The document provides an introduction to the Bright Green Forssa Region, which aims to be an attractive eco-region by 2025. It highlights the region's strengths in environmental business and research, including its location in southern Finland and expertise in areas like recycling, biogas production, and renewable energy. The top business areas are described as environment and energy, green logistics, well-being, and technology. The region's universities and companies are leaders in pioneering recycling and renewable energy projects. The goal is to further develop the bioeconomy and make the Forssa region a global leader in environmental technologies and sustainable development.

1. BRIGHT GREEN FORSSA REGION
Introduction to green business area

2. Forssa region’s vision on 2025
Bright Green Forssa Region is in 2025 attractive, successfully utilizing and
developing environmental know-how. It is creative and providing good life, area
of 50 000 inhabitants, where quality of green logistics and recycling
technologies are the top of the world.
Vital technology business fields, countryside and health food production create
special competitive edge. Operational environment of the companies fulfil the
principles of sustainable development.

3. Why Forssa region is eco region?
To Helsinki about 110 kms
Source: LHJ

4. Why Forssa region is an eco region?
The strengths of Forssa region
 Location in the centre of the Southern Finland’s golden trianlge
 Food supply chain’s top know-how research centre MTT Agrifood
Research Finland, over 500 employees
 Top experts environmental business area, over 200 people
 Forssa Envitech business area is a pioneer in multiple recycling
projects, first in Finland, Europe and even in the whole world
 Waste and by-products from whole Southern Finland are collected and
dealt utilizing top technology
 Working networks with food industry, agriculture and green
construction businesses as well as research and education
 Accepted joint Bright Green business development strategy
 High quality business services close to entrepreneurs and efficient
communication

5. The municipalities of bright green
Forssa region
Forssa
• Centre of environment business and environment education
Humppila
• Environment friendly logistics centre
Jokioinen
• International level food chain and environment research centre
Tammela
• Oasis of diverse nature, environment friendly tourism and leisure living
Ypäjä
• Pioneer of ecological and ethical sustainable equine industry

6. Bright Green Forssa Region
- top business areas
Environment and energy Green logistics
Well-being Technology

7. The top players in environment know-how

8. Pioneering work in
environmental business
1983 Envor Recycling Oy and Saint Gobain Construction products (Isover) start
utilizing recycled glass in insulation production
1995 The glass cleaning plant by Uusioaines Oy is the only one of its kind in Finland
and technologically the most advanced in Northern Europe
1995 Vapo Oy (ex. Forssan Energia Oy) CHP –bio power plant starts in Forssa
Kiimassuo to use wood, peat, straw and recycled fuel.
1996 The landfill opened by LHJ Waste management is the first landfill in Finland to
meet UE requirements for landfill ground structures
1997 The composting plant opened by Envor Biotech Oy is among the first industrial
scale composting plants in Finland

9. Pioneering work in
environmental business
1999 The integration of LHJ Waste management’s REF plant and power plant was
regarded to be very advanced, even on an international scale
2001 Envor Processing Oy builds recycling paper and cardboard processing plant and
start plastic recycling
2003 CRT-Finland Oy became the first company in the world to use laser technology
for recycling cathode ray tube glass
2003 Niska&Nyyssönen Oy began using Finland’s first mobile thermal desorption plant
2004 Watrec Oy, focused on biogas technology, waste and process water treatment
processes, and consultancy services for the both environmental and energy
related issues, starts in Forssa
.

10. Pioneering work in
environmental business
2005 Suomen Erityisjäte Oy begins contaminated soil treatments
2005 Cool-Finland Oy starts treating Finland’s and Estonia’s refrigerators
2007 Suomen Tietoturva Oy begins handling data security materials
2007 J. Syrjänen Oy builds construction waste treatment plants in Kiimassuo
2008 Envor Group Oy builds truck wash facilities according byproduct regulation and
centralises office and hardware maintenance to Envitech area.
2009 Envor Biotech Oy’s biogas plant is first one in Europe to be able to treat
packaged food waste.

11. Pioneering work in
environmental business
2010 Uusioaines Oy’s glass-recycling plant uses latest modern technology for cleaner,
purer cullet answering to glass industry’s demands on purity.
Company has also invested in unique foam glass production plant that produces
light, granular building construction insulation.
2010 Envor Biotech Oy is chosen Finland’s Environmental Company of the year
2010 Wind power company Voimavapriikki Oy is established and plans for year 2013
wind park in Forssa – Tammela area for 24 turbines are made
2010 Saint-Gobain Rakennustuotteet Oy:n (ISOVER) Forssa plant is set to become the
world’s first glass wool plant where renewable energy replaces fossil fuels,
provided by Envor Biotech Oy

12. Pioneering work in
environmental business
2011 Envor Biotech Oy’s biogas plant’s third reactor is built (= Finland’s biggest
biogas plant) and plans for integrated bioethanol production plant are made =
bio hybrid refinery
2011 Forssa based Mitron Oy wins The Green ICT award by Tekes
2011 Production plant by energy company St1 is opened in Jokioinen producing
ethanol from the starch waste of the Genencor International Oy’s sugar plant
2011 Bright Green Forssa Region is the Finnish champion of municipality marketing
2012 Forssa Print becomes Finland’s biggest printing house using eco energy marked
electricity. Electricity is produced using biogas by Envor Biotech Oy
2012 Wind power company Voimamylly Oy is established in Humppila and plans for
year 2014 include 33 turbine wind power park in Humppila – Urjala area

13. Pioneering work in
environmental business
2012 -> Future is moulded around
- Traffic bio gas - Electric cars
- Wind and solar power - Energy efficient green houses
- Industrial aquaculture - Eco building
- Textile recycling - Green logistics
- Bio economy - Environment based electronics
applications
- Ecologically sustainable food - Recycling material based green green
production, feed and fertilizers covers
Bright green business according sustainable development principals is extended
to all business areas in the region

14. Products and services by the
environment and energy businesses
ENVIRONMENTAL MAINTENANCE CONSULTING AND PLANNING
• Comprehensive environmental maintenance • Environmental impact assessments
services • Permit processes
• Data security services • Environmental systems
• Logistics and industry services • Technical and economical reports
• Truck wash • Odor gas spreading simulations
• Noise measuring
RECYCLING AND TREATMENT • Biogas plants planning and delivery
• Bio waste • Waste water treatment planning and delivery
• Energy waste
• Special and challenging waste RENEWABLE ENERGY
• Waste maintenance services • Biogas
• Glass • Bioethanol
• Silts • Biodiesel
• Metal recycling • Synthetic diesel
• Plastics • Recycling fuels
• Cardboard and paper • District heating and electricity
• Contaminated soil treatment
• Construction waste
• Electric and electronic scrap
REUSE RAW MATERIALS
• Glass refinement products
• Municipality waste
• Compost products
• Metal
• Plastic

15. Forssa region’s strong research
and educational know-how
Research programs: Degree programmes:
• Countryside of possibilities • Sustainable development
• Tomorrow’s farm • Nursing
• Wellbeing through food • Logistics
• Responsible food industry • ICT
• From fossil to renewable • Agricultural and rural
• Changing climate and agriculture industries
• Water system friendly agriculture • Supply Chain Management
• Sustainable usage of gene assets
Environmental degree Vehicle technology vocational
education

16. Forssa region top r&d projects
• Envi Grow Park – eco industry park, trailblazer for bio economy and
environment technology
• FORTE - Forssa region business development
• VIHI - Forssa region’s green competitiveness and innovations development
for companies
• Food industry development cluster in national expertise programme
• Foodprint – food chain’s footprint collection and measure methods and tools
development
• BIOVIRTA – bio stream – productizing biogas process material flow
• From waste to traffic fuel – bio fuel from waste
• LCA in landscaping - sustainable green cover management using waste derived
materials
• Tykkää Tyykikylästä – development of city centre
• Forssa region for entrepreneurship and living

17. Welcome to build joint future
for Forssa region!
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