… being home to both Volvo cars and SKF bearings. The head office for both these world famous companies is still here in Göteborg (even though AB Volvo sold off its car manufacturing in 1999 to Ford and nowadays focuses on trucks and industrial machinery, among other things). A number of other well-known companies are also based in Göteborg, such as the pharmaceutical giant Astra Zeneca and the IT and telecoms company Ericsson.
... being ‘the green exemplar’ – where the business world, academia, and the public sector work together. The region is already leading the way in sustainable development. This means being the best in Europe, as well as the rest of the work – as Sweden is already a global leader in this field.
http://www10.goteborg.se/english/
http://www.vgregion.se/en/Vastra-Gotalandsregionen/Welcome-to-Vastra-Gotaland/
http://www.lansstyrelsen.se/vastragotaland/English/
http://www.businessregiongoteborg.com/
The Västra Götaland region with Göteborg leading the way is next best in the whole of Europe for trade and industry investment in research and development. Read more about the region’s proven ability to manage tough changes – and about ‘A city with an agenda’.
Greater Göteborg invests its way out of the crisis and creates 20,000 new jobs. Read more about how Göteborg will grow to a region the size of Brussels.
In Västra Götaland economic growth and the environmental are not contradictory agendas. Read more on how Europe looks to the region’s forward-thinking ideas.
Sweden and Norway have the world’s first cross-border marine national park.
Read more about the Kosterhavets National Park in Västra Götaland which has cost 150 million Swedish crowns to set up.
