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Gothenburg’s publicly-owned energy company, Göteborg Energi, has broken-ground on its large-scale project to strengthen the region’s electrical grid. The move is needed to connect Novo Energy’s new battery gigafactory and to continue the electrification of the region’s industry and transport.
With its strategic location, expanding infrastructure and new logistics operations, the Gothenburg region has once again been named Sweden’s best logistics location, by the Swedish trade journal Intelligent Logistik.
Gothenburg, Sweden’s second largest city, was named among the top three large European cities for human capital and lifestyle when Financial Times’ fDi Intelligence presented its report European Cities and Regions of the Future 2023. Gothenburg also ranked highly in the categories economic potential…
With the march of electrification in the vehicle industry, there is a need for at least 7,000 people in the Gothenburg region to be recruited and retrained over the next few years. Fundamental manufacturing changes are affecting the economy. In Gothenburg, a battery factory and R & D centre for tomo…
How do you build an emission-free transport system in a city that is growing where transport needs are constantly increasing? This question is bringing Gothenburg’s businesses, public sector, academia and research institutes together for large-scale testing of innovations in a world-unique initiativ…
Economic activity has weakened with high inflation and rising interest rates, among other things, dampening companies’ growth expectations and profitability. The labour market, however, is still going strong with job growth remaining solid and unemployment decreasing slightly. These are some of the …
We are delighted to introduce New Zealander Marcus Scoliège who recently joined our Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) team. He has spent a large part of his international career working with trade and investment promotion, speaks four languages and has had strong ties to Gothenburg for more than two d…
With two IPOs under his belt, Johan Malmqvist was hired with the task of taking Volvo Cars' spin-off company to the Nasdaq. Barely a year later, it was done. On Midsummer's Eve last year, the company began trading its shares on the stock exchange in New York. Meet Polestar's CFO Johan Malmqvist, the…
Volvo Cars’ owner Geely and Swedish real estate company Balder have announced they will form a joint venture company to expand the Uni3 innovation campus in Gothenburg. The new company will develop, construct and manage the campus’ sixth building.
Pretzel Therapeutics is an early stage biotech company that is gaining the attention and capital of major life science investors. Founded by some of the world's leading scientific researchers in mitochondrial biology, the company launched in September 2022 with a USD 72.5 million series A financing …
SAS has announced a new route with direct flights between Gothenburg and New York, which will shorten the travel time considerably for both business and leisure travelers. The route will be launched in late-April and have three departures from Gothenburg per week.
Two years ago, Silicon Valley firm GlobalLogic established operations in Sweden by acquiring the Assign Group in Gothenburg. Since then, the software company has grown quickly, expanding from a team of around 30 people in Gothenburg to over 100.