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EU aims to be carbon neutral by 2050, Finland already in 2035. In order to reach these goals, there is a need for significant increase in carbon neutral electrification and overall energy efficiency. Electricity must replace other forms of energy and an it is to be used more efficiently than today. For active society, electrical systems will be more and more critical, which creates demand for system wide resilience.

So far, improvements have been focused on components: motors, pumps, fans etc. Next level in energy efficiency improvements is the system level: addressing the big picture of integrated motors, pumps, control systems, energy networks and power generation and usage. EU directive on energy efficiency is setting the limit for the total energy consumption for 2030, which is steering actions to the same direction.

ABB Green Electrification program addresses this demand by creating new integrated technology platforms and related new platform ecosystems. Modern communication technology (5G), data management, new electrical engineering solutions, energy network technology and cyber security solutions form a unified, optimized and secure combination. More and more physical devices are replaced with digital solutions and more and more devices communicate with each other in cyber secure way, enabling fast reaction to variable conditions and therefore minimizing energy loss and system malfunctions.

Project will result in overall solutions that raise the system level energy efficiency and reliability to a new level. These solutions are scalable, address the increasing demand for energy efficiency and encourage the platform ecosystem partners in developing export business growth.

ABB roadmap (pdf)

Green Electrification 2035 website

Further information: 
simo.saynevirta (at) fi.abb.com
ilmari.absetz (at) businessfinland.fi

Seamless and Secure End-to-End Connectivity requires in current, 5G and 5G beyond networks (e.g. 6G) E2E interoperability with various public and private networks as well as within the all the terminals and devices connected to the networks together with simultaneously interoperable secure technological solutions. Within the medical vertical the need for secure End to End diagnostics solutions is expected to grow rapidly and thus the European and Finnish providers are required to develop entities connecting devices, analysing capabilities and remote diagnostics solutions until life-cycle services. The similar principles are applicable also other mission critical industries.

Target for Seamless and Secure Connectivity "Challenger" is to develop applicable 5G and beyond End to End (E2E) digital infrastructures, systems and processes to achieve interoperable, seamless and secure connectivity and as a result cyber resilience for information security attacks. In addition a specific target is to advance creation of medical end-to-end diagnostics (life-cycle) solutions with help of software intensive and machine learning & artificial intelligence technologies and significant improvement of development models (e.g. RegOPs).

Bittium roadmap (pdf)

Seamless and Secure Connectivity Program website

Seamless and Secure Connectivity Ecosystem Event 20.3.2024, webinar + Oulu

Further information:
jari.partanen (at) bittium.com
laura.mustaniemi (at) businessfinland.fi

Plastics are irreplaceable materials, which secure clean water, safe and effective food chain, healthcare, and electrification. The demand of plastics is growing, but the current production and use of plastics is not sustainable.

The key global challenges of plastics are fossil raw materials, high CO2 emissions from production and end-of-life incineration while the plastics recycling rates are still very low. Innovations are required to solve these challenges. Borealis Polymers Oy, as a forerunner, aims to make the Finnish plastics industry sustainable. To reach these ambitious targets, Borealis together with the key value chain partners will focus on three main areas:

1. Utilising renewable feedstock opportunities to replace fossil feeds
2. Developing both mechanical and chemical recycling of plastics
3. Carbon neutral production by electrification and use of hydrogen and renewable energy

Borealis roadmap (pdf)

SPIRIT website

Further information:
jaakko.tuomainen (at) borealisgroup.com
tuomas.lehtinen (at) businessfinland.fi

Our vision is that tomorrow’s transportation will be intelligent, sustainable, and effective because of new fossil free solutions. To make this happen we will create an Intelligent Power Electronics Ecosystem. Our ecosystem will drive intelligent, sustainable, and cost-effective use of energy, which will strengthen the Ecosystem’s competitive advantage in the global market. Danfoss aims to establish Intelligent Power Electronics Ecosystem through its business units of Drives and Editron.

Energy and its conversion will be the big and important business of the future and is therefore also critical for transportation. Use of power electronics enables the smart and profitable green conversion of energy needed for electrification. As an expert of power electronics, Danfoss has the chance and the responsibility to lead, guide and support an ecosystem in which power electronics form the basis for developing fossil free solutions for electric transportation at all levels.

Our ecosystem will strongly support the Finnish government’s target of becoming carbon neutral by 2035. Furthermore, digitalisation and sustainability are important parts of the suggested solutions. We have identified three critical focus areas which are all important to the energy transition. In all these areas we have strong expertise and unique position in the value chain, which gives us a significant advantage in leading the creation of ecosystem in this field. The focus areas are:

1. Highly efficient smart power electronics for electrification (Drives, Editron)

2. Electrification for mobile work equipment, Smart energy storage solutions and charging infrastructure (Editron, Drives)

3. Increased efficiency and cost-competitiveness for electrolyser processes (Drives)

In the ecosystem we will partner with relevant companies with suitable expertise to implement and execute research and development projects in the identified topics. We will also conduct strong collaboration with different research partners thereby bringing latest research knowledge to the ecosystem.

Danfoss roadmap (pdf)

Fossil Free Future website

Further information:
laura.frisk (at) danfoss.com
pia.karumaa (at) danfoss.com
tero.ijas (at) businessfinland.fi

The goal of the Heavy(duty) Electric Traffic Ecosystem-program, later HETE, is to develop charging technology suitable for truck traffic and the software platform that supports it, to develop a testing platform for charging infrastructure, and to study future charging models and effects of charging infrastruct on electric grids.

The electrification of trucks is only just starting. The market is still missing scalable charging infrastructure for heavy traffic, such as electric trucks. Since growth in the number of electric trucks requires a complete charging infrastructure that meets practical needs, the development of the ecosystem is essential.

During the HETE-program, Kempower will start R&D-projects in all areas of the program, including charging technologies, digital solutions and platforms, customer applications, and future charging.

Kempower roadmap (pdf)

Heavy Electric Traffic Ecosystem website

Further information:
tommi.rissanen (at) kempower.com
tuukka.vainio (at) businessfinland.fi

The mission of Konecranes’ Zero4 Veturi is to unlock the productivity growth of industrial companies. Industrial productivity has not risen in the past 15 years in Finland. This has major implications for both the national economy and the competitiveness of Finnish exports. Much of the previous increase in productivity can be attributed to investments in more efficient equipment, automation and enterprise resource planning systems. However, this growth potential has now been exhausted and new innovations are needed. Zero4 Veturi envisions a digitized material flow that connects the automation islands, eco-efficiency, and employees to the central factors of productivity development.

All production processes require the moving of raw material and products. The cost of these material flows is close to 10% of an industrial company’s turnover. Material flows are also responsible for some 5.5% of the world’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and account for 40% of injuries in the manufacturing industry. Therefore, making material flows more efficient, safe, and sustainable will have a major impact on overall industrial productivity and GHG emissions. The Zero4 Veturi will achieve this by reducing four major deficiencies in material flows: information barriers, GHG emissions, energy waste and accidents. 

Zero4 Veturi unites relevant companies to work towards the vision of a unified material flow platform. Zero4 Veturi aims to first raise the industrial productivity, and subsequently the competitiveness, of Finnish companies. With the developed material flow solutions, Finland will become a technological pioneer in the field and a significant exporter of equipment and systems as well as novel data-based applications and services.

Konecranes roadmap (pdf)

Zero4 website

Further information: 
Mikael Haag, partnerships (at) zero4.fi
sakari.karppinen (at) businessfinland.fi

Meyer Turku Oy specializes in the production of highly demanding, advanced, innovative, environmentally friendly and energy-efficient cruise ships, passenger ferries and special vessels based on high-quality and networked research and development-oriented design. Our largest customers are Royal Caribbean International, Carnival Cruise Lines, TUI Cruises and Costa Crociere. These customer relationships are based on our ability to create new solutions for the industry at a competitive price and on time. Meyer Turku's share of the global cruise construction market is about 15%. All of Meyer Turku Oy's operations take place at the Turku shipyard, where ships have been built since 1737. The company is also strongly networked in the maritime cluster and with universities and research institutes. The company's human resources base includes experts from all levels, from vocational schools to university dissertation students. The knowledge base is constantly increased alongside work by learning.

This research and development project, “NEcOLEAP”, will explore, innovate and develop new and radical solutions on a large scale worldwide on a number of strategically important topics and issues. Research and development topics include new market and business analyzes and their methods, advanced structures, materials and technologies and their application in challenging marine systems, intelligent technologies such as automation and robotics, digitization and data analytics, and cybersecurity in large systems, ship design and development of production and construction processes and tools, virtual design and system testing methods, and research and development of design and production control processes and their digitization. The topics cover areas strategically important to the operation and competitiveness of Meyer and the entire network, which we will develop in this project extensively together with our multidisciplinary partnership ecosystem.

The main goal of the “NEcOLEAP” project is to accelerate the adaptation of our business to the green transition cycle and to prepare our business together with ecosystem partners to meet the requirements related to climate change. The goal is to offer our customers competitive climate-neutral product portfolios and product development services designed with the help of high-quality expertise and specialization. The ultimate goal of the measures is to develop future-proof floating cruise ship concepts that stand out in the industry's competition and will lead to significant new orders for cruise ships and / or other floating products after Meyer Turku's current order backlog. The goal is to strengthen Meyer's position as a leader in product development and technology in the marine industry, and with an expanded portfolio of floating solutions, Meyer and the entire ecosystem have even better opportunities to expand their international customer portfolio. These goals are only possible through significant investment in our own and our partner network's research and development, know-how and technology, and the expansion of our entire ecosystem from a traditional to an innovative network of partners across different industries.

The ultimate outcome of the NEcOLEAP project is to contract a climate - neutral cruise ship order for Meyer Turku Oy. The order, which has an impact on the company's net sales of approximately EUR 1 billion and has a corresponding direct effect on Finnish exports. As a result, the employment impact of the yard and the network will be approximately 12,000 person-years, which in turn will result in approximately 9,500 jobs, including our own personnel and the nearest partner network. The priorities and measures implemented in the flagship project will also expand and reform the entire partner ecosystem, research

organizations and improve collaboration between many different actors. The above effects are expected to materialize before the project ends. It is assumed that the effects of such a large-scale development project will be positive in the industry well into the future and will also provide guidelines for future research and development activities.

Meyer Turku roadmap (pdf)

NEcOLEAP website

Further information:
ilkka.rytkola (at) meyerturku.fi
markku.jokela (at) businessfinland.fi

By 2027 Mirka and the shape ecosystem have significantly contributed to the green transition in europe, by developing solutions enabling net carbon negative surfaces, with a potential of decreasing the carbon footprint of european manufacturing and construction industry by 100 mt by 2030, creating a 2b€ market potential for the ecosystem.

The predicted rapid economic growth and global material resource use projected to double from 79Gt to 167Gt by 2060, not only have significant impact on CO2 emission, pollution, and human wellbeing, but is also unsustainable. Linear economy shows signs of stress and strain as the exponential growth and the perception of unlimited natural resources face resistance. Resource scarcity will force resource efficiency and circularity. Ecodesign is the new standard and remanufacturing, and refurbishing, will be the new manufacturing.

Mirka intends to be part of this transition and will bring actors together to solve the challenges in innovative, cross-industrial, unconventional, ways. SHAPE will build a remanufacturing and refurbishing technology ecosystem in Finland and reveal the thrilling potential of developing materials and technologies optimizing them to create feasible business opportunities supporting Finnish society by creating value-chains, new jobs and export. Cooperation is vital as succeeding will require broad technological capabilities, creation of new value chains within the ecosystem and fostering new business opportunities and mindset. The Finnish industrial landscape offers a great potential for collaboration, from biobased and functional materials, recycling technology to robotization and data. The size of the ecosystem will be significant (100+) as seamless multidisciplinary collaboration is needed. SHAPE will remanufacture manufacturing contributing to a net carbon negative impact of surface finishing and supporting manufacturing and construction industries in the green transition, first in Europe, then globally.

Mirka roadmap (pdf)

SHAPE Ecosystem website

Follow the ecosystem on LinkedIn

Further information: 
charlotta.risku (at) mirka.com
ulf-erik.widd (at) businessfinland.fi

Neste’s purpose is to create a healthier planet for our children. Neste aims to become a global leader in renewable and circular solutions. In the project, Neste develops new, sustainable and globally scalable solutions for transportation and chemicals to decrease crude oil use and tackle climate change. These new solutions will be based on scalable renewable and circular raw materials that are not utilized today, such forestry or agricultural residues, municipal waste, waste plastics and carbon dioxide. Their commercialization requires long term research and development of novel value chains with partners.

Neste wants to centralize it’s global R&D&I activities and will increase R&D&I investments in Finland. In the project world class scientific and technological platform for development of sustainable, low carbon footprint solutions will be established. This is expected to leverage global competitiveness of Finnish research institutes and industry, and serve as a growth platform for new start-ups. The solutions developed are expected to help Finland to meet carbon neutrality targets and be applicable globally to tackle climate change.

Neste roadmap (pdf)

Neste leading company project website

Further information:
teija.laitinen (at) neste.com
jari.seilonen (at) businessfinland.fi

As modern networks continue to evolve towards 5G and the Internet of Things (IoT), there is an essential need to manage very rapidly increasing data transfer and network capacity requirements to provide low latency services, and as well as to increase capacity in a sustainable way. The alternative is a truly unsustainable development in both network capacity and

costs, not to mention energy usage. Currently e.g. due to massive data usage among consumers and enterprises across industry sectors, data centers uses globally and annually over 400 terawatts (TWh), which equals to 50 nuclear power plants. This is approximately 3% of the total energy generated in the world and it is very rapidly increasing, which is unsustainable and very unfavourable trend. Fortunately, ICT and telecommunication sector have competences and when smartly combined, can create capabilities to response this grand challenge.

Nokia’s Veturi mission “Competitive EDGE” is built on the following three pillars which together strengthen Finland’s role in its research and development portfolio:

1. Sustainability and competitiveness: edge computing can significantly improve energy efficiency, data security and privacy on the digital infrastructure. Edge Cloud computing is transforming the telecoms landscape, offering Communications Service Providers (CSPs) flexibility, lower overall costs, and high service availability to meet the growing demands on networks, sustainability, new applications and data by consumers and enterprises. This will also open up very significant business opportunities for the new edge application developers.

2. Network scalability and operability: Edge computing enable massively distributed, automated, cloud-native and secured basis across geographically diverse locations making latency-sensitive applications and digital services sustainable and energy efficient.

3. Solution Focus: Co-innovation and co-development among CSPs, webscalers and network technology companies is essential to create edge-based global solutions that enable sustainable and automated data transfer across future digital infrastructure for consumers and enterprises in every industry. With well-created ecosystem initiatives, effective sectoral integration of core competences and with a common roadmap in Finland we have a unique global position to grow new global multi-billion level businesses.

Nokia roadmap (pdf)

Competitive Edge website

Further information: 
jarkko.pellikka (at) nokia.com
sixten.sandstrom (at) businessfinland.fi

The project significantly contributes energy efficiency and security of data communication in modern and future wireless networks, which is a critical necessity in the industrial metaverse, which is predicted to revolutionize the way industry operate in the future. The industrial metaverse involves real-time interaction, high data throughput, low latency, and seamless connectivity, all of which are areas where advanced 5G technology offers significant advantages. Together with Extended Reality (XR) technologies these are the are crucial components of the industrial metaverse due to their ability to create immersive and interactive experiences that enhance various industrial processes and operations. Due to the increasing use of related services and applications, the amount of data traffic and cyber-attacks is predicted to multiply in the coming years. Therefore, without radically renewed networks, platforms and applications the industrial metaverse won’t exist. Finland's special expertise gives us excellent starting points to become a significant global player in this whole.

In Nokia’s Veturi program, we can build a globally leading center of expertise on industrial metaverse in Finland that covers all key areas of the XR value chain, ranging from future network technologies to company software applications and the versatile utilization of artificial intelligence that supports these. Nokia’s Veturi mission ‘LEAD’ is built on the following three pillars which together strengthen Finland’s role to become a significant player in new virtual environments via new R&D investments on:

1.Security and sustainability: Cybersecurity will be one crucial cornerstone in the industrial metaverse and digital-physical fusion in general, that enable transparent and trusted data collection and usage in energy efficient way. Therefore, security and sustainability aspects must be designed-in as core requirements for digital-physical world across industries.

2.Interoperability and dedicated capabilities: Interoperability is crucial in the industrial metaverse due to its potential to connect diverse systems, devices, platforms, and data sources seamlessly. The industrial metaverse is a complex ecosystem that involves various technologies, industries, and stakeholders working together to create a cohesive digital environment. To create crucially needed new technological capabilities for the industrial metaverse use cases and to respond to the related, new service requirements, networks must be radically transformed. For industrial metaverse, networks must provide totally new capabilities that enable dynamic and automatic adaptation to meet specialized and multiple industrial metaverse requirements.

3.Standardization and commercialization: Commercialization and value capturing in industrial metaverse will be based on multi-party value ecosystem and standardized capabilities that have much broader market appeal because they are compatible with a wide range of metaverserelated requirements, systems and environments. This encourages wider adoption of industrial metaverse technologies and accelerates commercialization. Finland’s expertise on networks, microelectronics, XR technologies and industrial applications gives an excellent basis to become a key contributor on standardization and a leading player on these domains. Finnish industrial metaverse ecosystem must be built to response these needs. We are one of the best in the world in capabilities that are all key enablers for the future metaverse and immersive digital life. Therefore, in Finland we have a unique global position to grow new global multi-billion level businesses.

Nokia roadmap (pdf)

Industrial metaverse LEAD website

Further information:
veli-pekka.luoma (at) nokia.com
jarkko.pellikka (at) nokia.com
sixten.sandstrom (at) businessfinland.fi

The rapid emergence of global challenges is occurring at an unprecedented pace. The accelerating speed of change itself and the challenges such as climate change mitigation, high greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the mobility sector, increasing vulnerability of the global value chains, and changing weather conditions are significantly impacting both on-and off-road mobility. At the same time the manufacturing industry is undergoing a major transformation known as digital green transition.

We in Nokian Tyres (NT) are responding to these global challenges through FUTUREPROOF Veturi program which is a key part of our fresh strategy set to renew the company after several turbulent years and build sustainable growth towards the 2030s. But our ambitions go well beyond the tire industry with an aim to boost advanced, sustainable manufacturing both in Finland and Europe to secure its competitiveness and resilience. Together with the ecosystem partners we will develop both the needed critical technical solutions and efficient European value chains to enable sustainable, safe on and off-road mobility as well as resilient, advanced manufacturing of future products. FUTUREPROOF aims at systemic impact through Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) roadmap, which consists of four main themes guiding the joint development with ecosystempartners and setting the frame for our own work: 1. Mobility and business. 2. Sustainable tire lifecycle, 3 Digital foundation and 4. Advanced manufacturing.

Nokian Tyres is committed to increasing its cumulative RDI expenditure by 108 M€ during the Veturi program. The FUTUREPROOF ecosystem is envisioned to involve around 100 partners with highly multidisciplinary competences. This program will contribute to revenue developments of 680 M€ and increased export of 418 M€ for Nokian Tyres by 2034. On the ecosystem level cumulative increased export is estimated to be around 2 B€ and 500 new jobs created in Finland by 2034.

Nokian Tyres Futureproof roadmap (pdf)

Further information: 
FUTUREPROOF (at) nokiantyres.com
ulf-erik.widd (at) businessfinland.fi

A digital boost for the pharmaceutical R&D – Building a fast lane from data to novel therapies

The healthcare industry, including but not limited to pharmaceutical research and development (R&D), is facing major global challenges among the biggest being the aging population and increasing cost pressure. New more effective, safer, and more personalized treatments are in high demand. Yet development times for new medicines are long with high costs and risks in R&D. In this context digital transformation with data and ML/AI applications has become a major driver for successful pharmaceutical R&D. Companies and ecosystems that can adapt and build on the novel opportunities data-driven R&D offers will first develop the most successful therapies for patients worldwide. This ongoing transformation is a challenge and an opportunity for Orion and the R&D community in Finland.

By investing heavily in the digital transformation and data science, Orion together with innovative partner companies and academic collaborators will create a unique pharmaceutical R&D ecosystem in Finland. A strong competence base of researchers and an efficient, collaborative infrastructure for data-driven R&D will be built. The participants will form a totally novel dynamic “virtual pharma R&D machinery”, where a suitable combination of competences can be gathered around any novel productor service idea, helping to develop it to the global markets and for patients faster.

Several sub-projects are included covering the R&D value chain. Virtual laboratories will be built for essential tasks of future pharma R&D: new drug target discovery & patient selection based on omics data and bioinformatics, active learning-driven laboratory experiments, simulations and modelling, automated data capture & analysis in R&D laboratories and clinics. The reduction in trial-and-error and unnecessary studies will pave the way for faster and more ethical and sustainable pharmaceutical R&D process. The ecosystem will create new opportunities for start-ups, small and large companies (health tech, med tech, diagnostic and pharma) and academic institutions to co-operate, and support development of novel services and products for the healthcare market while bringing economic growth to Finland.

Orion roadmap (pdf)

Pharmaceutical research ecosystem website

Orion Veturi Imaging co-innovation day 15.3.2024, Espoo

Further information: 
sammeli.liikkanen (at) orionpharma.com
outi.tuovila (at) businessfinland.fi

The changing security environment, the growth of digitalization and both threats and opportunities created by a digitalised environment underline the need to incorporate disruptive methods for safety. At the same time, there is a need to create real solutions for sustainability and green transition even for the most challenging environments. Patria answers to this challenge with the Veturi Challenger project eALLIANCE, as part of Business Finland’s projects. The Patria-led eALLIANCE will amplify collaboration with the Finnish civilian and defence sector companies to develop disruptive digital capabilities for enhanced data sharing. The ecosystem’s mission is to integrate disruptive digital solutions across civil, security and defence technologies for ensuring more secure societies. As a leading technology company in its industry and an established defence solutions provider Patriahas the means and resources to lead the eALLIANCE ecosystem, a unique undertaking both in Finland and internationally.

In the eAlliance project Patria will create Research, Development & Innovation (RDI) activities integrating disruptive digital solutions for a holistic metaverse for advanced data sharing and processing, with over 30 partner companies. The eALLIANCE will enable nearly 200 M€ increase in combined R&D expenditure for Patria and the ecosystem partners. The aim of eALLIANCE is to improve the possibilities of Finnish companies to enter international defence markets and create opportunities for international export.

The Patria-led eALLIANCE ecosystem brings together large established companies and agile SMEs in developing innovative digital solutions for defence and dual-use applications including various technologies such as virtual twins, user interfaces, metaverse & live-virtual-constructive environments, fleet management and optimization, AI, edge computing as well as 5G and 6G. The leading Finnish research organizations, universities and other industry collaboration organizations have a key role in the RDI activities of the ecosystem.

Patria roadmap (pdf)

Further information: 
matti.saarikko (at) patriagroup.com
timo.sorsa (at) businessfinland.fi

The Picosun-led ecosystem, ‘Chip Zero’ will collaborate to create the first semiconductor ecosystem in Finland with a mission to develop chips with zero lifetime emissions. The 138.7 M€ R&D project, where Picosun will triple its annual R&D investments by 2026, will enable 160 M€ R&D increase within our ecosystem. The goal is to lower the emissions of semiconductor manufacturing depositions by 50% and increase the handprint of chips by double digit percentages by 2030, consequently leading to zero-lifetime emissions overall.

To reach these ambitious targets, the roadmap needed to achieve the mission consists of four main streams: 1) Developing resource-efficient ALD equipment and processes; 2) Boosting circularity by linking value chains to closed resource cycles; 3) Building a Finnish semiconductor ecosystem and 4) Increasing the handprint of electrification through increased efficiency and scalability.

As the cradle of ALD and the undisputed global ALD competence hub, Finland has the potential to be a more prominent player in the semiconductor industry’s technological development. Now that Picosun is an Applied Materials company, a new worldwide collaborative network can also be accessed in this project and further new products can be developed for the Finnish semiconductor industry. Applied Materials is the global leader in materials engineering solutions used in the production of virtually every chip and advanced display in the world. The ecosystem will boost the economics of all Finnish semiconductor industry players by putting the focus on national R&D, strengthening the competence of specialized employees, increasing education and addressing the negative environmental impacts of the industry, inefficient manufacturing and the continuing supply chain challenges.

The ecosystem consists of companies from the main part of the semiconductor value chain, both large established companies and innovative SMEs, strengthened by research organizations and universities.

Picosun roadmap (pdf)

Chip Zero website

Further information: 
jani.kivioja (at) amat.com
mikko.ahlholm (at) businessfinland.fi

MISSION STATEMENT: Unlocking sustainability in NRMM’s and commercial vehicles & infrastructure for extraction, processing, and transport of raw materials in challenging environments.

The operation of heavy machinery is the number one cause of unsustainable environments (construction. mining, agriculture and forestry). Collectively NRMM¨s and commercial transportation consumes collectively remarkable amount of the global energy consumption, emits remarkable part of the global CO2 emissions and costs a lot in downtime and human capital. So, what makes this machines & their operation unsustainable? They utilize unsustainable energy sources (diesel), utilize energy inefficiently, need a lot of people for operation, supervision & maintenance often leading to safety issues and even serious injury. The operation often results in large amounts of downtime impacting in loss in productivity.

By 2035 FORWARD’27 will reduce CO2 emissions, reduce energy consumption and need of manpower and increase productivity through co-sector development of sustainable power and supply chain and enabling machine autonomy and collaborative ecosystem platform. Other impacts in 5 years include expanding the ecosystem to 90 organizations. One noticeably clear benefit of the project is the market leadership it will provide for Finland in the market of non-road mobile machines (NRMM’s) and commercial vehicles.  The project requires funding of 10 MEur for Ponsse Group and 20 MEur for the ecosystem. However, because of the technologies, innovations and solutions the resulting turnover from FORWARD’27 project will reach BEur level by 2035.

Ponsse and Epec roadmap (pdf)

Forward´27 website

Further information: 
jukka.t.laitinen (at) ponsse.com
mikko.hankaniemi (at) epec.fi
kari.koskela (at) businessfinland.fi

Sandvik is a global solution provider for mining and construction industries. Big trends, namely electrification and digitalization are quickly shaping the industry and are unlocking new opportunities to grow business. In-order to secure future competitiveness, Sandvik is heavily focusing on developing new technologies and technology solutions. Sandvik Veturi aims to establish s base for globally competitive digitalized and electrified, heavy working machine solutions. Equipment and systems interoperability enables system level optimization in customer processes. One key enabler being new connectivity solutions that Sandvik develops with its ecosystem partners as part of Veturi program.

Sandvik roadmap (pdf)

Shift '25 website (in Finnish)

Further information: 
miika.kaski (at) sandvik.com
kari.koskela (at) businessfinland.fi

The mission of the Tietoevry Trusted Digital Societies programme is to develop affordable, accessible, and trusted digital services for citizens. Together with our ecosystem partners we will accelerate the development of trusted technologies, develop Finland’s technological know-how and help Finnish IT companies to build globally scalable business value from responsible data-enabled platforms.

Tietoevry is inviting partners to join the ecosystem for research collaboration.

Develop trusted data-enabled platforms, building on cutting-edge technology, to create scalable business value.

Build re-usable technology modules and use open-source components to develop solutions faster and more cost efficiently.

Co-create platform business models together with the Finnish IT ecosystem, expanding in global markets.

Strengthen long-term industry and academia collaboration for future competitiveness.

TietoEVRY roadmap (pdf)

TietoEVRY leading company project website

Further information:
ksenia.avetisova (at) tietoevry.com
timo.sorsa (at) businessfinland.fi

The global population growth and the rising standard of living are driving food production in a direction dominated by fossil fertilizers and monoculture farming. Sustainable food production solutions must be developed quickly to ensure food security for the growing population without overburdening the climate and natural resources. Food 2.0 takes on this challenge and creates a nature-smart food system in Finland turning pioneering into added value. The Food 2.0 system covers food, production inputs, and by-products. A nature-smart food system reform means more efficient nutrient recycling, strengthening biodiversity, reducing emissions, and integrating food production into other value chains (such as energy, fibers, and fertilizers), which opens new business opportunities. A key enabler of this reform is the efficient use of data and information through digital integrations and artificial intelligence.

The global challenge is a threat and a great opportunity for Finland. Climate change improves the competitiveness of food production in northern regions, providing new opportunities for Finnish food. The sustainability of our food production is of international top quality, providing a solid foundation for growth. Finland is also making significant investments in green energy and the hydrogen economy, which creates significant opportunities for improving the sustainability of food production inputs. Food 2.0 significantly increases food exports value and creates new export opportunities related to the circular economy, digitalisation, and measurement technologies. The sustainability transition of the food system reduces greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity loss, and eutrophication. The food security of Finland improves as self-sufficiency in protein crops, fertilizers, and energy increases. A diet based on researched knowledge can also impact citizens' health. We aim to bring together an ecosystem to build a nature-smart food system that we cannot create alone!

Valio roadmap (pdf)

Food 2.0 website

Further information:
riitta.partanen (at) valio.fi
aleksej.leppanen (at) businessfinland.fi

Beyond circularity is a project that enables Valmet to become a global technology leader in renewable materials, water andheat based equipment and process technology based on recycling and waste and side streams, and automation,digitalization and services supporting these areas.

1. Renewable materials and energy replace fossil-based materials and fossil energy

2. New high value products are developed and produced from fiber-based materials

3. To achieve this, a new thriving ecosystem is built which utilizes the competences required in the twin transition.

Beyond circularity has a strategically significant role in making the green transition a reality. According to its technology strategy, Valmet is aiming for over 2,5B€ in turnover by 2030 through investing in the green transition. To execute this vision, a globally competitive network needs to be built and the twin transition needs to be implemented. The estimated export potential for Valmet and the ecosystem is 9,5B€ by 2030. Valmet RDI headcount will grow by up to 74 people, and the whole ecosystem is estimated to provide 1300 new R&D jobs to Finland.

The new green transition ecosystem to be built in this project creates value and growth for the participants, expands competences to new areas and will encourage best national and international partners in the field to join it. The ecosystem will specifically solve complicated challenges which require openness and active information exchange between the participants. Valmet’s value chain and global position as a company with capabilities to deliver complex large-scale projects provides a strong basis to act as an innovative Veturi ecosystem leader. The core of the ecosystem is Valmet’s unique triangle approach of technology, automation and services enriched by the interdisciplinary knowhow of the partners. By building and developing this exceptional combination, the business is taken to a new level where circular economy, autonomous mills and industrial services are taken forward by globally leading specialists in the field.

Valmet roadmap (pdf)

Beyond Circularity website

Further information:
janne.pynnonen (at) valmet.com
kari.koskela (at) businessfinland.fi

The Wärtsilä-led ecosystem will collaborate in Zero Emission Marine with the mission to enable a zero emission  marine ecosystem through sustainable technology solutions and expand them also to the terrestrial energy sector. Our 80 M€ R&D project will enable 310 M€ R&D increase within our ecosystem. Our goal is to reach 60% GHG reduction in the maritime by 2030 and by 2050 all the Wärtsilä Veturi ecosystem products are carbon-neutral or carbon-negative.

The roadmap needed to achieve this goal comprises of four intertwining streams: 1) Accelerating implementation of technologies enabling introduction of green fuels. 2) Driving the ecosystem towards economically feasible zero-carbon fuels. 3) Developing automated and optimized operations to increase system efficiency and reduce emissions. 4) Developing a commercially viable business model for the ecosystem and sectors.

Engine technology and energy storage systems will be developed for sustainable zero-carbon fuels, including ammonia, hydrogen and its derivates as well as carbon capture and storage and utilization of biofuels. To make them economically viable, digital technologies to enable significant reductions in fuel consumption will be developed. The ecosystem will evaluate commercial and delivery models and further technology options to create viable business models. The market potential for the new technologies is notable reaching well beyond the maritime as the technologies are replicable in different parts of the energy sector.

The Wärtsilä Ecosystem consists of over 200 companies, both large established companies and innovative SMEs in the field of green future fuels, fuel technologies and automized and optimized operations, strengthened by industry organizations, research organizations and universities. No player alone could achieve these ambitious targets, but this unique maritime collaboration will be able to turn the vision into reality.

Wärtsilä roadmap (pdf)

Zero Emission Marine website

Further information: 
kenneth.widell (at) wartsila.com
tero.ijas (at) businessfinland.fi

The Wärtsilä led Wide & Intelligent Sustainable Energy Ecosystem (WISE) collaborate in the energy sector to enable clean balancing energy production concepts. Our 50 M€ R&D project will enable 350M€ R&D increase within our ecosystem. Our goal is to offer flexible autonomous power plant concepts with a 100% e-fuel transition capability from day one by end of 2028. The roadmap needed to achieve this goal compromises of four intertwining streams: 1) Autonomous zero emission power plants & clean energy production, 2) Power train optimization, 3) Digital infrastructure and 4) Data-driven maintenance and new services.

Autonomously operated balancing power generation system will be developed as a part of the entire renewable power generation and energy storage systems, including new service models for the new operating environment. The key enablers, digital infrastructure, edge computing, energy management and optimization are to be developed to work seamlessly together. The ecosystem will evaluate commercial and delivery models and further technology options to create viable business models.

The WISE Ecosystem consists of over 200 companies, both large established companies and innovative SMEs in the field of autonomized and optimized operations, intermittent and flexible power generation technologies. Strengthened by industry organizations, research organizations and universities the WISE ecosystem has an opportunity to make a significant global impact in enabling the energy transition. No player alone could achieve these ambitious targets, but this unique collaboration in the Finnish Energy sector will be able to turn the vision into reality

Wide & Intelligent Sustainable Energy website

Further information:
eleonor.hedstrom (at) wartsila.com
tero.ijas (at) businessfinland.fi

ExpandFibre was an R&D collaboration and an Ecosystem launched by Fortum and Metsä Group to accelerate the development of sustainable bioproducts. It focused on upgrading pulp fibres, hemicellulose and lignin from renewable and sustainable sources of straw and northern wood into new bioproducts. Its ambition was to meet the growing demands for sustainable textile fibres and other added value biomaterials. ExpandFibre ecosystem & projects encompassed over 140 M€ worth of R&D steered towards developing sustainable bioproducts. More information on the results will be published soon.

Read more on the ExpandFibre website

Fortum and Metsä Group roadmap (pdf) 

Further information:
hanne.wikberg (at) fortum.com
katariina.kemppainen (at) metsagroup.com
tuomas.lehtinen (at) businessfinland.fi

The mission of KONE’s Veturi program, The Flow of Urban Life (2021–2024), was to develop smooth and sustainable services and solutions for the next 1 billion people moving into cities by 2030, helping to ease some of the major challenges caused by urbanization and climate change. KONE’s Veturi program has generated new knowledge and innovations in several key technology areas, promoting the development of Finnish expertise and companies in the field of smart and sustainable cities.

KONE’s Veturi program involved around 200 companies and partners, whose R&D projects are currently leading to more than a hundred patent applications. During the program, KONE’s R&D investments in Finland have increased by an average of 7% annually. The company has attracted top professionals to its expert networks, especially in data analytics and AI as well as digital twins and simulation technologies. KONE’s innovation activities and ecosystem cooperation will continue actively even after the Veturi program

Read more about the results of KONE´s Veturi program

Kone roadmap (pdf)

The flow of urban life website

Further information:
ulla.tikkanen (at) kone.com
sakari.karppinen (at) businessfinland.fi

Nokia's Veturi program 'Unlocking industrial 5G' drove digital transformation across selected industries by combining radio technology, advanced algorithms and industry applications. Together with 120 ecosystem partners Nokia has been developing new technology assets to improve productivity and sustainability. Program started in July 2020 and ended in June 2023.

Highlights

• 200 MEUR Ecosystem investments on Industrial 5G
• 10 R&D projects (national & EU)
• 120 Ecosystem partners
• 200 R&D headcount increase in Finland
• 15 Customer trials
• 1 Industrial incubation

Unlocking Industrial 5G website

Nokia roadmap (pdf)

Further information: jarkko.pellikka (at) nokia.com

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What is a roadmap?
Roadmaps are the visions of the leading companies of which solutions, technologies and know-how are needed to achieve the defined missions. Companies and research organizations can apply for funding from Business Finland for RDI projects related to to the roadmap themes.