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The Cleantech &
Energy Cluster
in the Tampere
Region
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Did you
know that...
...the Cleantech & Energy cluster is not only
solving the world’s greatest problems, but
also making a win-win business?
For companies, it is an economically wise thing to exploit the cleantech
benefits, such as using energy and raw materials more efficiently. It is
also one of the most rapidly growing business sectors in the world.
What is the Cleantech & Energy
cluster about?
The Cleantech (clean + technology) & Energy cluster consists of institutions and companies offering research, technology,
services, solutions, innovations and products that help reduce the environmental load caused by human activity, to save
energy and natural resources and to improve the living environment.
Members of the Cleantech & Energy cluster in the Tampere Region are solving the economic, ecologic and social
challenges of these matters in a commercially viable manner.
The Cleantech & Energy cluster in the
Tampere Region is a combination of:
2,000
WIDE COMPANY BASE
Skilled people,
capability of renewal,
co-operation with universities
and innovation platforms
There are approximately 2,000 companies
operating in the cleantech sector in Finland
50,000
The Finnish cleantech sector
employs about 50,000 people
Universities and colleges
High quality research
and education,
labour with know-how
DIVERSELY ENABLING AN
ENVIRONMENT FOR
CLEANTECH AND RENEWABLE
ENERGY COMPANIES
New innovation
and application enablers,
other clusters
in the Tampere Region
€26,4 Billion
combined turnover in the cleantech
Industry in Finland in 2012 was €26,4 billion
10%
Cleantech business is growing
at about 10% every year
Modern innovation
platforms
New Factory, Demola, Protomo,
Konela, Suuntaamo
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION IN CLEANTECH & RENEWABLE ENERGY
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Source: Cleantech Finland 2014
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” The Tampere Region has long industrial roots and a lot of
accumulated know-how. The Cleantech cluster is important
even if the companies are from different businesses.“
- Matti Rautanen, Metso Power
Industrial processes
•
Built environment
Air quality
• Smart mobility
• urban infra
•
Water and
waste water
emissions & efficiency
materials,
components,
subsystems,
technologies
Energy
Energy effic.
• CHP
• Renewable
• Smart grid
•
Waste
Industrial & municipal
• Waste energy
•
Wavin-labko
Reliable and tailored separator systems cover solutions for business
and service construction
(formerly Metso Power & Metso Automation)
A global leader in chemical recovery solutions for pulp and paper
mills
Valmet
Merus Power
TPI Control
Doranova
Andritz Hydro
Andritz Hydro promotes hydropower as the most economical form
of renewable energy
Adwatec
Water cooling systems for power electronics and moveable pressure testing units to enable fast testing of cooling circuits
Tammervoima
Labkotec
Alstom
There Corporation
Business from biogas – Knowledge, turnkey solutions and full
service for the whole life cycle of the plant
A wind turbine ice detection system as a total solution provides
safety and smooth power generation
Solutions to save energy and improve power quality by reactive
power compensation and harmonic filtering
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Dynamic reactive power compensation and harmonic filtering
solutions
There Corporation offers intelligent energy efficiency and home
energy management solutions for consumers
A unique heat transfer service concept helps customers to achieve a
more efficient heat transfer process without disturbances
Estimated to be completed in 2015, the new power plant in
Tampere will produce heat and electricity from reusable household
waste
Molok
The original deep collection brand and Global #1 in deep collection
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How do we operate?
”We are involved in the international competition chains of
the companies in the Tampere cleantech cluster. We are small
and agile. The company brings out the problem and pushes us
towards the top solutions.”
The New Factory, located in Tampere, won the European Innovation award in 2010.
Today, the concept is being widely adopted by other innovative cities around the world.
- Jyrki Vuorinen, Professor, TUT Materials Science
As the leading European start-up accelerator and agile demo creation lab, the New Factory is a modern platform for open innovation. The
New Factory is where ideas can be processed into prototypes, pilot projects, products and services, new business and new jobs.
Demola is a functional, inspiring and internationally-recognised
open innovation platform for students and companies. At Demola,
university students from different fields develop products and
services in teams together with companies and public sector
organisations.
Protomo is a developing community for start-up businesses
where idea developers, seasoned professionals and young talents spar with each other to create products and service development. Protomo draws on people’s know-how and determination to make something entirely new.
www.demola.fi
www.protomo.fi
1000
professionals
in the Protomo
community
1500
students
250
projects
215
new start-ups
since 2009
Konela is a new centre of innovation for mechanical
engineering and energy technology. It is a co-creation space
for the developers of next-generation products and services.
Konela is coordinated by the innovation company Hermia.
At Suuntaamo, ordinary people can participate in
the development of new and innovative products and
services and, at the same time, improve their own living
environment.
www.konela.fi
www.suuntaamo.fi
1455
registered
testers
”There are a lot of metal specialists available. All important
elements for the company and the entrepreneur are in place
in the Tampere Region.”
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- Hannu Jokinen, CEO, Molok Ltd
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Where do we get the know-how?
“There is very skilled labour available in Tampere due to
the local environmental science education. Our personnel
are 100% from Tampere!”
The Tampere Region’s universities and other
educational institutions provide high-level
research and education, and are active cooperation partners for the Cleantech &
Energy industry.
- Pasi Mäkelä, CEO, Doranova
TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Tampere University of Technology (TUT) is Finland’s second-largest
university of engineering sciences. The university’s statutory duty is
to provide the highest education in its field. Research collaboration
with business and industry is at the heart of Tampere University of
Technology.
Research and development supporting the Cleantech &
Energy cluster:
Power plant and combustion technologies
• TProvides in-depth insight into thermal conversion processes
• Takes into account both experimental research and numerical
modelling
• Works in close co-operation with the Finnish energy industry
• Finds solutions to the practical problems constantly faced by
industry
Distribution networks and Smart Grids
• Develops methods for electricity distribution network planning
and operation and information system applications for future
energy systems including renewables and other active resources
• Partners with domestic and international research institutions as
well as industry
• Has extensive laboratories, equipment and simulation softwares,
as well as competent and collaborative research staff
Other related high-level research
TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES
FIMECC
• Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK) offers Bachelors-
FIMECC Ltd. (Finnish Metals and Engineering Competence
Cluster) is an open innovation R&D company. The aim of
FIMECC is to increase and deepen the cooperation between
companies, universities and research institutes in R&D. From
the cleantech point of view, FIMECC programmes have advanced industrial environmental impact, energy efficiency
and low-energy consumption and emissions.
and Masters-level studies for over 10,000 students in seven educational fields. There are more than 3,600 engineering students
at TAMK.
• The oldest still functional international environmental engineering programme in Finland, thus very well-known and attractive
for applicants, can be found at TAMK
Areas of studies supporting the Cleantech & Energy cluster:
• Energy and Environmental Technology
• Mechanical and Production Engineering
• Intelligent machines
• Automation Technology
• Coming: Biohub, recycling and renewable energy based on bio
Current programmes related to the Cleantech & Energy cluster:
FIMECC DEMAPP: The programme will provide competitive
environmentally sustainable solutions for the Finnish process, engineering and energy industries, leading to better
performance by creating new high-performance materials.
“Over its 14-year history, cooperation with companies related to environmental engineering, consulting and cleantech have offered us hundreds of thesis topics, practical training placements, student projects
and, most important of all, employment to graduates. Currently 40-50
% (about 60-70) of the students are foreigners” - Eeva-Liisa Viskari,
Principal Lecturer
FIMECC LIGHT: The programme provides the potential for
saving raw materials and energy and decreasing CO2 emissions over the lifetime of cars and trucks, heavy-duty vehicles and other moving equipment and machinery.
FIMECC EFFIMA: The target is to develop new technology
and solutions that enable new machines, devices and systems with dramatically lower life-cycle costs compared to
what is the international state-of-the-art today.
”We have very good cooperation with the TAMK environmental department. We are being introduced to the African market through the students
whom we got to know in TAMK projects. We may open a waste collection
business there. They are the decision-makers in the Africa of tomorrow!”,
- Hannu Jokinen, CEO, Molok Ltd
CLEEN Cluster for Energy and Environment - CLEEN MMEA:
The research programme objective is to develop new technologies, methods, tools and services in the area of measuring, environmental monitoring and EEA. This project focus is
in developing the combustion process and its control technology to minimise harmful emissions into the atmosphere.
• Wide range of international and high-rated know-how including
- industrial bioengineering
- renewable energy sources: especially solar power and biofuels
- energy-efficiency and emissions incl. mobile machines and
transportation
- measuring, modelling, and management of processes
- energy solutions in buildings
- sensor and process diagnostics
- business ecosystems in energy sector
- materials technology
UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE
The University of Tampere is a culturally-committed institute of
higher education with the social mission of educating visionaries,
who can understand the world and change it, for example through
the role of Cleantech and renewable energy sources.
By providing critical knowledge, research and education, the university helps people and societies to improve their health, and their
cultural, social and economic well-being.
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What about the business environment?
In Tampere
everything works
The Tampere Region
• Fastest growing region in Finland
• Population 499 000
• 31 000 places of business
• 2nd largest airport in the country
• Up to 15% of Finland’s national
R&D budget is spent in Tampere
Tampere Cleantech &Technology
Region EnergyIndustry (total)
Year after year, Tampere tops the list of the
most attractive cities in Finland as chosen by
people and companies. This is because all the
pieces fall into place in the region.
Here are just a few reasons why:
Companies35+
Employees550
Turnover€700M
2,700
34,000
€7,751M
Optimal logistic location in Finland
TThe Tampere Region is located at the crossroads of logistical routes. The Tampere Region is a hub of the most important motorways and railways in Finland,
and Tampere-Pirkkala Airport is the second largest international airport in the
country.
41% of foreign companies in the Tampere Region say that one of the most important reasons to stay there is its logistical location within Finland.
Availability of competent manpower
Students generate the impulse for the renewal of cities. One in five of the inhabitants of Tampere is a student in higher education. After they graduate, they stay
in the region.
66% of foreign companies in the Tampere Region say that the most important
reason to stay in the region is the availability of competent manpower and a low
attrition rate.
Growth center with a reasonable
cost level
The Tampere Region is the second largest growth centre in Finland. The population is expected to grow by 90,000 inhabitants by 2030, but the cost level is
lower than in many other large economic areas. For example, wage costs in the
Tampere Region are 20% lower than in the capital region of Finland.
”The central location of Tampere in Southern Finland is excellent.
International connections also work well with direct flights.”
Regional cooperation
The overall political will of the region and different city departments offer platforms for testing and piloting new solutions invented by cleantech companies.
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- Timo Sarlin, CEO, Wavin-Labko
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Functional Finland
Newsweek magazine recently ranked Finland as the best country in the world to live in. It is
also a great country to do business in: it’s safe, well-organised and has smooth and functional
infrastructure with transparent public administration.
Safe and stable
As a telling measure of its macroeconomic stability, Finland enjoys the highest possible AAA
status with the global credit rating agencies Fitch Ratings, Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s.
Finland is famous for its transparency, straightforwardness and low levels of bureaucracy. It
is also the only Nordic country in the European Union using the euro as its currency.
Finland’s performance is top-class compared to other innovation-driven economies; it exceeds
the criteria in almost every sector. Your company may be the one that boosts the markets to
the highest level!
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Competent facilities
Innovations
According to WEF’s Global Competitiveness Report 2013-2014, Finland has the best availability
of scientists and engineers who are trained by one of the best education systems in the world.
According to the World Economic Forum, Finland is still number one in digitisation, and is toppling Sweden and Norway from top spot in a ranking of economies that are best placed to benefit from new information and communication technologies (ICTs).
2/3 of Finns live within a 1,5 h
drive from Tampere.
Institutions
infrastructure
Macroeconomics
Health and primary education
Easy and Innovative
Higher education and training
Finnish infrastructure excels in terms of physical transportation as well as telecommunications. Finland’s technological infrastructure is among the best in Europe. The amount of
office space is increasing and is much more affordable than in many locations in Western
Europe. Finland’s world renowned $12 billion annual innovation system owes its success to
the researchers and other professionals working in Finland.
Goods market efficiency
Labour market efficiency
Financial market development
Technological readiness
Finland is the most competitive country in the EU and 3rd globally.
Market size
Business sophistication
Finland’s global rankings:
#1 Health and primary education
#1 Higher education and training
#1 Availability of scientists and engineers
#1 Property rights and IPR protection
#1 Availability of latest technologies
#2 Protection of minority shareholders’
interest
#2 Innovation
#2 Quality of education system
#2 Quality of mathematics and science
education
#2 Extent of staff training
#2 Capacity to retain talent
#2 Tertiary education graduates in OECD
Finland
Innovation-driven economies
#3 Company spending on R&D
#3 Quality of overall infrastructure
Source: WEF Global Competitiveness index 2013–2014
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”There are good networks and good co-operation
with companies in the Tampere Region.”
CONTACT US AND JOIN THE CORE SET
OF cleantech & energy INDUSTRY
IN FINLAND!
efficient
business
environment
- Jyrki Vuorinen, professor, TUT Materials Science
For information on how combine innovation, research and know-how
with other industries, request materials on the other clusters of the
Tampere Region:
• Intelligent Machines
• Life Science
• ICT
• Creative industries
• Nanotechnology
• Manufacturing
Future
innovations
New
markets
”We have gained much advantage from the Tampere
Business campus and the tight company network.”
- Jorma Koskinen, CEO, TPI Control Oy
Wide
networks
Your company here!
High-quality
research
”In Tampere, there are a lot of piloting
opportunities and active, innovative consumers.”
- Toni Sormunen, Head of Tampere unit, There Corporation
the best
know-how
Top
education
Smart
solutions
”Big industrial companies have trained the small
companies well.”
- Antti Kotisaari, CEO, Andritz Hydro
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The Tampere Region, home of many of the world’s firsts.
Tampere Region in Finland
Smart City with Renewing Industry!
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