Arctic Testing Services

Arctic Testing Services Oy is a privately owned family enterprise, independent from manufacturers, that provides cold testing facilities and services in Rovaniemi on the Arctic Circle in Finland. Its test centre is designed for cold climate and sign-off testing of vehicles. Facilities include 16 cold chambers, a private 2.9 km winter test road, an uphill test track with three gradients, and a workshop and office building with three hoists.

The company has served global vehicle manufacturers for more than 30 years. Support services offered alongside testing include transportation of test vehicles, special test fuels via a partner, studded winter tyres and tyre service, a winter driving school, and maintenance and preparation of test tracks.

The test centre is about a 30-minute drive from Rovaniemi town centre. Its charging station is rated for 300 kW and can charge six CCS2 vehicles simultaneously, supporting both 400V and 800V architectures. The main building provides office space for 120 people and a 500 Mbit/s fibre connection. An investment project to expand cold testing infrastructure, co-funded by the European Union, is under way. The company was founded in 2007.

Product: Cold-climate and sign-off testing of vehicles at a test centre with cold chambers, winter test roads and EV charging, plus support services