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VTT opens pilot plant to turn captured carbon dioxide into plastics and chemicals

VTT opened a pilot plant in Espoo, Finland, to turn captured carbon dioxide into materials that can replace fossil fuels in making plastics and chemicals.

Circular economy

Innovation ecosystem

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Green Line

Green Line is Finland's leading green transition hub located in Espoo. Green Line brings together international companies, startups, researchers, education institutions, and investors in the fields of chemical, circular economy, and clean technology.

Circular economy

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Espoo ranks sixth in patent applications in Europe — Patent Index 2023

Espoo is ranked sixth in the Patent Index 2023 published by the European Patent Office. Espoo files the sixth most patents of all cities in Europe. Espoo's innovation players made 60.5% of all patent applications in Finland.

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Aalto University and Murata explore new frontiers in nanotechnologies — collaboration facilitated by Enter Espoo

Aalto University and Japan's Murata Manufacturing Company collaborate to find new pathways in material science and fibre processing, focusing on shape-controlled nano-powdering technology of synthetic polymers.

Circular economy

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Marubeni and Nordic Bioproducts Group sign a MoU to collaborate on sustainable biomass utilisation

Marubeni Corporation and Nordic Bioproducts Group Oy (NBG) have signed a MoU. Through the collaboration, the companies aim to establish a biorefinery business utilising NBG's AaltoCellTM technology, focusing on processing woody bioass from Marubeni's plantations in South Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Paptic secured €27.5 million in growth financing in 2023

Paptic Ltd, a high-growth company in wood fibre-based packaging, secured EUR 27.5 million in growth financing in 2023. With a focus on replacing plastic films, Paptic aims to expand in Europe and Asia.

Circular economy

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Enifer is set to take the production of PEKILO mycoprotein to a commercial level

Enifer is set to construct its first commercial-scale factory dedicated to producing PEKILO® mycoprotein ingredient after securing a EUR 12 million recycling and reuse investment grant from Business Finland.

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VTT's spin-offs raise close to 10% of all capital funding invested in Finnish startup ecosystem

Spin-off companies from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland raise a significant portion of capital funding invested in the Finnish startup ecosystem. Startups created at VTT and Aalto University form the core of Finland's deep tech startup scene.

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Food tech startup eniferBio gets €11M in funding to produce sustainable fungal protein

Espoo-based food tech startup eniferBio secures €11 million in funding to produce environmentally-friendly fungal protein derived from food and agricultural by-products.

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Origin by Ocean wins €7.5M investment to develop algae refining technology

The biotech startup, Origin by Ocean has won €7.5 million in investments to take its algae refining technology closer to industrial-scale production.

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Enter Espoo at Hannover Messe 2023

Espoo is Finland's leading deep tech ecosystem that offers world-class test beds, collaboration and innovation development opportunities, technologies, and startups.

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Aalto University and VTT start creating new enzymes with AI

Aalto University and VTT harness the power of machine learning to create new enzymes in a joint-circular bioeconomy project.