Tampere International Business Office TIBO KV-HANKETOIMINTA 8.6.2005 TIBO on kansainv list mishanke, ei kansainv

1. Tampere International Business Office TIBO KV-HANKETOIMINTA 8.6.2005TIBO on kansainvälistämishanke, ei “kansainvälinen hanke” Vesa Kaasalainen, Johanna Valkama

2. TIBO is a part of Professia Ltd. Professia Ltd. is a development and consultancy company focusing on knowledge intensive business services Established in 2000 Owned by city of Tampere, University of Tampere, Finnvera plc. and Tampere Region Growth Foundation Personnel 7, managing director Mr. Kari Kankaala, PhD

3. Professia - part of the regional development network Centre of Expertise in Knowledge Intensive Business Services KIBS Marketing of Expertise in Tampere Region Tampere International Business Office TIBO Innovation activities: Pre-Incubator services and Incubator services IT related services: eSME, IT Caretaker Professia Ltd.

4. The vision of Tampere Region is the goal of TIBO ”Tampere Region to become one of the world’s most attractive operating environments for knowledge intensive businesses and residential environments for experts”.

5. The background of TIBO TIBO is the third project on promoting foreign direct investments (FDI) in Tampere Region Invest in Tampere Region was the first in the mid 1990’s ? “traditional” regional marketing 2. Invest Promotion 2001 – 2003 ? targeted marketing on health technology and ICT 3. Tampere International Business Office TIBO ? strengthens the business environment, expertise and the already existing clusters The funding comes from the city of Tampere, 5 surrounding municipalities, Centre of Expertise program and the Council of Tampere Region (separate project of regional marketing) The total budget of TIBO for 2005 is appr. 430 000 € TIBO team has four members Finn-Medi responsible for health technology

6. The focus area of TIBO Attract and assist foreign direct investments (FDI) to locate new business operations, production, research and development units in Tampere Region Rouse existing companies to invest more in operations in Tampere Region

7. What do we do to achieve results 1/2

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9. TIBO’s services TIBO helps foreign companies locating their businesses with Information and advisory service, regional invest promotion related databank Assistance with company registration, dealing with authorities, premises etc. Contacts and access to local business development services, local R&D community and key clusters Assistance in launching of the company locally

10. Painopisteet, keihäänkärjet Koneenrakennus Liikkuvat työkoneet, tuotantoautomaatio Edellisiin liittyvät asiakkuudet, erityisesti ICT Alkava ITER-laboratorio ICT Langaton teknologia Nokia ja TTY, muut Optoelektoniikan miniklusteri Yritysrypäs ja TTY, erityisesti ORC Terveys- ja bioteknologia Immunologia, biomateriaalit, kudosteknologia TaY, TTY, PSHP & yritykset, Regea

11. Maantieteelliset alueet, I

12. Maantieteelliset alueet, II

13. Target for 2004 - 2005 Our concrete target for the years 2004-2005 are the following (the figures in red are the results so far): contacted potential companies 100-150 133 companies which visited Tampere or took part in further negotiations 30-50 14 Positive location decisions 8-10 7

14. Knowledge based services A regional databank (for invest promotion purposes) has been created in cooperation with the TE-centre’s location and networking services regional data that helps new business operations to locate in the region is collected in one place Databank consists of a joint repository and of TIBO’s web site www.investintampere.com All the information providers are collected and listed into the repository Maintained by TIBO Available to all partners in locationing services

16. Why Tampere?

17. Significant ICT concentration in Northern Europe Home to Nokia and other industry leaders in ICT Application and R&D hub for ICT in Scandinavia Several centres for fundamental and applied research Some 300 ICT companies with 16 000 employees Two universities with strong ICT emphasis Test lab of Finland, focus on design and R&D Nokia, TietoEnator, Telia-Sonera Nokia, TietoEnator, Telia-Sonera

18. Mechanical Engineering and Automation

19. Health technology excellence Information technology for healthcare Immunology, oncology, autoimmune diseases Implant technologies 100 M€ BioneXt Tampere Programme International co-operation model offers investment, collaboration opportunities and information for companies

20. Some global milestones achieved locallyThe 1st in the world 1974 NMT mobile call 1978 ATM machine 1984 Biodegradable implant 1991 GSM mobile call 1993 Analogue Cellular Data Card – Nokia 1994 GSM Data Card – Nokia 1995 Internet call – TeliaSonera 1995 Walking forest harvester 1996 Personal Digital Assistant - Nokia Communicator 1997 Data Suite – Nokia 1997 GSM card phone 1998 Digital x-ray image – Imix 1999 WAP Server – Nokia 2001 Gaming and camera phones 2003 FogScreen walk-through display 2003 Automated container terminal

21. Global Market Leaders in Tampere Region -> key customers Company World market share Products Nokia 30% telecom solutions Kalmar, Kone Cargotech > 50% container handling machinery Sandvik-Tamrock* 35% mining and construction machinery Timberjack, John Deere* 47% forest machinery Metso Automation > 15% automation for process industry Metso Minerals 15% mobile rock crushers Kvaerner Power* 30% ‘green’ boilers Tamglass > 50% safety glass machinery (architectural and automotive) Bronto Skylift, FSC* > 60% fire and rescue platforms Fastems 70% FMS multilevel flexible manufacturing systems Ata Gears 50% spiral bevel gears for marine applications Tamrotor, Gardner Denver* 30% ship compressors Avant Tecno 40% mini loaders (max. one ton) Nokian Tyres 30% eco / intelligent tyres Sisu Diesel, Agco Group* 10% diesel engines Raflatac 35% self adhesive laminates (+ RFID) * Foreign investments

22. Finnair, SAS / Blue 1 and Ryanair offer several international flights every day via Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen, London/Stansted, Riga and Frankfurt/Hahn

23. Operating cost examples Salary, ICT engineer, from 2000€ Salary, office workers, from 1600€ Office space 9-17€/sq metre/month Office services from 80€/month Data connection, LAN with 2-5 computers, 10 Mbit/s, 100€/month Appartment rent typically 8€/sq metre/month

24. Short distances Social services Affordable housing Wide range of cultural and sports events Beautiful city and surrounding countryside Lively and active region Safety Excellent infrastructure Tampere has been voted again as the most attractive living and studying environment in Finland Tampere Region - Quality of life

25. TIBO team Tampere International Business Office Professia Ltd. Yliopistonkatu 60 A 33100 Tampere Finland + 358 3 313 703 82 Fax + 358 3 313 703 89 Mr. Vesa Kaasalainen, M.Sc. (Eng.), Director Tel. + 358 50 570 2329, e-mail: vesa.kaasalainen@professia.fi Ms. Anne-Mari Järvelin, PhD, Director, Business Development Tel. + 358 40 7056944, e-mail: anne-mari.jarvelin@professia.fi Ms. Johanna Valkama, M.Sc. (Soc.), Project Coordinator Tel. + 358 40 7673778, e-mail: johanna.valkama@professia.fi Mr. Kari Kankaala, PhD, CEO, Professia Ltd., Tel. + 358 50 3513020, e-mail: kari.kankaala@professia.fi Mr. Pekka Aalto, M. Sc. (Econ.), Project Coordinator Tel. + 358 50 5945432, e-mail: pekka.aalto@finnmedi.fi

26. Thank you!Kiitos!