Gofore

Making a positive impact

Our mission is to change the world for the better. We aim to radiate value for future mobility challenges using consulting, coding and design as tools to incite positive change. In 2017, we were chosen as the best workplace in Finland and the runner up to the best workplace in Europe. We pursue projects that have significant impact on both society and on the environment.

We help our customers bring new technologies from the drawing board into daily use. Our aim is to help organizations transform, stay current in the ever-changing environment and capitalize on new opportunities. We seek to build an increasingly functional and mobile future.

We are committed in helping our customers realizing digital opportunities. We have been accelerating versatile innovation projects within the transport sector in Finland. Whether it has been about renewing the traffic management ecosystem, enabling the switch to electric cars, transformation of global transport services or exploring the endless possibilities of Mobility as a Service. Our capabilities evolve and adapt continuously to match our customers’ needs – all around the world.

ITS Factory

City as a test area

ITS Factory is innovation, experimentation and development environment, where companies and individual developers can research, develop, test and productize Intelligent Transport Systems and Solutions. ITS-factory stakeholders actively develop different parts of autonomous transport, such as automated feeder transport services and their operation towards an integrated public transport system.

City of Tampere is active in developing and boosting sustainable services such as Mobility-as-a-Service, demand responsive transport, payment & ticketing, Parking-as-a-Service, eMobility, automated transport services, intelligent tram system and drones as part of integrated mobility. City of Tampere is also a forerunner in opening traffic data, both static and real-time.

ITS Factory has active Public-Private Partnership cooperation between members on all levels and dozens of R&D projects in national and international level. ITS Factory’s goal is to produce business-oriented solutions for ITS and it also wants to support standardization.

ITS Factory is an open research, development, testing and data sharing network for the members.

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TietoEVRY

Building Trusted Digital Societies

Headquartered in Finland, TietoEVRY employs around 24,000 experts globally. The company serves thousands of enterprise and public sector customers in more than 90 countries. TietoEVRY’s annual turnover is approximately EUR 3 billion and its shares are listed on the NASDAQ in Helsinki and Stockholm as well as on the Oslo Børs.

TietoEVRY provides mobility related software, consulting, product development and services for businesses and society in eg. following areas: fleet management, freight and logistics, IoT, maritime, passenger transport and road traffic.

Examples:

Fleet management

Goodyear fleet management solution jointly with HERE Technologies

Freight and logistics

Hartwall optimization of logistics 

IoT

Helsinki region public transport ticket and information system

City of Tampere pedestrian safety Internet of Things solution

Maritime

TietoEVRY is part of the ONE SEA high-profile ecosystem, which leads the way towards an operating autonomous maritime ecosystem. 

Passenger transport

Finnish regions public transport ticketing system

Road traffic

Jointly with the Finnish Transport Agency (FTA), the ELY Centre for North Savo and Valio, we test the use of a milk truck information system to survey roads.

Siemens Mobility Oy – Shaping connected mobility

Siemens Mobility Oy is a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens AG and operates in Finland and the Baltic countries. We employ approximately 70 sales, project management and systems specialists. We are a domestic company with diverse experience in large-scale projects and long-term services and understanding of the local transport market and operators.

We enable rail operators to shape today’s and tomorrow’s passenger and freight transportation – with rolling stock (trains, locomotives, metro, light rail), infrastructure, automation and electrification solutions, turnkey systems as well as related services. Furthermore, with IoT and data analytics we help rail operators enhance the maintenance of the infrastructure and rolling stock.

Our offer spans intelligent road infrastructure and traffic solutions in and between cities, such as traffic management and simulation, digital services driven by AI, solutions for shared autonomous vehicles and much more.

We also offer multimodal trip planners, apps that are true traveler companions providing access to comprehensive Mobility as a Service – from the first to the last mile. Our mission is to make trains and infrastructure intelligent, increase value sustainably over the entire lifecycle, enhance passenger experience and guarantee availability.

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Väylävirasto

Infrastructure provides a platform for growth

Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency concentrates on planning, developing, and maintaining state owned road, rail, and maritime transport infrastructure and the coordination of transport and land-use. In addition, it is also responsible for arranging traffic control and winter navigation. FTIA will operate in the planning of transport systems as the primary partner of regional councils, municipalities, urban regions, and other players.

Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency deals with the service level of transport, thus promoting well-being in Finnish society and Finnish business competitiveness. FTIA’s task is to respond efficiently and responsibly to customer needs arising from changes in transportation and to produce a growth platform for society in the form of a functional and safe infrastructure. In addition, we do our part to promote development and responsible construction in the infrastructure field.

City of Tampere

Sustainable and intelligent transport system utilizing digitalization and intelligent transport solutions

City of Tampere has long history and is actively developing ITS systems and services. Big infrastructure projects like new city tram and Central Deck and Arena is urban scale development on top of existing railway tracks in the heart of the city offer a great platform to develop and implement new innovations. Goal is to add value to citizens everyday life, create new business opportunities to companies and to build sustainable city together with ITS Factory and Smart Tampere ecosystems. ITS Factory is an active business ecosystem that has operated in the region for a long time and has supported collaboration between different parties and the creation of new solutions. Smart Tampere is the strategic development programme of the City of Tampere for 2017–2021. These ecosystems consist of companies, universities, r&d organizations and public entities. Our goal is to make Tampere one of leading smart mobility cities and testing grounds in Europe.

Oulun Energia – Your partner in smoother, safer and more intelligent traffic solutions

Oulun Energia’s core operations cover the entire value chain of the energy industry, but as a valuable add to it, we also provide services for road traffic and intelligent transport systems.

Street and traffic light contracting is maybe the most well-known part of our services in this sector, but in recent years we have grown to one of the market leaders in Finland in construction and maintenance of road telematics.

We aim to make the everyday traffic to all road users in Finland more functional, smoother and safer. Variable warning and message signs, traffic counters and cameras are some examples of our tools in this work. We are also one of the main partners in consulting and developing the HALI system, a national traffic light pre-emption system for emergency vehicles.

 

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​

WSP – Future Ready Mobility

WSP is one of the world’s leading professional services consulting firms. We are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower. We design lasting solutions in the Transportation & Infrastructure, Property & Buildings, Environment, Power & Energy, Resources and Industry sectors, as well as offering strategic advisory services. With approximately 49,500 talented people globally, we engineer projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.

WSP provides a comprehensive approach to transport and infrastructure planning and management. Utilizing the latest technologies, we promote mobility, connectivity, durability and flexibility. We specialize in delivering future ready solutions that take global and local trends and new developments into account.

WSP Finland has strong and diverse expertise on sustainable and smart transport and city planning. In collaboration, we help our clients reach their goals and create more livable, healthy and attractive environments. Our aim is to continuously improve the mobility solutions for everyday life of people and for businesses.