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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