Sweden attracts with skills – after all – New Technology

       

But in Sweden is not visible on the increase. The researchers showed Pontus Braunerhielm and Johan Eklund with figures from the IT, telecommunications and life science sectors in the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet debate page on Sunday.

Between 2001 and 2011, the number of people employed in the three different sectors in Sweden decreased 30 to 50 percent. In other European countries the number of employees increased during the same period.

The scientists conclude that the Swedish leadership in technologically advanced production has become weaker. They are concerned that the Swedish competence level does not reach the top class anymore.

Last week I wrote here about Ny Teknik reports from Scania, where Sony, Ericsson, AstraZeneca, Gambro and Tetra Pak have gradually reduced their strengths . And there are no signs that any new giant would be interested in establishing themselves in the same region. Is it because excellence in Sweden is not sharp enough?

This week tells the reporter Eddie Pröckl the contrary. Volvo’s Chinese owner Geely has chosen Sweden to start a new development – China European Vehicle Technology, CEVT. The reason is that this is a vehicle expertise that is lacking in China.

The mission was initially to develop a common vehicle architecture for Volvo and Geely’s smaller cars. The solution was so helpful and working so appreciated that CEVT now construct a dozen complete car models to Geely.

Another reason to chose Geely Sweden are working with a flat organization, individual responsibility among employees engineers and the habit at solving problems in teams.

Over 1100 engineers working in the company, most of them are Swedish. Many come from Saab.

Another company that has captured the competent engineers from the automotive industry is the Norwegian consulting firm Aker Solutions which started in Gothenburg in 2011.

Engineering Competence can still give Sweden a competitive advantage.

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