Health and wellbeing
Amer Group
Amer Group is one of the world's leading sports equipment companies with its internationally recognized brands Wilson, Atomic, Suunto and Precor. All Amer Sports companies develop and manufacture technically advanced products that improve the performance of active sports participants.
Boneca Corporation
The goal of Boneca Corporation is to prove the effectiveness of BNCT in the treatment of selected cancer types and make the treatment commercially available. The current focus is on the clinical trials. Boneca Corporation is developing the technology needed for BNCT in close co-operation with the Department of Oncology, Helsinki University Central Hospital (HUCH) and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. At the moment, commercially available products include patient treatment coach and equipment for positioning and fixation.
Exel
Exel Oyj is a technology company which designs, manufactures and markets composite sports equipment and industrial applications. Exel's operations comprise two divisions: Industry and Sport.
Finnish Institute of Aquatics
Founded in 2003, the Finnish Institute of Aquatics is a centre for promoting health and rehabilitation using various water activities. The company’s main business is to license its Aquatic exercise programs. Other products are educational materials, aquatic equipment and technological solutions.
Lappset Group Oy
Lappset designs and manufactures ecologically sound and reliable playground equipment as well as park and street furniture.
Leaf
Leaf is a forerunner in developing functional, health enhancing, products. Cooperating with science is therefore a natural part of their business operations. They have kept their customers informed about the positive effects of our thoroughly researched candies since the 1970s and now, 99% of Finnish consumers know that Xylitol is good for teeth.
Polar Electro
Polar Electro, founded in 1977, is the leading brand and the true partner in improving health and well-being through the understanding of human physiology and environment. Moreover, Polar Electro is the world's leading manufacturer of sports instruments and heart rate monitoring, registering and evaluation equipment.
Raisio Group
Raisio Life Sciences (RLS) develops, produces and markets food ingredients with proven health benefits. Their main focus is to use nutritional methods to respond to health problems such as heart health, diabetes and allergies in industrial countries.
Sendai-Finland Wellbeing Center
Cooperation on Finnish Wellbeing Center was started by Finnish project partners: Finpro, the National Technology Agency (TEKES), the National Research and Development Center for Welfare and Health (STAKES), Finnish Institute in Japan, City of Oulu, 16 private companies and Japanese project partners: City of Sendai, Tohoku University, Tohoku Welfare University, Tohoku Welfare Corporation, Development Bank of Japan, Ministry of Economic, Trade and Industry, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) and more than 50 private companies.
Valio
Valio Ltd, founded in 1905, is engaged in processing and marketing milk, dairy products and other food products over a total product range of 800 items. Functional foods containing Valio Lactobacillus GG are a worldwide success. One out of every two kilos of cheese manufactured by Valio is sold on international markets.
