The business field in Central Ostrobothnia and the Ostrobothnia region consists of companies of different sizes representing different industries, such as large process and chemical companies, their service and co-operation companies, as well as micro and SMEs representing the sectors. The key industries are metal and chemical industries, electricity, electronics, wood, plastics, textiles and food, machinery and equipment and social and health. In recent years, companies have been particularly challenged by supply chain disruptions, problems with the availability of raw materials and supplies, labor, rising costs, low productivity, labor-intensive working methods and increased competition. The utilization rate of robotics and automation is still low due to insufficient information on its usability and lack of application expertise. To reduce business risks, improve operational reliability and reduce transport costs, companies also increasingly want to build production networks with companies in neighboring areas. Common to manufacturing companies, regardless of industry, is that everyone needs economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable technology solutions to develop their competitiveness and productivity, the most important of which are robotics and automation with industry 4.0 ancillary technologies. There are also several major robotics integrator and expert companies operating in the area, whose utilization of expertise has been limited in developing the business of production companies. Sector-specific development needs and opportunities are common across provincial borders, which is why development and education organizations in the Kokkola and Pietarsaari regions have a strong will to create a common, mutually supportive ecosystem that develops these key competencies and provides related services. In the Roboxxx project, Centria University of Applied Sciences, as an expert in applied research and a higher education educator in cooperation with Optima, a vocational end training education provider, and technology partners is developing a new type of cooperation model that supports business development through applied research and secondary vocational education in cooperation with technology companies. The objectives are to find new types of solutions to two key problems of the operation, growth, and development of productive businesses in the region: the availability of a skilled workforce, as well as insufficient application skills in robotics and automation technology. The project will create a robotics and automation technology development training and service environment that utilizes robotics and other Industry 4.0 technologies and serves the competence and training needs of companies, as well as its scalable operating model. At the same time, the know-how needed to utilize it, functional cooperation, and demonstrations are produced with cooperating companies, as well as reference solutions for the application of robotics and intelligent automation for business development of companies. The goal is to enable the cooperation of secondary and higher education organizations, technology companies, and regional development organizations in order to generate technological expertise in accordance with the sustainable development of production companies, to increase the attractiveness of companies and to improve labor availability and mobility