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Cleantech
The Kuopio Region Centre of Expertise
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Environmental health and safety
Environmental risk assessment
Environmental measurement and monitoring
Environmental informatics
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The Kuopio Science Park acts as support and background for the activity of the Centre of Expertise. It is a multi-disciplinary community conducting both basic and applied research in the fields of health, nutrition and environment.
One focus is on the development and strengthening of the environmental technology expertise and its related technologies in the Kuopio Science Park with a further emphasis on the encouragement of new types of cooperation between commercial companies and research institutes. The ultimate objective is to create new business ideas and to assist existing business activity in North Savo. It also is intended to help companies in their marketing activities and to attract more R&D funding in this field to the Kuopio region.
Kuopio Innovation Ltd. belongs to the National Cleantech Competence Cluster together with Lahti Science and Business Park Ltd., Oulu Innovation Ltd (Oulu) and Culminatum Ltd Oy / Green Net Finland (the Helsinki region). More information can be obtained from the Cluster's homepage: www.cleantechcluster.fi/en/.
For more information:
Anneli Tuomainen, Development Director
Mobile: + 358 40 501 8030
firstname.lastname @ kuopioinnovation.fi
www.oske.net/en
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