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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