Business services for Companies

Service environments of Oulu area

Does your company need research or development services to find new products or services? Do you want production or testing services for you technology prototype? Are you trying to find educational visit content for your company? You can find many different research, development, production and testing services as well as services for educational visits and export from public players in Oulu area. Most of them are categorized in this listing.

Testing and development services for ICT industry

5G Test Network

5G Test Network for testing 5G technology, components and services in real time

Owner: University of Oulu and VTT

5GTN website


 

Big Data for 5G

Kehitysalusta massa-analytiikan ja reunalaskennan sovelluksille 5G-verkossa

Owner: University of Oulu


 

Diversified AI environment

5G Test Network and AI environment for testing 5G and AI technology, components and services in real time

Owner: VTT

VTT website


 

OuluZone

Testing of autonomous robots, drones vehicles, and machines, and construction technology and automation

Owner: City of Oulu


 

Center for Microscopy and nanotechnology

Comprehensive and advanced material analysis services for ICT industry

Owner: University of Oulu

Service website


 

Oulu Clean Room

Development and assembly clean room services for photonics and high-frequency applications

Owner: VTT


 

EduDigi

Co-reation service for EdTech companies

Owner: Oulu University of Applied Sciences and Science Centre Tietomaa, City of Oulu

EduDigi website


 

EduLAB

EdTech product and service prototyping, design and training, and facilitation of innovation events

Owner: Oulu University of Applied Sciences


 

Game LAB

Co-creation and development platform for gaming industry

Owner: Oulu University of Applied Sciences


 

Simulation aided design

By simulations we can solve even complex problems without expensive and time-consuming prototyping. We can find problems and what causes those fast and swiftly verify the suggested solutions.

Owner: Convergentia Oy

Convergentia Oy website

Testing and development services for HealthTech

OuluHealth Labs


OYS TestLab

Testing of health technology software, devices and services, and their prototypes in hospital environment
Owner: PPSHP

Oulu WelfareLab

Testing of welfare technology software, devices and services in home care, healthcare centres and social services

Oamk SimLab, MedSim

Testing of health and wellbeing technology software, devices and services in simulation studio environment
Owner: Oulu University of Applied Sciences 
Oamk SimLab, MedSim 


Oamk SimLab, OralSim

Testing of health technology software, devices and services in dental care at Dentopolis
Owner: Oulu University of Applied Sciences 
Oamk SimLab, OralSim 

Oamk SimLab, BioSim

Testing of laboratory methods and products for clinical chemistry, hematology, molecular biology and microbiology
Owner: Oulu University of Applied Sciences
Oamk SimLab, BioSim

Oamk SimLab, OptSim

Testing of optometry products, services, methods and software
Owner: Oulu University of Applied Sciences
Oamk SimLab, OptSim

Oamk SimLab, RehaSim

Testing of health technology software, devices and services in simulated home care and rehabilitation conditions
Owner: Oulu University of Applied Sciences
Oamk SimLab, RehaSim

Oamk SimLab, RadSim

Testing of radiography and radiotherapy software, devices and services
Owner: Oulu University of Applied Sciences
Oamk SimLab, RadSim

 

Simulation aided design

By simulations we can solve even complex problems without expensive and time-consuming prototyping. We can find problems and what causes those fast and swiftly verify the suggested solutions.

Owner: Convergentia Oy

Convergentia Oy website

Living Lab services

LeaF-infrastructure

Research infrastructure providing facilities and support for multidisciplinary learning and interaction research

Patiolla.fi

Web-based tool and testing community for products and services in development phase
Owner: City of Oulu/BusinessOulu

Library Showroom

Presentation and collection of citizen feedback for products and services in development phase


Karjasillan Verstas

Testing and co-creation platform for smart buildings and future living

Production and prototyping services

PrintoCent

Design, development and roll-to-roll manufacturing of printable, wearable and structural electronics, and rapid diagnostics tests and systems
Owner: VTT

 

PrinLab

Manufacturing of printed electronics components and applications using table top and roll-to-roll machines, and materials testing, sourcing, education, training and characterization services

 

FabLab

Open access workshop for digital fabrication and rapid prototyping

 

Metal workshop

Metal workshop Metal engineering workshop for design and production of prototypes, research equipment and samples

 

Kone- ja tuotantotekniikka

Design and production services of metal engineering workshop
Owner: OSAO

 

Center for Microscopy and Nanotechnology

Deposition of dielectric and metallic multilayers, fabrication of photomasks, laser micromachining and marking with various lasers

Oulu Clean Room

Manufacturing of ceramic multilayer (LTCC) substrates and assembly services for photonics and high-frequency applications
Owner: VTT

Research services for metal and mining industry

Oulu Mining School Research Centre

Research services for mining engineering, mineral processing, geosciences and applied geophysics

 

Process metallurgy laboratory

Process metallurgy services for steel industry

 

Laboratory of Material and production technology

Mechanical, physicochemical and metallographic experiments for metals

 

Laboratory of Water, energy and environmental technology

Solutions for environmental load, modelling and management related to surface, ground and waste waters, and geotechnical properties for soil materials

 

Trace Element laboratory of Sustainable chemistry

Determination of metals and trace elements from solid and liquid samples

 

Microscopy and nanotechnology center

Comprehensive and advanced material analysis services for metal and mining industries

Research services for process industry

Laboratory of Fibre and Particle Engineering

Process and characterization services for cellulose, biocomposite and geopolymer research

 

Laboratory of Environmental and Chemical Engineering

Research services in catalysis, separation processes and material characterization for different industries

 

Fermentation laboratory of Chemical process engineering

Fermentation research services for processing industry

 

Biodegradation laboratory of Sustainable chemistry

Biodegradation and elemental analysis of raw materials and waste fractions

 

Microscopy and nanotechnology center

Comprehensive and advanced material analysis services for process industries

Research services for construction industry

Oulu School of Architecture

Student competitions and alternative idea sketches of architectural design

 

Laboratory of Water, energy and environmental technology

Solutions for environmental load, modelling and management related to surface, ground and waste waters, and geotechnical properties for soil materials

 

Laboratory of energy and automation

HVAC planning, testing and balancing services made by students, for example air condition adjusting

 

PropTech/Energy IoT

Testing of sensors and algorithms, tailor made wireless sensor solutions for energy management
Owner: VTT

Research services for medicine

Biobank Borealis

Extensive and quality sample materials linked to clinical and research data, related research services, and promotion of basic and clinical research, knowledge and skills locally, nationally and internationally

 

Laboratory Animal Centre

Laboratory animals, facilities and services for animal experimentation and advices in research using animals

 

Medical Research Center, MRC Oulu

Multidisciplinary research environment for clinical, translational and health care research

 

Oamk SimLab, MedSim

Testing of health and wellbeing technology software, devices and services in simulation studio environment
Owner: Oulu University of Applied Sciences
Service website

 

Oamk SimLab, OralSim

Testing of health technology software, devices and services in dental care at Dentopolis

 

Knoppi - Clinical skills Centre

Simulation studios for training medicine and nursing, and promotion of healthcare practices and medical devices

Research services for biochemistry and biomedicine

Biocenter Oulu 


Biocenter Oulu Sequencing Center

Sequencing services and instrumentation for different types of DNA/RNA analyses

Biocomputing and bioinformatics

In silico modeling and simulation of biological systems

Protein Crystallography Core Facility

Protein characterization, crystallization and structural studies

Proteomics and protein analysis

Protein gel-based separation, biophysical measurements, amino acid analysis and LC/MS characterization

Tissue Imaging Center

Imaging and analysis of tissue and cell samples using various techniques of light, laser and electron microscopy

 

Transgenic Core facility

Generation, cleansing, cryopreservation and recovery of mouse transgenic lines

 

Virus Core Laboratory

Virus-mediated genetic engineering (e.g. CRISPR- gene knockout, RNAi gene silencing) and production of viral vectors

 

Laboratory Animal Centre

Laboratory animals, facilities and services for animal experimentation and advices in research using animals

Research services for biology

Oulanka research station

Quality analyses of water systems, water sampling, and lodging services for visitors

 

Ruukki research unit

Feeding and welfare experiments for beef and dairy cattle, and field farming experiments
Owner: LUKE

 

Biodiversity unit

Regional data banks and repositories of biodiversity information, and public exhibitions

 

Environmental laboratory

Environmental analyses, biological studies and testing of field equipment
Owner: SYKE

Educational and cultural services incl. educational visits and export

Early childhood education centers

Educational visits, expert lectures, presentations and workshops in early childhood education centers

 

Primary and secondary schools

Educational visits, expert lectures, presentations and workshops in primary and secondary schools

 

Upper secondary schools

Educational visits, expert lectures, presentations and workshops in upper secondary schools, and IB Diploma Programme education for foreign students

 

Joint services

Visits, consultation, expert lectures, presentations, workshops and in-service training for foreign customers

 

Cultural Centre Valve

Educational visits, expert lectures and workshops, e.g. Valve Film School, and premise rental for events

 

Museum and Science Centre Luuppi

Museum and science centre visits, expert lectures and workshops, and premise rental for events

 

Oulu-opisto

Educational expert lectures and workshops, culture and educational visits, tailor-made English courses for forgein groups, languages webinar courses, intensive English courses and community college educational export

 

City library

Educational visits and expert lectures in libraries

 

Oulu Theatre

Educational visits, artist lectures and workshops, and premise rental for events

 

Oulun Music Centre

Premise rental for events

 

Education export of City of Oulu

Educational training and consultancy in early learning and teaching, curriculum design and its implementation for foreign customers

 

Oulu University Teacher Training School

International conferences, in-service training courses, lectures and workshops in Finland and abroad, and study visits

 

School of Professional Teacher Education

Education services in teacher training and leadership, competence-based training, in-service training and webinar courses

 

OSAO Edu Oy

Educational export and in-service training for individual and company customers, and for public parties
Owner: OSEKK
Pirjo Koskiniemi

Pirjo Koskiniemi

Manager, Open Innovation Services

+358 40 592 5375

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