There was great support from both public and private actors at Cleaner Growth’s breakfast meeting in conjunction with County Administration Board’s “Climate Forum Västerbotten – Theme Transport”. Even support from the visitors was great which was reflected in the amount of questions from participating companies.
More women in the technology industry can provide companies with increased profitability. This was one of the lessons from the Women with Impact conference, organised by Cleaner Growth, which attracted nearly 100 people.
Many aspiring and established suppliers and partners took the opportunity to meet the regions energy companies. After an inspiring morning at Företagardagarna with lectures and exhibitions, the afternoon’s business event which was hosted by Cleantech Kvarken began with no less than 51 scheduled meetings between companies from both Sweden and Finland.
The plant will be the first of its kind in Europe and is an important step for interested companies on a large scale to develop nano-crystalline cellulose from cellulose-based material. Nanocrystalline cellulose materials have many interesting properties and can be used, such as building materials, biocomposites, printed electronics, and color additives.
On Sunday, a number of representatives from Umeå’s Business Services will travel to Copenhagen and Kalundborg for a study trip on circular economy. The schedule is full with study trips, lectures and workshops. Business Development from Cleaner Growth and Cleantech Kvarken will take part in the trip, as well as government researcher of circular economy, Ola Aletrå, and the councillor of Umeå, Margareta Rönngren, amongst others. The trip is organised by ESAM AB, in connection with a feasibility study for the Municipality of Umeå’s Business Services, and the organisers of the Umeå Gala.
Summer, sun and algal bloom. Not an unusual phenomenon, unfortunately. Francesco Gentili develops a way to counter the eutrophication of our waters, which simultaneously cleans the pollution from the air and produces biomass that can be used as a transportation fuel.
Earlier this week, BioCools CEO, Maria Forssell, was invited to give a presentation to the UN agency, United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in Stockholm. BioCool SafeWater, developed by BioCool, is a pill that eliminates harmful microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses and parasites from drinking water. The microorganisms are killed in a safe and environmentally friendly way to mimic the body’s way of defending itself.
Magnus Matisons from BioFuel Region has been chosen to represent the region’s bioeconomy interests in the EU’s Bioeconomy Panel. This nomination offers the opportunity to highlight our region’s unique conditions for bioeconomy development.
At this year's Storforum Cleantech Kvarken and its sister project Cleaner Growth were given the opportunity to present themselves to the construction industry. The municipal company Bostaden won an award for best project with "Sustainable Ålidhem.
Cleantech Kvarken’s new business directory is now ready. In it, we have put together a fascinating collection of companies within the energy and environmental sectors in the Västerbotten, Örnsköldsvik and Vaasa regions.
Sweden’s two innovation county council members, Robert Winroth and Daniel Forslund, are working together on a project that will offer more long-distance solutions to primary health care and new compensation systems. During the spring, a preliminary study will be conducted involving Philips, a high tech firm and Roche pharmaceuticals.
The question of the day was whether the public sector, together with the private sector, can stimulate development and enhance the competitiveness of companies, with policy in mind. The event was moderated by Mattias Goldmann, CEO of the Tankesmedjan Fores, and the organisers were Region Västerbotten, Miljösamverkan Västerbotten, Energikontor Norr, Företagarna and Cleaner Growth.
A company matchmaking event will be held in Örnsköldsvik on February 25 for companies working in the clean tech industry. Companies from Skellefteå, Umeå, Vasa and Örnsköldsvik will participate in the event aimed at establishing new business contacts.
At the fifth annual Nordic Cleantech Open, which attracted more than 113 clean tech firms, LunaLEC from Västebotten was selected by the jury as one of the Nordic region’s 25 best cleantech startups.
The next major project for northern Sweden was presented to Sweden’s Minster of Energy Ibrahím Baylan and 60 or so invited guests yesterday. With this, companies that focus on clean environments and climate smart technology will earn even more government support.
Mikael Damberg, Sweden’s Minister of industry and innovation, took an innovation trip through Umeå yesterday.
At the opening of Västerbotten at the Grand Hôtel, Hybricon bus systems received the Grand Prize award.
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