VTT in brief
VTT is a broad science cluster with research within applied materials, chemical and biochemical processes, energy, industrial systems management, information and communication technologies, microtechnology and electronics.
EUR 245 million in turnover
EUR171 million in external income
Basic government funding. EUR 74 million
EUR 36 million in income from abroad
VTT has recieved patent applications for over 1,200 inventions during its history
Over the past 20 years: approximately 1,000 domestic and over 1,800 foreign patent applications, over 2,300 notifications of inventions, 49,774 publications.
Scientific publications: 1,112 (2008), 1,162 (2007), 881 (2006).
Staff: approximately 2,700
Employee profiles:
University degree: 77 percent
Doctors and licentiates: 24 percent
64 research scientists on assignment abroad 161 foreign visiting research scientists at VTT
Customers: 6,200
Customer profiles:
3,400 domestic companies
590 foreign companies
370 public organizations in Finland and abroad