INNOVATE

1. INNOVATE

2. The first in the world • NMT phone call 1974 • Biodegradable implant 1984 • Electromechanical film 1985 • GSM phone call 1991 • Walking forest machine 1995 • Internet phone call 1995 • Personal Digital Assistant 1996 • Game and image phones 2001 • Fog screen 2003 • Automated container terminal 2004 • Preservative-free prostaglandin eye-drop for glaucoma treatment 2008 • New jaw bone from a patient’s fat cells was grown using stem cell technology 2008 • Antibiotic-releasing biodegradable implant 2009 Since the first electric light in the Nordic countries was lit in Finlayson´s high-tech production facilities in 1882, numerous impressive innovations have seen the daylight in Tampere:

3. Howy Jacobs, Professor of Molecular Biology in the University of Tampere“From heavy industry to heavy thinking” Howy Jacobs, Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of Tampere since 1996, directs the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Research on Mitochondrial Disease and Ageing (FinMIT). For him the main reason for moving to Finland was to take advantage of the opportunities for doing science. Basic research remains well funded compared to most other countries, and Tampere itself has a long tradition of innovation and problem-solving. “Tampere is a city that has replaced heavy industry with heavy thinking and heavy rock. To me that’s an ideal combination.”

4. Howy Jacobs, Professor of Molecular Biology in the University of Tampere”A relaxed and liberal environment” “Tampere is dominated by its universities and institutes. It has the feel of a ‘college’ town, full of youthful zest, where almost anything goes, and anything is possible. That’s why I feel so at home here. And did so virtually from the moment I arrived. The city is large enough to accommodate many niche cultures, whilst keeping that friendly feeling that big cities just can´t match. Almost every week there is some kind of cultural happening or festival, but there is none of the stiffness or stuffiness you tend to find at such events in bigger places. Tampere provides a truly relaxed and liberal environment.”

5. Bright ideas New bone from fatty tissue. In 2008, the Regea Institute for Regenerative Medicine developed a breakthrough treatment replacing a patient’s upper jaw with a bone transplant cultivated from stem cells isolated from his own fatty tissue. Less pain, quicker healing. Co-operation between two researchers at the Tampere University of Technology resulted in the world’s first biodegradable screws and pins in 1984. Treating fractured and injured joints with strong, biodegradable screws that need not be surgically removed saves patients a lot of pain, and improves both healing and clinical results. The second generation screws augment the existing biodegradable properties that promote bone growth. The newest innovation is the world’s first antibiotic-releasing biodegradable implant.

6. Bringing innovations to fruition New Factory has been established in Tampere to bring innovations to fruition. It is open to all industries and players: businesses, universities, the public sector and citizens. The factory four development environments: Demola, Protomo, Suuntaamo and Startupstairs development environments. New Factory provides faster, more agile and efficient processes to implement customer-driven and customer-oriented product and service development projects and pilots with a low level of risk and costs. In 2010 there were almost 100 projects in the New Factory. The factory is operated by Hermia Ltd. www.uusitehdas.fi