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Cleantech Capital Day, a leading cleantech conference and matchmaking event, returns to Gothenburg, the city where it all started 20 years ago. Investors, industry leaders and some of the Nordic’s most promising cleantech companies will gather in the city on 2-3 June. 

Gothenburg: Sweden is accelerating its national AI agenda with the launch of AI Gothenburg, a new public-private hub created to make the region the Nordic epicenter for starting and scaling AI-driven companies. The initiative originates from a committed group of private entrepreneurs, working in clo…

Verigraft, a deeptech company based in Gothenburg, has announced a capital injection of SEK 110 million (approx. EUR 10 million) from an existing long-term shareholder.

Artifex Systems has officially opened its new engineering centre at Lindholmen Innovation District in Gothenburg. The strategic investment follows the company’s acquisition by Indian multinational Tata AutoComp, and highlights the region’s strength as a hub for mobility innovation.

Thanks to advanced simulation technology, doctors can improve their surgical skills more quickly and safely. The technique benefits both patients and society as a whole. Gothenburg-based companies Surgical Science and Mentice are among those driving the development.

Industrial symbiosis is gaining increasing attention as companies around the world search for smarter ways to use energy, water and materials. In Gothenburg, this concept is now being explored as a promising pathway for more resource efficient and resilient business operations.

With around 430 Norwegian-owned companies based in Gothenburg, Norway is the most common foreign investor in the region. And its presence is growing.

A little over a year ago, Gothenburg’s life science sector caught the eye of Dutch engineering company Demcon life sciences & health. The firm, which has multidisciplinary expertise in medtech, biotech and in-vitro diagnostics, has now established a strategic presence in the region.

The Gothenburg region has again been recognised as the Nordic countries' premier logistics region, in a newly published ranking from the industry magazine Dagens Logistik.

The commerce and services sectors are experiencing strong economic activity. For exports and the construction sector, however, the situation remains weak. Overall, the economic tendency for the Gothenburg region improved slightly on the previous quarter, shows this year’s first Economic Outlook repo…

Developments in the pharmaceutical industry are happening quickly – and at AstraZeneca, they are working methodically to accelerate it with the help of AI. The hope is to develop more and better drugs in a shorter time.

Through initiatives such as Battery Centre Gothenburg and the EU collaboration Voltage, Gothenburg is accelerating efforts to meet the rapidly growing demand for skills in the battery and automotive industries.