Background information for new company establishment June 2017 sandviken.se Table of contents Introduction 3 2.4 Description of the regional labor market, number of employed etc 15 Regional information 3. Logistics/infrastructure 16 1.1 Major industrial clusters in our region 4 3.1 Road transport 16 1.2 A selection of industrial reference cases in 3.2 Rail routes and accompanying logistics centers 17 our region, including contact information 6 3.3 National and international airports 18 1.3 The 10 largest employers in our region 6 3.4 Water/sewage, including water 19 1.4 The region from an overarching attractiveness and quality of life perspective 7 3.5 Power infrastructure 20 1.5 Opportunities for regional project financing 3.6 District heating/district cooling ­­­ and support for company establishment on (as a consumer and supplier) 20 the proposed site 8 4. Permits process for new company establishment 21 1.6 Permission process for industrial operations 4.1 Example of timeframe for a permissions process requiring permits from the Land and in which the Land and environment courts assess environment courts 10 environmentally hazardous operations 21 1.7 General public support for a company establishment 10 Site specific information 2. The labor market 11 5. Specific site information 22 2.1 Employable population in the principal 6. Ownership 22 recruitment area 11 7. Site acquisition and building commencement 22 2.2 The proportion of the workforce that is educated, including the distribution across different 8. Site information 22 educational levels, in the surrounding area 11 9. Infrastructure 23 2.3 Current university and educational programs 10. Power infrastructure 24 (eg. university, schools, post high school courses, regional R&D activities etc 11 11. Water 24 12. Sewage 25 Appendices 25 3 3 + 3 300 active companies. WE CREATE + Good education and courses. + Good transport connections to the rest of the world via SYNERGIES the E16, E4, railway lines, Port of Gävle, Arlanda and regional airports. AND 1+1 = 3, + International meeting place. More than 130 national ities are represented within the population. OR EVEN MORE + A strong innovation climate. More than 700 people from all corners of the world work with research and development in Sandviken. In terms of patents per It’s normal for a town and a region to show off in an capita, this is one of the most innovative municipalities introduction such as this - about how good, fantastic and in the world. unique everything is! But is anything in Sandviken really unique? + Industrial sector competence and professional knowledge have been Sandviken’s strengths for many years. There are 290 municipalities in our country and – hand on heart – many can also offer undisturbed nature, lakes + Sandviken is home to large international groups and and close proximity to outdoor recreation and a thriving new-thinking small companies, consultants with key cultural scene. Many can also combine attractive housing expertise and motivated entrepreneurs. close to the countryside and town, without traffic jams. + Short lines of communication. If we look even further afield, there are also other regions + Strong investment appetite. Sandviken is growing and countries that have a long industrial tradition, – both in terms of number of inhabitants and geo- world-leading business climate, leading edge research and graphically. unique efforts related to future clean energy. It’s only when we bring together our unique combi- nations – to create the best conditions for sites for future A LIFESTYLE WITH SYNERGIES business establishment – that we really become unique. + ­A community with strong building blocks that together We offer a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts, become something greater. and a future synergised for your needs. + Places that enable people, ideas, activities and trends to A SITE WITH SYNERGIES meet and together become something stronger. + A large area of land. + Low cost of housing and living. + The land area is square-shaped. + Outdoor recreation with skiing, boating, swimming, fishing, hunting, cycling, walking … + The land is owned by the municipality. + Sports - from recreational to elite teams in ice hockey, + Located with a direct connection to the E16 once the football and bandy. new exit is complete. + All kinds of culture and entertainment with arenas and + Massive electric power supply is possible. stages for small and large events, and with food and + Water for industrial processing is available. hospitality of the highest class. + We are an industrial municipality, which means + Nearby blooming countryside with forests, mountains positive views on new company establishments. and water. + Located in the heart of the country’s center for + Thriving city. future energy with biofuel, wind power, hydrogen and an electric highway. This is what we call Sandviken Pure Power. See the film! We make each other better! A BUSINESS CLIMATE WITH SYNERGIES 4 Regional information The Sandviken/Gävle region encompasses Gästrikland, SEK 2 million per day, and with the rest of Bergslagen, Hälsingland, with direct proximity to Uppsala, Dalarna and Gävleborg included, the amount invested is Stockholm, Mälardalen, Bergslagen and East Dalarna. around SEK 10 million per day. That puts the region at One third of Sweden’s population and just over a third the top in terms of industrial investment. of Sweden’s companies are located within a radius of 2 hours. That means 3.3 million inhabitants and 400 000 Sandviken municipality is used to receiving visits from companies. overseas companies. Sandvik alone receives more than 10 000 visits per year. Consequently, Sandviken offers This is one of the most heavily invested regions in terms an organization and level of hospitality that can handle of capital investments in industrial sectors. Sandvik frequent international visits and make the visitor’s invests approximately SEK 4 million per day in its site experience even better. in Sandviken, Billerud-Korsnäs in Gävle invests around 1. Business sector structure 1.1 Major industrial clusters in our region. Major clusters Other clusters Steel and process industries: Sandvik (Sandviken), Maintenance: Veolia (Skinnskatteberg, Avesta) and SSAB (Borlänge), Ovako (Hofors), Outokumpu Bilfinger (Gävle, Avesta, Borlänge). (Avesta), Fagersta Stainless AB (Fagersta). Industrial services: Triple Steelix, FindIT, Fiber Paper and pulp: Artic paper (Grycksbo), Stora Enso Optic Valley (today part of RISE/Acreo), Future (Fors, Kvarnsveden, Skutskär), Billerud- Korsnäs Position X, Automation Region, Robotdalen, High (Gävle), Holmen/Iggesund (Iggesund). Voltage Valley. Wind power: Vestas and others, one of Europe’s Industrial IT: (Sandviken). largest land-based wind parks (Jädraås). Hydraulics: (Hudiksvall). Tunnplåt och materialteknik: (Sandviken/ Borlänge). SMEs: A couple of thousand companies provide products and services to the industrial sector. Additional information Traditional heavy manufacturing industries with The well-established heavy industrial sector has resulted high pace of investment. in a predominance of large global companies being the major employers in the region. The region is a world leading steel cluster that, through collaboration with other industrial clusters and networks, Steel and process cluster enables competitive advantage and growth in the region. The steel and process industries form the basis of the The region has been dominated by heavy manufacturing region’s business sector structure. Bergslagen and west industries for almost 200 years. This includes the steel Gästrikland are home to what is probably the world’s and process industries in Bergslagen and the forest and leading steel cluster with Sandvik, SSAB, Ovako and paper industries along Gävleborg’s coast. The region also Outokumpu. Collectively these industries have a turn- has a well-established wind power sector that is creating over of around 20 billion SEK, employ approximately one of Europe’s largest land-based wind parks, located 75 000 people internationally, and around 12 000 in around 30 minutes north of Sandviken. the region. The region’s steel industry is strengthened by 4 5 some 700 sub-contractors based in Bergslagen that can innovations and ”Start-Up” companies during their develop and provide growth opportunities outside the development phase. region, due to the demand from the steel industry. • Triple Steelix is a regional development effort to make the successful steel industry even stronger Paper manufacturing cluster through efficient cooperation between businesses, the community and research in the region. Triple Steelix The paper sector is another major industrial manu- encompasses some 200 small and medium-sized facturing sector in the region with Artic paper in companies in fourteen municipalities in Dalarna, Grycksbo, and Stora Enso in both Fors and Kvarnsveden. Västmanland and Gävleborg. One example project Several paper mills are located along the Gävleborg coast involves cooperation between the steel industry, Triple including Stora Enso in Skutskär and Billerud-Korsnäs in Steelix, the University of Gävle, Dalarna’s Industrial Gävle and Holmen/Iggesund. Development Center (IUC) and the municipality of Wind power Sandviken to increase the effectiveness of the industrial maintenance sector and ensure the highest possible The demand for renewable energy has meant an increa- quality of maintenance services. se in wind parks in the world. According to Vattenfall, wind power will provide