A place for growth, development and internationalization

With its population representing a good 120 nationalities and speaking more than 80 languages, Vantaa is truly an international and multicultural city. Widely known for its International Airport, Vantaa is experiencing vigorous business development and office premises construction. Vantaa has a strong position as the hub of Finland’s logistics. This makes the city a very attractive location and growth environment for companies operating in the Finnish or international markets.

RFIDLab Finland is a neutral non-profit association, whose mission is to improve the operational efficiency of companies with identification technology. RFIDLab Finland helps companies with the business potential of RFID and NFC technologies, create networks, and drive development initiatives.

The Helsinki Region Chamber of Commerce is one of the largest chambers of commerce in Europe based on voluntary membership. With 6 500 members, it includes all the leading companies in the region and works seamlessly with the actors and the stakeholder groups in the region.

FECC – Finnish Environmental Cluster for China, provides assistance to both conglomerates and individual companies. FECC offers help starting from searching out projects and co-operation partners right up to the end of the marketing process. FECC also helps companies to establish themselves in China.

Green Net Finland is a cleantech business network that brings together the expertise and resources of Finnish cleantech companies, scientific and educational institutions and public authorities.

Vantaan Yrittäjät is an organization that supports small and medium sized companies in Vantaa.

Generating and supporting companies using state-of-the-art sensor technology. Applying existing sensor technologies for new purposes.

Heureka is a science center in Vantaa, Finland. Its purpose is to facilitate the access to scientific knowledge and to develop the methods of scientific education. Its exhibits are largely hands-on and many of them are made for children. It also includes a planetarium capable of displaying digital panoramic films.

Leija Business service centre supports the development of business in Vantaa and offers comprehensive business services for companies in the region.

CIDe Cluster Finland is a joint project between Vantaa Innovation Institute Ltd and Laurea Tikkurila unit. The project concetrates on companies operating in welfare and health care service sectors. CIDe is an innovation environment in which new kind of holistic health care and welfare service innovations are developed together with higher education, public, private and the third sector organizations.

The aim of the new Food Traceability & Safety Technology Center is to connect different players in Finnish food safety technology industry, enabling new innovations and business. The showroom showcases the Finnish food safety chain from primary production to consumer. The Center is part of Finnish Food Safety for Export project, funded by European Regional Development Fund.

Culminatum Innovation Oy Ltd is a development company owned by the Uusimaa Regional Council, the cities of Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa, and the universities, polytechnics, research institutes and business community of Helsinki region. The main function of Culminatum Innovation Oy Ltd is to manage the Centre of Expertise Programme within Helsinki Region over the current third programme period 2007 - 2013.

Greater Helsinki Promotion (GHP) enables dynamic international companies to create success within the heart of business in Finland, Russia and the Baltics. GHP is a non-profit organization, established by the cities of the capital region to drive high impact international investments into the region.

Uusimaa Regional Council is a joint regional authority for Helsinki-Uusimaa Region. The tasks of Uusimaa Regional Council include regional and land-use planning and the promotion of local and regional interests in general. The Council articulates common regional needs, long term development goals and conditions for sustainable development.

Aviapolis, a 42 square km city surrounding the Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport, is one of the most attractive business hubs in Finland.