The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry organized a Finnish-Swedish Forest Friends Forever Conference in Hanaholmen, Espoo on 17-18 April. The purpose of the conference was to thank Sweden for the gift in honour of Finland’s 100 years of independence and to further enhance Finnish-Swedish cooperation in research and innovation and in forest policy. Espoo, 17.–18.4.2018

1. Value Ecosystem for SMEs
Linda Fröberg-Niemi, Smart Chemistry Park

2. EU commission, national programs and strategies expect new
business opportunities, products and services from Cleantech
as well as Bio- and Circular economy ecosystems.
Business opportunities for SMEs in
Bio- and Circular economies

3. ✓ They have the substance knowhow and technological
readiness to make high value products
Startup and growth companies play a key role;
✓ They lack the financial resources and are too distant to venture capital and
investor networks
✓ They lack proper infrastructure
✓ They have a crucial need to broaden their networks and strengthen their
business knowhow
But often,

4. Knowledge
intensive
business

5. ✓ Capital intensive business
✓ Time span from invention to innovation – several years
✓ Niche markets
✓ Global costumers
Companies,
whoes solutions are based on material technology,
process chemistry and refining technologies, deal with:

6. Invention/
Research
finding
Proof of concept
R&D Laboratory
scale
Scale-Up
R&D Pilot
Scale
Demonstration
Industrial
Scale
g kg t Kt-MtInnovation process
Scaling up - part of the innovation process

7. Value Ecosystem for SMEs

8. Supports research findings and
inventions to become new businesses
in bio- and circular economies

9. Networks
Business
develop-
ment
Financing
Research
collaboration
Facilities
Services

10. Activities started in January 2015
13 companies + Turku Science Park Ltd
Altogether 60 companies in tight collaboration
100 companies in the network

11. INDUSTRIAL SCALEPILOTLABORATORY
The facilities support growth and scaling up

13. What is common for companies in Smart Chemistry Park?
Chemistry …it enables bio- and circular economies
Linda Fröberg-Niemi, Turku Science Park Oy

14. Smart Business
Smart
Entrepreneurship
Smart Chemistry

15. Health and Nutrion products Biopolymers, Packaging, etc Metal salts, chemicals
Smart Chemistry Park
Bio Metal
Construction materials

16. Bioenergy plant in
Raisio 2017 (9,5 MW)
Collaboration opportunities for
several companies:
• Renotech Ltd
• CH-Bioforce Ltd
• Montisera Ltd
• Separation Research Ltd

17. CH-Bioforce
pilot

18. Smart Chemistry
Park wants to be
part of the solution
Sustainable &
Profitable
Bioeconomy

19. To succeed
1. Allocate resources to concrete actions and demonstrations
✓ The difficulty is to turn the ideas into action.
- What is the role of the public sector?
- How should the financing be arranged?
2. Make it easier for SMEs to find financing
3. Establish public driven paltforms to support company growth
✓ Growth companies need infrastructure and network support to succeed with
the commercialisation process in a reasonable timespan.

20. Success
through
collaboration!