iv isto , ▁who ▁rat ified ▁the ▁Act ▁on ▁the ▁found ing ▁of ▁T ek es . ▁" T ek es " ▁is ▁derived ▁from ▁T ek ni ikan ▁ed ist äm isk esk us ▁( Center ▁for ▁Ad van cement ▁of ▁Technology ), ▁also ▁translated ▁as ▁National ▁Technology ▁Agency ▁or ▁Technology ▁Development ▁Centre . ▁The ▁Centre ▁was ▁founded ▁primarily ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁an ▁economic ▁re cess ion ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s . ▁At ▁its ▁formation ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 3 , ▁it ▁employed ▁twenty ▁people . ▁It ▁began ▁research ing ▁energy ▁technology ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁T ek es ▁inv ested ▁€ 5 7 9 ▁million ▁in ▁ 2 , 1 7 7 ▁projects , ▁of ▁which ▁€ 3 4 3 ▁million ▁was ▁directed ▁to ▁enter prise ▁projects ▁and ▁€ 2 3 6 ▁million ▁to ▁univers ities , ▁poly techn ics ▁and ▁public ▁research ▁instit utes . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁the ▁S ip il ä ▁government ▁f used ▁together ▁T ek es ▁and ▁Fin pro ▁O y , ▁a ▁government - owned ▁corpor ation ▁for ▁promotion ▁of ▁export . ▁The ▁target ▁was ▁to ▁stream line ▁business ▁services ▁and ▁make ▁sure ▁that ▁the ▁service ▁chain ▁isn ' t ▁broken ▁when ▁a ▁company ▁proceed s ▁from ▁R & D ▁to ▁export . ▁ ▁Oper ations ▁ ▁Business ▁Finland ▁functions ▁as ▁a ▁fund ing ▁ag ency ▁for ▁research ▁and ▁technology ▁development . ▁Rece ivers