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To promote service design expertise and digitalisation, Centria has developed a simulation environment and group working space, the SILMU laboratory. SILMU enables presentation of service ideas and situations by combining images and sound for the purpose of rapid testing and development.

Located in Joensuu, the Energy Park is a service environment for studying and testing of property-sized renewable energy technologies, applicability and solutions. The environment is excellent for rapid practical testing of companies’ innovations and the development of business operations based on renewable energy.

The Sales Forum offers diverse training, research and development services related to sales and marketing, as well as training for enterprises/communities/organisations of all sizes on a one-stop-shop principle.

The research services of the Water Resources and Environmental Engineering of the University of Oulu offer practical solutions for environmental problems and for the management of environmental load, related to surface water and ground water, land use, waste management, water management, and the treatment of waters and waste waters. The viewpoint focuses on Nordic conditions.

The Vuokatti Nordic skiing research, testing and training environment produces research and testing services in the sports and wellbeing technology
The service is aimed at sports or wellbeing technology companies and for Nordic skiing teams (e.g. international and national teams).

The task of Woodpolis is to promote corporate activities in the wood industry by developing innovations in intermediate processing in wood constructions together with enterprises and other partners.

The Fibre Laboratory of the South Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences in Savonlinna is specialised in phenomenon and pilot scale study, which is utilised in the development of high-technology solutions.