Business in the Bergen Region

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The Bergen Region

A Dynamic Growth Region

The Bergen region has the strong knowledge clusters essential for creating a dynamic growth region.

Priority sectors:

• ENERGY SECTOR: Oil, gas and renewable energy• MARITIME SECTOR: Ship owners, shipyards, service companies and

suppliers• MARINE SECTOR: Fisheries, aquaculture and other marine products• ADVENTURE, CULTURE AND TRAVEL• MEDIA AND CULTURE BASED BUSINESSES: Media, design, film

and music

• The region also has significant ICT and financial sectors

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30 000 students4 000 scientists• University of Bergen• Norwegian School of

Economics• Bergen University

College• Bergen Academy of

Art and Design• Norwegian School of

Management, • Stord/Haugesund

University College• Bergen School of

Architecture• Royal Norwegian

Naval Academy

Science• UiB: Four Norwegian

Centers of Excellence• UiB: Marine research

and Global research• Christian Michelsen

Research. Research center

• Uni Research: Research company, 500 scientists

• Institute of Marine Research

95 per cent claim that the Bergen Region has good Research Environment

A Strong Oil and Gas Region

Key figures 2012: 25,4 BEUR turnover

5,2 BEUR value creation32 600 employees

1 494 companies

Value creation:The sum of operational result

plus wages

The Energy Sector

• Norway’s leading region for operations, production and maintenance. Uptime Centre of Competence

• 60 percent of Statoil’s operatorships on the Norwegian continental shelf are run from Bergen.

• Central region for technological research and development – strong R&D environments with several centers of expertise.

• Centre Mongstad is the world’s largest facility for testing and improving CO2 capture technologies, a vital part of the CCS value chain.

• World leading subsea knowledge – Norwegian Centre of Expertise Subsea.

• Hordaland county is the largest hydro power producer• Offshore windmills, fixed and floating, through two cluster initiatives:

Arena NOW and NORCOWE

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18 per cent of the Norwegian Maritime Turnover is in the Bergen Region

Key figures 2012: 11 BEUR turnover2,5 BEUR value creation22 600 employees1 317 companies

Maritime BergenThe industrial shipping capital

Bergen – a World Marine Capital

Key figurs 2012:3,3 BEUR turnover

0,4 BEUR value creation3 500 employees 900 companies

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Innovation and Research in Bergen

• Bergen is the proud capital of a world leading environment of

marine expertise.• Among our research institutions you find:

– The Institute of Marine Research (IMR)

– National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES)

– University of Bergen (UiB)

– Christian Michelsen Research (CMR)

– NOFIMA

– UNI Research

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Adventure, Culture and TravelThe most exciting place for culture- and nature-based adventures in the Nordic region

Key figures 2012:1,8 BEUR turnover 0,7 BEUR value creation15 800 employees3 478 companies

Media City Bergen New innovative Media Cluster

Media, design, film and music are growing businesses

Key figures 2012:1,1 BEUR turnover0,4 BEUR value creation5 000 employees8 000 companies

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• Bergen has the second largest financial sector in

the country

• Solid ICT environment

Key figures 2011:

FINANCE:83 BEUR total assets5 500 employees113 companies

ICT:5000 employees1 BEUR turnover2 300 companies

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