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(28.06.2007 )
Real estate in Finland International interest in Helsinki Region Finland

The key cities in Finland's capital region - Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen together with Uusimaa Regional Council - have set up a new company in the Helsinki Metropolitan area, the main aim of which is to attract land investment in Finland investment and skilled individuals to the area. Mr. Tatu Laurila (34) M.Pol.Sc. has been appointed as CEO of the company from the start of 2007. Mr. Laurila has previously worked for Venture Cup Finland and the University of Helsinki. His previous position was as deputy managing director of Culminatum Ltd. The main function of the Helsinki Region Center of Expertise Company - Culminatum Ltd. - is to implement the National Centre of Expertise Programme in the Helsinki region in association with the host organisations for the selected expertise sector. In his position at Culminatum, Mr. Laurila was responsible for, among other things, drawing up and implementing the innovation strategy for Helsinki and the research programme of Tekes, the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation.   

The aim of the new company, Greater Helsinki Promotion, is to generate international interest in the Helsinki region and to increase international investments. Significantly more resources will be invested towards these goals in the near future. The aim is to make the Helsinki Metropolitan Area the most attractive innovation and business environment within the Baltic area by 2015.

”So that we can stand out, our actions must have as their starting point the idea that technology and development projects and Living Lab environments in which companies can quickly develop new products and services in cooperation with a network of highly skilled individuals and the end user are built around the best centres of excellence," said Mr. Tatu Laurila in an interview to Presso magazine. 

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