Finnish materials technology enjoyed a moment of limelight in the beginning
of December this year, when a Finnish industry delegation, lead by Minister
of Economic Affairs, Mr Mauri Pekkarinen, visited New Delhi, India.
During the delegation visit, materials technology, a stronghold in Finnish
high-tech, was spotlighted at technology-events, which focused on three main
lines of business: cleantech, diagnostics and communications technology. Energy,
the environment and healthcare are sectors in which India has a lot of future
challenges and Finland a lot to offer. During the week-long engagement, more
than 120 persons from 70 companies held approximately 350 business-to-business
meetings, visited 12 ministries, signed 4 official memoranda of co-operation
and another 10 corporate agreements.
In the words of one of the delegation participants, Beneq
Sales Manager, Mr Mikko Saikkonen: “Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) is one
of the most promising thin film deposition techniques available. Its use in
solar cell production is of great interest in India, because the country is
putting a lot of effort into taking advantage of solar energy. ALD is already
in widespread use in Europe, China, the United States and Japan, and now India
is also showing a growing interest. Finland, with its comprehensive high-tech
portfolio, is in great demand on India’s huge markets.”