VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland expanded its activities in Asia by opening an office in Seoul, South Korea. The office has been established to further strengthen the centre’s ongoing collaboration with top universities, businesses and research institutions in Korea.

The initiative is the latest in of VTT’s activities that is specifically aimed at bringing its printed intelligent expertise to the Asian markets and follows on from the research centre’s active collaboration in China, Singapore and Japan.

The CEO at VTT Korea affiliation, Markus Sihvonen, highlighted the necessity of being present in Korea to enable flexible collaboration and establishing new business deals. “We have already cooperation agreements with top universities like Konkuk and Korean University," he said. "We have also signed contracts with large-scale industries as well as Korean research institutions. Collaboration and signing of new contracts is much easier when we are present in Korea.”