Table 15. Prevalence of process innovations by industry, 2004-2006, share of enterprises
| Number of enterprises |
Process innovations |
New manufacturing of production methods |
New logistics, delivery or distribution methods |
New supporting activities for processes |
|
| % | % | % | % | ||
| Total | 8221 | 35,6 | 22,7 | 13,8 | 22,0 |
| Manufacturing, total | 4224 | 39,9 | 29,7 | 12,9 | 22,4 |
| Mining and quarrying | 52 | 32,9 | 18,4 | 6,1 | 22,5 |
| Food industry | 350 | 48,1 | 44,2 | 13,9 | 21,5 |
| Textiles | 69 | 42,7 | 34,3 | 7,0 | 18,6 |
| Manufacture of wearing apparel | 76 | 36,5 | 21,6 | 20,0 | 16,4 |
| Leather products | 28 | 4,3 | 0,0 | 4,3 | 0,0 |
| Wood and wood products | 300 | 39,6 | 35,6 | 7,0 | 15,5 |
| Pulp, paper and paper products | 76 | 48,5 | 45,4 | 17,5 | 21,0 |
| Publishing and printing | 373 | 34,2 | 22,0 | 16,3 | 18,5 |
| Chemicals and chemical products | 110 | 45,6 | 33,8 | 17,1 | 25,2 |
| Rubber and plastic products | 186 | 55,5 | 45,7 | 23,0 | 32,4 |
| Other non-metallic mineral products | 161 | 35,5 | 27,8 | 14,6 | 22,1 |
| Basic metals | 64 | 34,4 | 24,9 | 7,4 | 17,5 |
| Metal products | 824 | 34,9 | 29,0 | 7,1 | 18,3 |
| Machinery and equipment | 564 | 39,2 | 23,8 | 12,9 | 23,4 |
| Electrical machinery and apparatus | 148 | 51,0 | 27,6 | 19,6 | 42,3 |
| Computers and communication equipment | 85 | 52,9 | 46,7 | 42,1 | 49,7 |
| Instruments | 117 | 33,2 | 16,5 | 12,1 | 28,2 |
| Motor vehicles | 71 | 55,0 | 44,8 | 29,5 | 22,6 |
| Other transport equipment | 84 | 26,6 | 21,9 | 6,2 | 14,8 |
| Other manufacturing | 256 | 43,4 | 35,2 | 17,2 | 20,6 |
| Electricity, gas, steam and hot water supply | 165 | 34,3 | 12,1 | 4,9 | 29,4 |
| Collection, purification and distribution of water | 65 | 40,8 | 16,2 | 0,0 | 29,2 |
| Services, total | 3996 | 31,1 | 15,4 | 14,8 | 21,6 |
| Wholesale trade | 1324 | 33,8 | 13,6 | 19,2 | 24,5 |
| Transport | 1202 | 20,5 | 7,5 | 13,9 | 14,6 |
| Post and telecommunications | 120 | 56,0 | 28,6 | 22,4 | 37,9 |
| Financial intermediation | 282 | 23,4 | 7,6 | 11,2 | 20,1 |
| Insurance and pension funding | 62 | 30,8 | 10,8 | 26,5 | 12,4 |
| Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation | 74 | 51,1 | 34,1 | 7,8 | 32,7 |
| Computer and related activities | 445 | 48,6 | 38,9 | 13,9 | 30,2 |
| Technical consultancy services | 452 | 27,0 | 16,3 | 3,3 | 18,3 |
| Technical testing and analysis | 35 | 54,9 | 32,4 | 32,4 | 32,4 |
Source: Innovation 2006, Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Mervi Niemi (09) 1734 3263, tiede.teknologia@stat.fi
Director in charge: Leena Storgårds
Updated 12.12.2008
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