EMS is an initiative of the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI), and aim to provide reliable, comprehensive and comparable data about the modernisation and im-provement of manufacturing companies and establishments at the European level. VTT, the Finnish partner in the EMS since 2008, is responsible for collecting the survey data in Finland. This cross-country dataset is updated every two years and, besides implementation of new man-ufacturing technologies and new product innovation, has also special attention for the develop-ment of product-related services, the use of innovative organisational and managerial concepts, as well as their impact on various performance indicators such as productivity, quality or flexi-bility of companies.