Tampere

Tampere, the birthplace of Nokia

The Tampere Region, the birtplace of Nokia, is the most attractive place to live and study in Finland. The city of Tampere has been independently benchmarked as Finland's most cost effective location in terms of property and staff costs. Top expertise and three world class business clusters (ICT, bio sciences and health care technology, intelligent machines and automation) form an excellent business landscape. There are also innovative companies in many other business sectors. Tampere is known for its bold initiatives in business development. Creative economy and creative industries have been seen to include a huge growth potential.

According to a survey accomplished by MIT, Tampere has been the best in the world when successfully transforming its traditional industry into a modern thriving businesses. This has been done through utilizing and combining different technologies in the product development in a new and innovative way.
More than ten global market leaders have their headquarter, R&D center or major production unit in Tampere. Strong operators in the Tampere business include Nokia, John Deere Forestry, Agco, NSG/Pilkington, Sandvik, Santen, Areva, Parker Hannifin, Gardner Denver, Conmed Linvatec and GE as well as Metso Minerals, Metso Automation and Metso Power.

Useful links

• Creative Tampere - www.luovatampere.fi/eng
• Tampere Business Region - www.tbregion.com
• Tampere tourist office - www.gotampere.fi