VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland General Brochure

VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLANDVTT creates business from technology Growth, profitability, competitiveness, internationalisation.Turn to VTT for assistance when you need support for the different stages of your business. The biggest research institute in Scandinavia, VTT creates and applies technologies to meet the practical needs of the business community. Our experts know what technology can dofor you when developing new products and services and streamlining business processes. Get in touch. Together we can find solutions to the challenges facing your business: www.vtt.fi/serviceWe focus on technologies of the future.VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is the biggest multi-technological applied research organisation in Northern Europe. With its staff of 3,100, its unique research facilities and extensive global co-operation networks, it provides leading-edge technology solutions and innovation services. VTT works to enhance its customers’ competitiveness and competence, creating the prerequisites for society’s sustainable development, employment and wellbeing. Our services encompass the most important fast-developing fields of technology and all customer sectors:Technology focus areas• Applied materials• Bio- and chemical processes• Energy• Industrial systems management• Information and communication technologies• Microtechnologies and electronics• Services and the built environment• Business and innovation researchCustomer sectors• Biotechnology, pharmaceutical and food industries• Electronics• Energy• ICT• Real estate and construction• Machines and vehicles• Services and logistics• Forest industry• Process industry and environmentVTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLANDVuorimiehentie 5, EspooPO Box 1000, FI-02044 VTT, FinlandTel. +358 20 722 111, Fax +358 20 722 7001www.vtt.fiTurnover 290 M€ • Personnel 3,100VTT CREATES BUSINESS FROM TECHNOLOGY Technology and market foresight • Strategic research • Product and service development • IPR and licensing • Assessments, testing, inspection, certification • Technology and innovation management • Technology partnershipTogether we can build a better future. What can VTT do for you? Technology foresight enables you to identify new business opportunities. It also helps you to allocate development resources wisely and to minimise technology risks. Our dynamic network encompasses leading research institutes and universities in the world of academia as well as pioneering companies in the world of business. By working together with VTT you will benefit from groundbreaking research results and the latest expertise in practical applications.Proven benefits of working with VTT:• 86% of the respondents to VTT’s customer survey reported that their knowledge base and expertise had improved. • 58% had already commercially utilised the results of their VTT project or expect to do so within the next three years.• 54% believed that a VTT project had speeded up or other-wise improved research and development work.• 51% confirmed that new products, services or processes were created.• 44% reported that competitiveness had been improved. Taloustutkimus Oy. VTT customer survey. 2010Our top experts in a wide range of technologies are at your disposal. They will analyse your challenges and help you to find productive and competitiveness-enhancing solutions. We are ready to serve you whether your needs involve spe-cific research assignments or comprehensive development projects.The right solution for you might be found from:• Technology and market foresight• Strategic research• Product and service development• IPR and licensing• Assessments, testing, inspection, certification• Technology and innovation management • Technology partnershipOur goal is the fast commercialisation of research results and the creation of new business. Long-standing collaboration with leading international research and innovation actors and an extensive international contact network make VTT solidly placed to operate along-side its customers as a front-line research partner. VTT maintains active links with its research partners in Europe, the US, Japan and worldwide. Active involvement in European strategic alliances has secured VTT a strong presence at the heart of EU research and innovation policy. The most important of these are the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA), the Heterogeneous Technology Alliance (HTA) and the Joint Institute for Innovation Policy (JIIP). VTT has contact points abroad in the USA, in St. Petersburg, in Tokyo, at the FinChi innovation centre in Shanghai, on the Konkuk University campus in Seoul, in EARTO premises in Brussels and in São Paulo.Be a part of global development.