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  • Volvo Cars' manufacturing plant in Torslanda, Gothenburg. Photo: Volvo Cars
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    Volvo Cars will invest SEK 10 billion, approximately EUR 1 billion, to upgrade its Torslanda manufacturing plant in Gothenburg. The planned investment is part of the steps the company is taking to become a fully electric car company by 2030.

  • Vision picture of the new factory
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    Northvolt and Volvo Cars will place their first joint battery manufacturing plant in Gothenburg, Sweden, next to Volvo Cars’ assembly plant in Torslanda. The new facility will be operational in 2025 and create up to 3,000 direct jobs in Gothenburg. Indirectly, it will also create thousands of additi…

  • Gothenburg view
    Innovation and collaboration

    Swedish investment company Wellstreet will open its first office in Gothenburg during February. The investment further strengthens the region’s tech scene, where Klarna and Northvolt have also announced plans to establish operations.

  • Tech Moment - Battery propulsion
    Business in the Gothenburg Region

    Swedish companies Volvo Cars and Northvolt will open a joint research and development (R&D) centre in Gothenburg, which will create a few hundred highly-skilled jobs in the city. The new centre is part of a SEK 30 billion investment in battery development and manufacturing.

  • Person working at a computer
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    Swedish payments firm Klarna is set to open a product development hub in Gothenburg, which will create around 500 new highly-skilled jobs in the city. 

  • Cecilia Edebo, CEO at Cellink
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    Since it was started in 2016, Gothenburg company Cellink has gone from university spin-off to global leader, with its bioprinting products used by scientists and R&D labs across the globe. The company is also the starting point and foundation for Gothenburg’s first tech unicorn, BICO.  

  • DB Schenker now only uses electric vehicles within the Gothenburg Green City Zone. Two electric vans and a heavier distribution truck ensure that all packages and all goods are delivered fossil-free within the zone.
    Innovation and collaboration

    DB Schenker is collaborating with Business Region Göteborg to scale up electric freight transport as part of the Gothenburg Green City Zone initiative – the first logistics company to do so.

  • The Yard
    Innovation and collaboration

    The Yard is the name of a new arena for small, new, and growing tech companies in Götaverken’s old shipyard area at Lundbystrand. Older shipyard properties will be adapted to become a place for startups and technology-driven companies, and offer a creative and alternative environment that strengthen…

  • Uniqlo store opening in Gothenburg
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    On April 23 2021, the Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo opened its first store in Gothenburg. The establishment is the result of a several-year dialogue with, among others, Business Region Göteborg. "We are very happy that Uniqlo is here and we warmly welcome them to Gothenburg," says Helen Bairu…

  • Uni3 campus in Gothenburg
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    EcarX, a developer of connected car ecosystems, has announced the establishment of its EU headquarters and product development centre in Gothenburg, Sweden. Up to 100 jobs will be created.