Swedish Engineers alarmed by Sony cuts – evertiq.se

The union of Sweden Engineers sees a risk that Sweden is now losing competitiveness as a result of Sony’s notice during the day.

“A very bad news – for both our members and the business community” so summarizes the SI today’s announcement. They now want to see a serious effort not to the Swedish excellence should decrease.

– Primarily we focus on helping the members affected by the cuts, said Peter Larsson, socio-political director at the Swedish Engineers.

Graduate Engineers has about 850 members at Sony Mobile.

– We assume also relevant trade authorities act. If core competencies are spread out, there is a great risk that Swedish competitiveness in the telecom area decreases, says Peter Larsson.

– Now requires cooperation and vigorous effort so that there will be like when Astra Zeneca spent in Lund. Today’ve Denmark overtaken us in the life science industry, an industry that previously were measured big hopes for the future.

– If you cooperate, you can speed up research projects underway and several players can benefit from.

– Scania has an advantage in Mobile Heights where industry, academia, regional and local government work together to create new smart business solutions, says Peter Larsson.