The Jyväskylä Region

Jyväskylä Regional Development Company Jykes Ltd

Established in 1996

Personnel: 46, of which 39 regular employees

Turnover in 2012: EUR 8.3 m, of which municipalities account for EUR 5.6 m

In 2013 funding from municipalities (main source of funding): EUR 31.04 / resident

Municipalities’ holdings

City of Jyväskylä80.13 %

Municipality of Laukaa 12.80 %Municipality of Muurame 4.92

%Municipality of Uurainen 2.15

%

The Jyväskylä Region

Population figures 2012 Jyväskylä 133 405Laukaa 18 483Muurame 9 573Uurainen 3 572

Owner-municipalities of JykesTotal 165 033

Jykes’ vision

The Jyväskylä Region is Finland’s best international growth centre for people-centred knowhow and renewable entrepreneurship.

Jykes’ mission

Jykes creates and develops companies’ operating conditions, promotes the emergence of profitable business and jobs and operates as an active partner in the global network of innovation hubs.

Definition of activities

• In cooperation with local, national and international partners, we provide for the success of our customers:– Business start-up advisory service– Advisory services for companies already operating– Business development services with local, national and

international partners – A competitive business environment for companies

operating in the region and for companies setting up in the region and eager to grow and develop

Services provided by Jykes

• Start-up and entrepreneurship– Start-up advice (Luotsi - Enterprise Service Centre)– Advising companies already in operation– Business incubation– Company godparents– Services related to ownership change

• Grow and develop– Development services for industry– Development services for the service sector

Services provided by Jykes

• Internationalization– Foreign trade advisory service– Business contact search (HAKU)– Foreign trade support (TUKI)– Foreign trade information services

• Locating– Locating service for interested companies or companies

operating in the region

• Networking– Networking events, company morning coffee events, trade fairs– Cluster services for the entire province

Central Finland’s Human Tech clusters

• Developing business and industry in Human Tech clusters:– The New Generation Machines and Equipment– The Developing Housing– The Dynamic Bioenergy

• Development work of companies included in Central Finland’s clusters is organized by Jykes.

• Cooperation includes all development companies based in Central Finland.

The development companies’ aim is:1. to get export income for companies based in Central Finland.2. to maintain and strengthen the competitiveness of significant industrial sectors in

global markets.3. to create new products, services and models of operation for production

companies.4. to enhance business profitability

Jykes’ administration

• Board– Handles matters concerning the activities of Jykes and regional

economic life– Chairman: Pentti Mäkinen

• Executive committee– Prepares matters for the board– Chairman: Mayor of the City of Jyväskylä Markku Andersson

Total funding of Jykes-led projects 31.12.2011

EU and other public funding:

EUR 5 938 72370 %

Cor-porate fund-ing:

EUR 1 480 60018 %

Jykes’ share:EUR 1 045 003

12 %

EU and other public funding

Corporate funding

Share of Jykes

Luotsi – Enterprise Service Centre

• Information, advice and agency services offered by Jykes. The Thousand Lakes Enterprise Agency, the Employment and Economic Development Centre and the Employment Office of Central Finland

• Services for companies at all stages of their development (establishment, growth, change of ownership)

• Situated on the first floor of Keski-Suomen Talo

• Focus on young businesses

Cooperating Partners

Regional entrepreneurs

Regional Council of Central Finland

Employment and Development Centre Finnvera

International network of cooperation partners

University of Jyväskylä

JAMK University of Applied Sciences

Regional Education AuthorityOwner-municipalities

Regional development companies in Central Finland

Entrepreneurship organizations

Jykes cooperation:Jyväskylä Innovation Ltd.

Jyväskylä Congress Centre Ltd.Jykes Real Estate Ltd.

The Thousand Lakes Enterprise Agency

Jykes

Jyväskylä Innovation Ltd.

Tasks• Development of the innovation environment and

technology clusters• Implementing the Centre for Expertise Programme of the

Jyväskylä Region

Services• Preparing and implementing development projects• Creation and development of networks• Seed funding of projects• Expert services (energy technology, information and

communication technology, nanotechnology, paper making technology)

Jykes Kiinteistöt Ltd.

• Rental and sales of business premises– Start-up premises – business premises

for growing small businesses– New premises – building of new

business premises

• Business parks– Rifle Factory– Amiraali Yrityssatama– Terässampo Industrial Park– Palokärki Business Park– Vitapolis

Human Tech Center Finland

The Jyväskylä Region –your company’s place to grow

Human Tech Center Finland

Human Tech Center Finland brings together international experts, researchers and companies to jointly develop new successful products from a human perspective and, at the same time, humanize these products. It is not a company but rather an entire area and a way of thinking. A centre for expertise in Jyväskylä in the heart of Central Finland.

Our core competence is the deep understanding of human perspective and applying this understanding to different aspects of life. Developing services and technologies aims at improving the quality of people’s everyday lives.

Welcome aboard! www.humantechnology.fi

www.jykes.fi

Thank you!