EARTO working group on quality issues 8

EARTO – working group on quality issues 8. 4. 2011 Anneli Karttunen, Quality Manager VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

3/19/2018 2 Contract and public research, networking VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is the biggest multitechnological applied research organisation in Northern Europe. VTT provides high-end technology solutions and innovation services. Main part of work contract research and joint projects § Improved competitiveness: new and improved products, equipment, production methods and processes Technology enhancement and transfer also by producing public research knowledge § Growth ground for science-based innovations Active participation in both domestic and international research programmes and collaboration networks § Effective technology transfer and access to co-operation partners

3/19/2018 3 VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland VTT IS § a globally networked multitechnological applied research organisation VTT HAS § extensive cross-disciplinary technological and business expertise § unique research infrastructure § comprehensive global partnership networks in business, industrial and research communities VTT CREATES § new technology and science-based innovations in co-operation with domestic and foreign partners VTT § Turnover 274 M€ (2010) § Personnel 2, 800 (2010) § 80% with higher academic degree (2010) § 1, 520 customers (2010) § Established 1942 § VTT has been granted ISO 9001: 2008 certificate. Focus areas of research § Applied materials § Bio- and chemical processes § Energy § Information and communication technologies § Industrial systems management § Microtechnologies and electronics § Services and the built environment § Business research

3/19/2018 4 VTT on map Saint Petersburg, Brussels, Russia Belgium Seoul, South Korea Bay Area , USA Finla nd Shanghai, China Sodankylä • • • Rovaniemi Oulu Raahe Kajaani Jyväskylä Tampere Turku Espoo Kuopio Outokumpu Lappeenranta Rajamäki Helsinki São Paulo, Brazil Tokyo, Japan

3/19/2018 5 Results § 290 notifications of inventions and 33 notifications of software in 2010. § Over 1, 100 patents and patent applications in VTT’s patent portfolio. § VTT Ventures Ltd had partial ownership in 19 enterprises based on VTT’s technology at the end of 2010. § 2, 000 publications yearly, most of them scientific articles and conference presentations. § 6, 850 publications in VTT’s own publication series since 1943. About 1, 400 of them are available on the Internet. § 93 publications in VTT’s own publication series in 2010.

3/19/2018 6 VTT Group structure 2011 V T T Technical Research Centre of Finland (State-owned research centre under the domain of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy) R&D § Research personnel § Research resources § Project execution § Competence development Group Services § Support functions VTT Expert Services Ltd § Specialist reports and assessments § Certification and approval services § Testing. inspection and calibration Labtium Ltd Enas Ltd Strategic Research § Self-financed research § Jointly funded research IP Business § IPR sales and licensing § IPR portfolio management VTT Memsfab Ltd § Contract manufacturing of micro- and nanoelectronic materials and devices Business Solutions § Management of customer accounts § Contract research § Technology licensing as a part of contract research sales Separation of economic and non-economic activities. VTT Ventures Ltd § Management of spin-offs VTT International Ltd § Administration and development of international joint ventures and contact points

3/19/2018 7 Quality issues at VTT in 2011 § QEHSS Roadmaps: several themes which are planned to last couple of years § Annual tasks are mainly set within these themes § Some current topics (which could also be in line for common benchmarking within this work group) § Self assessment including EHS issues § Sustainability and responsibility in internal operation: GRI reporting § Process indicators, for example for measuring project performance

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