VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Helping customers in the transition to sustainable, service-oriented and automated mobility

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is a visionary research, development and innovation partner. VTT drives sustainable growth and tackles the biggest global challenges of our time. VTT goes beyond the obvious to help the society and companies to grow through technological innovations. We have over 75 years of experience of top-level research and science-based results.

VTT’s mobility and transport research foster the value driven, adaptive and responsible future mobility of people and goods. VTT provides applied research to more than 200 companies internationally, from standardized validation and development tasks to considerable ecosystem schemes. ​In European research ranking VTT is ranked 4th in Horizon 2020 EU Research and Innovation programme.

VTT develops solutions for its customers using the multidisciplinary approach, and integrating different sectors: smart services, cities, infrastructure, autonomous and connected systems, transport and mobility as well as data​. VTT has unique equipment and facilities for research on machines and vehicles, enabling the creation of entirely new innovations and the further development of existing machinery, vehicles and transport systems. These research facilities cover an extremely broad range of experimental research on everything from components to systems level simulation. Engine and vehicle laboratory research is suitable for passenger cars as well as heavy-duty vehicle up to 60 metric tons to develop energy efficiency, emissions, reduction, use of 2nd generation biofuels, electric powertrains, energy storages, vehicle fleet and route simulation.

Sitowise

The Smart City Company

Sitowise is a Nordic expert in the built environment with a strong focus on digitality. We design smart cities and spaces for living where daily life finds a sustainable foundation. We operate in three business areas: buildings and real estate, infrastructure and digital solutions.

Every day, our 2,000 experts from different fields join forces for traffic, infrastructure and buildings to provide the best setting for safe and carefree daily life.

We want to raise the bar on smartness and sustainability, which is why our vision is to be the most sustainable partner in developing a prosperous living environment.

A smart and safe living environment is based on a sustainable digital infrastructure. Together with our customers, Sitowise is leading the way towards the new era of digital built environment and mobility.

In mobility and logistics, we are focused to implement solutions especially for daily public sector personal and goods transportation schemes. Improved use of capacity, state-of-the art on-demand solutions with MaaS-integrations are our expertise.

  • Digital & Automated Dispatch Solutions for Mobility Operators​
  • Mobility & ​MaaS​
  • Infrastructure ​Asset Management ​
  • Logistics Research & ​Development Services​
  • Traffic Information Service Development & Consultation​
  • Virtual Model ​Services & ​Digital Twins​
  • GIS – Geographical Information Systems​
  • 5G & ​Smart Infrastructure​

Helsinki Business Hub

Your local guide to business in Helsinki

Helsinki Business Hub is the international trade and investment promotion agency for the Finnish capital region. We help foreign companies to set-up their business, grow and develop in Greater Helsinki, which offers key business opportunities in (but not limited to) the following fields:

  • Information and communications technology
  • Health: personalized health & med tech
  • Smart & clean solutions, especially related to energy, circular economy, smart buildings and smart mobility
  • Hotel investments.

We’ll help you throughout your journey to Finland and the Greater Helsinki area – from the initial consideration to establishing and expanding your business. Turn to us, if you are looking for the best location for your business, co-operation with Finnish companies, deal flow from Finland or opportunities for expansion in Greater Helsinki. We provide you with the right information and contacts and identify the best growth opportunities for you.

Our services are always tailor-made for your business needs and are free of charge.

Vaisala

Vaisala is a global leader in weather, environmental, and industrial measurements. Building on over 80 years of experience, Vaisala provides its customers with reliable measurement solutions and services for better decision-making, safety, and efficiency.

Vaisala RoadAI (Road Artificial Intelligence) is a service for efficient infrastructure management. The service is suitable for existing road and rail monitoring processes as well as new construction projects, but it can also be used to monitor a variety of other environments and applications. RoadAI supports maintenance processes by providing a streamlined way to capture visual feed from the field and refining it to valuable information for decision making.

In the future, weather will have an even bigger impact on the transport of people and goods. Based on this, we set a new direction for our digital business and established Vaisala Digital in the fall of 2019. The mission and objective of the business is to complement Vaisala’s ability to provide our customers’ weather-critical operations with industry-leading decision support systems, where the services work seamlessly with Vaisala’s instruments. Our solutions provide authorities, contractors, and connected vehicle drivers with detailed insights of prevailing and forecasted road surface state along entire routes. Such data benefits also autonomous vehicles in the future.

Deal Comp Ltd

ITS solutions for demanding environments

Deal Comp is a highly skilled partner for technology-based companies, which provides services for public transportation, autonomous driving, wireless communications, IoT and real time applications.

Established in 1992, since then our main focus has been in ruggedized vehicle solutions for demanding Arctic environment coping with frost, heat, dust and moisture as well as vibration and shocks.

Our Product range includes for instance following solutions:

  • Computers for commercial vehicles (e1), railways (EN50155) and marine (IEC60945)
  • Rugged Mobile multichannel router 2/3/4/5G/satellite
  • Public transportation ITxPT electricity saving solution
  • OEM R&D and production

Our products are long-lasting, reliable, durable and low maintenance. Therefore, you save on product replacement, maintenance costs and the environment.