Summary of Tampere Finland for investors - Investing in Tampere region
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National Competitiveness ranked #3
Peaceful and stable society to operate in
#1 in Property Rights
#2 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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Tampere
Region
One of the fastest growing regions in Finland
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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Manufacturing industry
Intelligent Machines
ICT and mobile telecommunications
Life science
Also active clusters in Creative industries
Cleantech and Energy
Nanotechnology
Versatile industry and research benefiting from
collaboration and industrial history
Good availability of competent experts and
workforce
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) The second biggest university of technology in Finland
University of Tampere (UTA) The most popular university in Finland
Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK) The most popular university of applied sciences in Finland
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
Depending on the sector, salary levels can be 20-30% lower than in
Helsinki metropolitan area
Located in the northern end of
the metropolitan area
Helsinki
Train …. 1.5h
Car …… 1.5h
Air ……. 0.5h
General
Direct flights from
Tampere include 3 hubs:
Helsinki
Stockholm
Riga
Easy access to
Helsinki/Vantaa airport
Helsinki-Hämeenlinna-
Tampere is the only
urban corridor in Finland
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