Start your Business In Battery Park

Benefits for Battery Park Companies

Market visibility and contacts through a vast network
Innovative business and entrepreneurial community
Centria University of Applied Sciences’ strong expertise in digital factory infrastructure, robotics, cobotics and artificial intelligence applications as well as in production technologies and environmental chemistry
Opportunity to benefit from the innovation park’s international network of businesses, R&D institutions, financers and other organizations and their synergies
Office facilities and advanced and well-equipped laboratories for testing and piloting available
Excellent logistical connections along the main railway line, with short connections to ports in the region e.g. in Kokkola, Oulu and Kalajoki. The airports are also relatively close and the area has good road transport connections to different directions
Proximity to strong chemical and metal industry clusters in Kokkola
Opportunity to participate in the Battery Recycling Innovation Park future planning process

Business services for start-ups and companies at different stages of their life cycle (e.g. networking, B2B matching service, internationalization)
Support in hiring key people and taking care of the bureaucracy
Information packages for companies
Help in finding partners and networks
Office and production space
R&D services, facilities and equipment
Active project partner collaboration in R&D projects, including R&D funding services and support
Education and training services