NETWORKED CENTER OF EXPERTISE FOR METAL INDUSTRIES

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NETWORKED CENTER OF EXPERTISE FOR METAL INDUSTRIES
Tornio
Raahe -
Tornio -
Nivala
Raahe
Nivala
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The Center of Expertise Programme

• Idea
• To utilise top level knowledge and expertise as a
  resource for business operations, job creation
  and regional development
• Targets
• To identify regional strengths and create
  economic growth
• To increase the number of competitive products,
  services, enterprises and jobs based on the
  highest standard of expertise
• To attract international investment and leading
  experts
• To continually reinforce and regenerate regional
  expertise.
• 19 Regional and 3 nationally networked centers
• 6 new centers over the period 2003-2006
• 45 areas of expertise
• Basic funding from the governement 7.8 M

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The Arctic Production Circle

• The Metal industry cluster on the coast of gulf
  of Bothnia
• Steel Industry, heavy engineering work shops,
  electronics subcontractors
• University level research and training
• Specialized, regional production studios
• Material and joining technology of heavy steel
  construction, Raahe
• Production technology of Mechanics of
  Electronics, Nivala
• Product- and production technology of stainless
  steel products, Tornio

• Employees
• Raahe district 5 000
• Oulu region 4 000
• Oulu south 2 700
• Kemi-Tornio 2 300
• Luleå 2 500

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The Networked center of expertise of metal
industries

• The Production studios in Raahe, Tornio and
  Nivala were appointed the networked center of
  expertise of metal industries in the national
  center of expertise (CoE) programme over the
  years 2003 2006.
• Rautaruukki Oyj, AvestaPolarit Stainless, Oulu
  University and production studios have agreed on
  co-operation to realise the programme

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The Fields of expertise

• The programme is based on the high-level local
  metal expertise especially in the field of
  material technology and production and
  maintenance services.
• The product development of metal products
• Steel construction for demanding conditions
• Steel materials for automatic production
• The production service of metal products
• production technology
• the logistics and data transfer systems of
  order-supply process
• The maintenance service of industry
• condition control
• service concept for assembly and maintenance
  projects

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Targets 2003 - 2006

• The volume of RD and training activities 50
  miljoonaa
• To improve the international competitiviness
• To increase the total turnover by 30
• To create 2000 new jobs and half of them by
  starting new business activity
• To make the center of expertise to be a part of
  the regional, national and international
  innovation network

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The growth potential of metal industry

• Renewable energy sources
• The projects to exploit the natural sources in
  the Barents region
• The mechanics of electronics
• The stainless steel products

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How it works?

• The CoE realise RD and training projects aimed
  at top level knowhow and peak projects in
  accordance with the selected fields of expertise
• Regional studio operates independently under the
  local organisation (technology center)
• Extensive co-projects and technology programmes
• Co-operation in the field of financing (tekes),
  training, information and regional marketing
• The guiding committee of the programme
• strategy, basic funding, peak projects,
  co-operation
• main activators, financiers (19)
• The basic funding for coordination, project
  planning and seed funding of the peak projects
• 500 000 / a (2003)
• Programme manager Project managers of the
  studios (3)

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Vision

• In the next growth phase the region could become
  one of the three most prestigious networked
  production areas in Europe.
• The region is particularly known of its
  exceptional production culture in which the
  quality of life is successfully combined with the
  demands of modern production