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3.3  Industrial chemistry
Industrial chemistry is not defined by its scientific content, but by its applications. Its 
limits are therefore difficult to define, and most of the units included in this 
evaluation are more or less “industrial chemistry” units. Many of the units have 
relevant industry funding or funding from Tekes and carry out good applied research 
(in the case of VTT, this is the core activity) along with fundamental research. One 
surprising observation to the panel was that collaborations between “industrial 
chemistry” and “chemical engineering” do not seem to be frequent, except in the case 
of the Process Chemistry Centre (PCC) of Åbo Akademi University (ÅA) and in