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VTT Brazil Ltda –
Opportunities in the Fields of
Technology & Innovation
Tuomas Mustonen
30 Jan 2014
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VTT Brazil in brief
VTT Brazil Ltda is a locally registered company run by 90% local staff. Current headcount: 13 persons.
VTT Brazil started operation in March 2011.
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 20-30 person research centre in Brazil during the next years.
VTT Brazil Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento
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Bioenergy
Biorefining
Green Mining
VTT Brazil Focus areas
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VTT Brazil Projects and Research
VTT and Kemira have had a research partnership in the
fields of Water reuse, Biomass utilisation and Sustainable
water chemistry.
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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Institutional Partnerships
University of São Paulo (USP)
Brazilian Center for Bioethanol (CTBE)
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Universidade de Viçosa
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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VTT Experience & Learnings
Complex governance and legislation may cause
unexpected delays.
Use local expertise and partnerships when possible,
face-to-face contacts are highly preferred
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 Brazil
Your Technology Partner in Finland
Local technical and market expertise in Brazil, networking
with the R&D sector.
Flexible use of Finnish and Brazilian resources for
bridging the gaps.
Co-location with Finnish companies, sharing office &
laboratory space.
VTT Finland
Tuomas Mustonen
+358 50 5987 516
VTT Finland
Jani Lehto
+358 40 830 4435
VTT Brazil
Nilson Boeta
+5511981057010
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TECHNOLOGY FOR BUSINESS
TECHNOLOGY FOR BUSINESS