1) Finland  –     Field  for  growth  and  success                                   SEPTEMBER  2015   

2) Top  incen@ve  des@na@on     for  business  travel     AVERAGE  FLIGHT  TIME  TO  HELSINKI     

3)   80  million  consumers     within  easy  reach   Copenhagen    1.5   Helsinki      1.0   Moscow      18.0   Riga      1.0   St.  Petersburg    7.5   Stockholm      1.5   Tallinn      0.5   Vilnius      0.5     

4)   Facts  about  Finland   

5) Great  place  to  do  business     *Human  Capital  Report  2015   **  The  World  Economic  Forum,  Global   Compe??veness  Report  2014–2015   ***  IMD,  World  Talent  Report  2014   ****  Transparency  Interna?onal  2014   *****  OECD’s  PISA  study  2012   

6) Finland  has  it  all       COMPETENT  PROFESSIONALS   STABLE  SOCIETY   CREATIVE  SOLUTIONS   ENTRY  TO  THE  EAST   •  Highly  educated  workforce   •  Efficient  knowledge  transfer                  between  business  and  universi@es   •  Unconven@onal  solu@ons  to          conven@onal  problems   •  One  of  the  global  innova@on  hotspots   •  Effec@ve  social  infrastructure  and          governance  system   •  Country  where  everything  works   •  Fastest  air  route  to  Asia  from          Northern  Europe   •  Extensive  logis@cs  services  to  support          East-­â€West  trade   

7) Stable  society  boosts  business     The  most  stable  country  in  the   world*     Good  governance     One  of  the  least  corrupt  countries   in  the  world**     Well-­â€developed  infrastructure       *  The  Fund  for  Peace  (FFP)  ranked  Finland  the  most  stable  country  in  the  world  for  the  second  consecu@ve  year  in  2014.   **    Transparency  Interna@onal’s  2014  Corrup@on  Percep@ons  Index  (CPI)  ranked  Finland  the  third  least  corrupt  country  in  the  world.     

8) Finland  –  part  of  the  European   Single  Market     Free  movement  of  goods,  capital,   services  and  people  between  the  28   member  states.     Access  to  nearly  500  million  consumers.       The  largest  economy  in  the  world  with     a  GDP  per  head  of  €25,000  in  2014.     Trade  with  the  rest  of  the  world   accounts  for  around  20%  of     global  exports  and  imports.   

9) Gateway  to  the  Arc@c  and  Russia     Arc@c  business  poten@al  is  huge.   It  is  es@mated  that  investments   worth  about  EUR  140  billion  are   planned  in  the  Barents  region   alone.       Just  behind  the  1  340  km   Finnish-­â€Russian  border  opens     a  market  of  140  million  people   blessed  with  vast  natural   resources.   

10) Dynamic  business  environment   Slush   Slush  is  the  focal  point  for   entrepreneurs  and  tech  talent  to  meet   with  top-­â€@er  interna@onal  investors,   execu@ves  and  media.  The  two-­â€day   event  takes  place  every  fall  in  wintery   Scandinavia  amidst  one  of  the  most   dynamic  tech  ecosystems  on  the   planet.   In  2015  Slush  takes  place  on  November   11–12  in  Helsinki,  Finland.         www.slush.org 

11) Technology  is  the  unofficial     first  language  of  Finland     Qualified  ICT  engineers  and     easy  access  to  public  funding       Cuhng  edge  market  poten@al   with  R&D  opportuni@es       Lower  electricity  tax  for  data   center  companies  opera@ng  in   Finland  (0,703  cents  per  kWh)   335,000     technical  IT  professionals   

12)   Wide  range  of     world  class  ICT  exper@se       12   9.10.15   

13) Data  centers  –  being  cool  is  easy  in  Finland   ENERGY   •â€¯ Stable  pricing   •â€¯ Reliable  power  grid   •â€¯ Renewable  energy     •â€¯ Free  cooling   SAFETY  AND  SECURITY   •â€¯ AAA  ra@ng   •â€¯ Transparent  legisla@on   •â€¯ Safe  geological  loca@on   CONNECTIVITY   •â€¯ State-­â€of-­â€the-­â€art  ï¬ber  network   •â€¯ Direct  op@cal  ï¬ber  sea  cable  to  Germany  (2016)   •â€¯  Interna@onal  bandwidth   

14) Clean  environment  –  clean  growth   Ac@ve  and  innova@ve  business   ecosystem       Cuhng-­â€edge  cleantech   companies,  R&D,  solu@ons,   products  and  services       World-­â€leading  technology  and   first-­â€class  cleantech  competence   99,000     technical  cleantech   professionals     

15) Plalorm  for  innova@ve     cleantech  solu@ons   

16) Finland  –  a  hotspot  for  healthcare   and  wellness  innova@ons   Excellent  science  base  with  global   networks       Established  track  record  of   discovering,  developing  and   commercialising  drugs       Organised,  high-­â€quality  health  care       Widespread  prac@se  of   par@cipa@ng  in  clinical  trials   among  the  Finnish  public   81,000     life  sciences  professionals     

17) Vibrant  environment  for     health  technology   

18) Finland  –  the  premium  mining   des@na@on  in  Europe     Long  mining  tradi@on     Up-­â€to-­â€date  mineral  codes     Mining-­â€friendly  jurisdic@on     Transparent  legal  processes     Efficient  administra@on       FINLAND  OFFERS:   World's  most  aprac@ve  jurisdic@on     for  mining  investment.*   Government  policies  encourage   explora@on  and  investment.   Copper  and  zinc  resources  in  three   important  deposit  types.   Evaluated  areas  expected  to  contain     60  undiscovered  deposits.   *  Fraser  Ins@tute  Annual  Survey  of  Mining  Companies     

19) Invest  in     Finland   Services   •  Data  collec@on  &  analysis   •  Opportunity  analysis   •  Guidance  on  entry  alterna@ves   •  Networking   •  Loca@on  management   •  Sehng  up  a  business   Info@inves@nfinland.fi   tel.  +358  294  695  555   www.inves@nfinland.fi