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Petri Nykänen, Director, Business Development and Invest in Tampere Region Economic Development Agency Tredea petri.nykanen (at) tredea.fi Mobile +358 40 806 2375
Tampere Region Economic Development Agency
• A joint venture of 8 municipalities
Tampere (60,44%)
Kangasala
Lempäälä
Nokia
Orivesi
Pirkkala
Vesilahti
Ylöjärvi
• Maintains and strengthens the magnetism of
the Tampere Region.
• Fosters prerequisites for successful business.
• Provides services for both local and foreign
companies.
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Tampere
Region
One of the fastest growing regions
Total Population ……………………… 491 500
Central Region Population………….. 350 000
in 2012: +4234 / +1.2%
Revenue, all sectors (2011e) …......... 28 923 M€
Proportion from industry …….. 38%
Tampere Region in Brief
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Did you know that…
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The best place to live in Finland (taloustutkimus 2013)
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The best travel destination in Finland (taloustutkimus 2013)
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Availability of competent workforce
of foreign companies in Tampere Region
indicate that the most important reason to
stay in the region is the availability of
competent workforce and low attrition 66%
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Every 5th person in city of Tampere is a student
Tampere university of has the second
largest population of undergraduate
student
“The high level of know-how in mobile
communications and the availability of
skilled workforce led to our establishing
operations in the Tampere region.”
- Veli-Pekka Vatula, Site Manager,
MCG Finland, Intel
”Tampere Region offers competent workforce
at reasonable cost and the attitude of the city is
positive towards companies.”
- Ville Rönkkö, CEO, CROCS Nordic
In Tampere there are about 38.000 university students
Tampere University of Technology (TUT)
University of Tampere (UTA)
Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK)
And also more than 34.000 vocational college or adult students
Tampere Vocational College (Tredu)
Tampere Adult Education Centre (TAKK)
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”The key considerations why we operate in
Tampere region are good availability of
employees, central location and the Tampere
university of Technology.”
- Timo Kyttälä, CEO, John Deere Forestry Oy
“Tampere has good logistic connections
for exports.”
- Risto Tuominen, Unit Managing
Director, Alstom Grid
“When Santen started operations in
Europe, locating within EU near
Russian Federation was a key
consideration. Tampere region offers
secure operating environment and good
industry-university collaboration.”
- Jyrki Liljeroos, President of Santen Oy
of foreign companies in Tampere Region
indicate that one of the most important reasons
to stay in the region is the logistical location
within Finland 41%
Optimal logistic location in Finland
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Optimal logistic location in Finland
Helsinki
Train …. 1.5h
Car …… 1.5h
Air ……. 0.5h
St. Petersburg
Train …. 4.5h
General
2/3 of Finns live within 2h
2/3 of commercial activity
within 2h
Direct flights to 13 locations,
including 3 hubs:
Helsinki
Stockholm
Riga
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National Competitiveness ranked #3
Peaceful and stable society to operate in
#1 in Property Rights
#1 in Protection of minority shareholders’ interests
#1 in Intellectual Property Protection
#2 in Transparency of policymaking
#2 in Least-corrupt countries
#2 in Ethical behavior of firms
#2 in Low burden of customs procedures
GDP…………………. 194 469 M€
GDP per capita …… 35 928 €
Credit rating ………. AAA stable
Macroeconomic environment
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The biggest industrial export company in Russian
Federation comes from Tampere Region – What is it?
Nokian Tyres has invested more
than 700M€ in Russian Federation
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www.investtampere.fi/glavnaya/
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