Company Info   Company In Brief

Lahti Science and Business Park Ltd

  • Established in 1991 (Neopoli Oy). Company name changed in 2004: Lahti Science and Business Park Ltd.
  • World's leading environmental technology park.
  • Coordinator of the Finnish Cleantech Cluster, which was nominated the 3rd best cleantech cluster globally by Sustainable World Capital.
  • Subsidiary renewable energy research centre Energon Oy (100 %).
  • Co-owner of the Helsinki Business and Science Park Oy Ltd (~14 %) and Culminatum Innovation Oy Ltd (3 %).
  • Estimated turnover 2011 8.2 M€ (7.2 M€ in 2010). Budgeted turnover 2012  8,5 M€.
  • Nr. of personnel appr. 50.
  • CEO Lauri Ylöstalo.

Shareholders

  • City of Lahti 74 %
  • Other shareholders other cities and communities in the Lahti region, companies and universities and polytechnics.

The Board of Directors 2011-2012

  • Arpo Heinonen | Chairman | Appointed representant of the City of Lahti (SDP)
  • Tapio Rytilä | Vice Chairman | Appointed representant of the City of Lahti (KOK)
  • Kalevi Ekman | Professor, Aalto University
  • Arvo Ilmavirta | Managing Director, Lahti Region Educational Consortium
  • Kimmo Kontula | Vice-Rector, University of Helsinki
  • Matti Malkamäki | Managing Director, Greenvironment Plc
  • Markku Moilanen | Managing Director, Ramboll Finland Oy
  • Jyrki Myllyvirta | Mayor, City of Lahti
  • Hannu Sarikka | Appointed representant of the City of Lahti (KD)

The Board of Directors is based on Triple Helix principle: The members of the Board represent three sectors, industry & trade, higher education and public sector.