Vantaa - Logistics Excellence with Business Park Approach

Vantaa is an entrepreneur-oriented city neighbouring to the north of Helsinki. An important prerequisite of the success of Vantaa has been the rapid development of Helsinki - Vantaa Airport. The construction of the third runway has began and will be ready by 2003. This allows passenger numbers to increase considerably. Being the home-base for one of the world's best airports and an important cross-road for main highways of Finland, the city of Vantaa is a natural logistics hub. Vantaa is involved in many projects, where logistics expertise is a key issue. The port of Helsinki is only a 15 - 30 minutes drive away from Vantaa.

Many prominent companies have their distribution or other units in Vantaa. For example, Finland's Post new distribution centre, many smaller logistics companies and a big mail order retailer Hobby Hall. TNT, DHL, UPS, Bauhaus, IKEA etc. have also located in close proximity to the airport.

Several years ago Vantaa, together with enterprises, started to envisage the business opportunities near Helsinki - Vantaa Airport. Today dozens of concrete projects can be seen now in the concept Vantaa Airport City. The latest proof of this is the co-operation of Vantaa City with Technopolis, the foremost science-park in Finland, which will also have a presence in Vantaa. The Helsinki metropolitan area houses more than 40% of Finland's high-tech industry, which is choosing increasingly to locate in the vicinity of the airport. The largest single project within the Airport Alliance is AVIAPOLIS. In the future, the floor area will total approximately almost 500 000 square meters and provide 10 000 jobs. The main developers in the Vantaa Airport City are the Finnish Civil Aviation Administration, Skanska, SRV, YIT, NCC, ABB, Polar, Sponda and CM-Urakointi.

Skanska has finished the first phase of its innovative "Securite Valley", YIT a business park AVIA FORUM and developer NCC AIRPORT PLAZA. LEIJA, a new-generation complex of corporations in the environmental and food technology industries is built in the Vantaanportti business park near to the Helsinki - Vantaa airport. The LEIJA environmental complex consists of a nucleus including the Vantaa Environmental Agency and satellites, comprising offices, production and laboratory facilities. The Environment Agency also provides laboratory facilities that are available to all companies. LEIJA offers a flexible and well-rounded operating environment to companies seeking the synergy of the Environment Agency and the other companies clustered around the nearby airport. GREEN NET is situated in Leija.

For more information, please contact:

City of Vantaa
Business Development Manager
Leea Markkula-Heilamo
Tel. +358 9 8392 2681
leea.markkula-heilamo@vantaa.fi
www.vantaa.fi, www.greennetfinland.fi