom]].
==See also== * [[Finnish Meteorological Institute]]
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==External links== * [https://www.foreca.com/en Foreca.com] Official site
[[Category:Technology companies of Finland]] [[Category:Technology companies established in 1996]] [[Category:1996 establishments in Finland]] [[Category:Meteorological companies]]