Future Production Technologies The FMT Group has several partners from both the academic and business worlds. Its current partners come from domestic companies, from local organisations to foreign universities. The FMT Group's activities are concentrated in Nivala, where it works closely with the City of Nivala, the Industrial Village and the Nivala-Haapajärvi regional authority, NIHAK.
FMT Group's research and development activities include 3D printing of metals and various after-treatments in the optimisation of product properties, such as rapid heat treatments and chemical or mechanical surface modification.
Watch the FMT group presentation video.
Centria University of Applied Sciences, together with Kokkola University Centre Chydenius and the Kerttu Saalasti Institute of the University of Oulu, has received the status of an official Digital Innovation Hub for the Rural Industry Innovation Hub. Rural Industry Digital Innovation Hub is a strong national development and support hub that accelerates digitalisation in sparsely populated areas. The Rural Industry DIH status is explained in more detail in the introductory video.
Watch the Rural Industry DIH demo video.
Two innovation platforms operating in Oulu are presented, one in connection with the University of Oulu and the other in connection with Oulu University of Applied Sciences.
Oulu Mining School Research Centre (OMSRC) infrastructure comprises a diverse range of equipment for the needs of education and research in the extractive industry. The OMSRC infrastructure provides a modern platform for large-scale material processing, which is suitable for researching side streams from different industries, for example.
Watch the presentation video of Oulu Mining School Research Centre.
Oamk SimLab is a versatile testing, development and innovation environment for social and health care that companies and partners can use in the product development of health technology and wellbeing services. SimLab environments are comprised of adaptable technology-supported simulation studios and environments in healthcare specialties (bioanalytics, rehabilitation, optometry, radiography and radiotherapy, and oral health care).
Watch the Oamk SimLab introductory video.
The videos on the innovation platforms have also been created by the North Ostrobothnia EU Information Point, whose trainee Julia Ramstedt will host the presentation videos. The videos were created by Klaffi Productions and Hauki Media.
The aim of the Kanves project (International and Networked Northern Ostrobothnia) is to increase the number of internationally funded projects in Northern Ostrobothnia and to activate innovation actors for active participation in international consortia that take into account the needs of the local business community and the utilization of the high-level expertise found in the region.
