1. VTT Brazil Ltda –
Opportunities in the Fields of
Technology & Innovation
Tuomas Mustonen
30 Jan 2014

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 VTT Brazil Ltda is a locally
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registered company run by 90% local
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staff. Current headcount: 13 persons.
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 VTT Brazil started operation in
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 VTT Brazil was set up as a joint
laboratory space with Kemira in an
R&D centre in São Paulo / Barueri.
 VTT has an objective to grow to a 2030 person research centre in Brazil
during the next years.
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3. VTT Brazil Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento

5. VTT Brazil Focus areas
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Biorefining
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Green Mining
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Bioenergy
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6. VTT Brazil Projects title style
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 VTT and Kemira have had a research partnership in the
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fields of Water reuse, Biomass utilisation and Sustainable
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water chemistry.
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 VTT Brazil together with Odebrecht Agroindustrial (formerly
ETH) and Metso presented a project and were selected for
participating in the PAISS programme focused in the
processing of sugar cane biomass.
 VTT Brazil has participated in CNPq/Academy of Finland call in
collaboration with other universities.
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7. Institutional Partnerships
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 University of São Paulo (USP)
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 Brazilian Center for Bioethanol (CTBE)
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 Third Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
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 Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
 Universidade Federal de Paraná (UFPR)
 Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UFCS)
 Universidade de Campinas - UNICAMP
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8. VTT Experience & Learnings
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 Complex governance and legislation may cause
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unexpected delays.
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 Use local expertise and partnerships when possible,
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face-to-face contacts are highly preferred
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 In Brazil it is necessary to operate at least partly in
Portuguese – Not easy to find rapidly high level technical
experts with good English skills
 Learn from Brazilians since there is often a lot of high
level expertise in the country. Keep an open and
responsive attitude.
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Your Technology Partner in Finland
 Local technical and market expertise in Brazil, networking
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with the R&D sector.
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Finnish and Brazilian resources for
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bridging the gaps.
 Co-location with Finnish companies, sharing office &
laboratory space.
VTT Brazil
Nilson Boeta
nilson.boeta@vttbrasil.com
+5511981057010
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VTT Finland
Tuomas Mustonen
tuomas.mustonen@vtt.fi
+358 50 5987 516
VTT Finland
Jani Lehto
jani.lehto@vtt.fi
+358 40 830 4435
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10. TECHNOLOGY FOR BUSINESS
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TECHNOLOGY FOR BUSINESS
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