Like other resource-based economies, Finland tended to import established technologies and to produce commodities containing little value added, and to which further value w'as then added in supply chains abroad. The subsequent period of industrialisation allow ed Finland to develop its owm technological competences and increased Finnish capacity in producing capital goods, especially heavy machinery and equipment that could also be sold on international markets and in some of which Finland gained leading positions. Finland built capacities in various kinds of manufacturing-related innovation.