Cluster study visits

CLUSTER STUDY VISITS

The following cluster study visits are confirmed:

• NetGroup: Monday, Sep 15, 10.45-13.00
• Telematics Valley: Monday, Sep 15, 14.45-17.00
• Vehiculum: Tuesday, September 16, 10.45-13.00
• SKF: Tuesday, September 16, 14.45-17.00
• Film i väst: Tuesday, September 16, 09.00 - 15.00

NETGROUP www.netgroup.se

Netgroup Engineering was created in 1999 from several engineering firms to form a united, strong company, to better serve the automotive industry. The company was formed as a response to the demand for companies that could develop a wider range of projects - and provide comprehensive and in depth knowledge of vehicle technology.
From the creation of Netgroup today we have 450 engineers, of which 250 work in the automotive industry area. The goal for the next coming years is to double the amount of automotive engineers employed by Netgroup - and to provide services in all areas of automotive development, from conceptual creation - to production ready vehicles.

Mon 15th of September 10.45-13.00
Host: Tommy Bergh
Theme: Working in networks
Programme:

10.45

Departure from Quality Eleven Hotel

11.00 - 13.00

Mr. Bergh will present Netgroup, which consists of engineers working in networks in the production as well as in various projects. A focus of the presentation will be in Netgruop´s business methodology and network methodology.
Lunch will be served.

TELEMATICS VALLEY www.telematicsvalley.org

Telematics Valley has one overruling goal and that is to generate more business for the companies involved in Telematics Valley. The subsequent goals of the initiative are to
- establish West Sweden as a globally recognised, leading competence cluster within telematics.
- attract competencies to the region and the involved companies
- support efficient collaboration between the telematics companies in the region by facilitating cooperation and interaction
- strengthen the regional focus and support, politically and commercially, for telematics
- actively work together with the Universities to establish research and education within the area of telematics.

15th of September 14.45-17.30
Host: Tomas Gabinus, Executive Director of Telematics Valley
Theme: Creating a valley
Programme:

14.45		Departure from Quality Eleven Hotel
15.00 - 17.00		Tomas Gabinus, Executive Director of Telematics Valley,will give a presentation of Gothenburg as one of three telematic centers of the world.The members of his organisation is a mixture of young firms with youngbusiness ideasandold brick-and-mortar companies.These companies usetheTelematics Valley organisation as a laboratory for telematicproducts. Europe.
17.00 - 17.30		Demonstration of e telematicproduct
17.30		Departure

VEHICULUM www.vehiculum.se

The mission of Vehiculum Design and Development Group is to execute development projects with the highest quality and profitability for the vehicle industry, with focus on the concept phase.
• Sweden is a remarkably vehicle intensive industrial country
• The product development process has a pronounced dynamic and nervous tendency
• The vehicle industry is characterized by an outsourcing trend
• Consulting businesses urge for time-based contracts
• Qualified vehicle experience is available in Sweden, although not within a single organization
Complete development projects are localized outside Sweden
• The vehicle industry seeks local partners
• Digital technology results in completely new development methods.

Tue 16th of September 10.45-13.00
Host: Ulf Johansson
Theme: Post car production
Programme:

10.45

Departure from Quality Eleven Hotel

11.00 - 13.00

Vehiculum presents its philosophy/methodology within benchmarking and product cost cuts.
The presentation will be on a technology/methodology level and two completed projects will be demonstrated.
Lunch will be served

SKF www.skf.se

SKF, the knowledge engineering company.

The 16th of September, 14.30-17.00
Host: Ulf Sjöblom, Director, SKF Manufacturing Development Center
Theme: Manufacturing networks within a company
Programme:

14.30

Departure from Quality Eleven Hotel

15.00 - 17.00

SKF is the leading global supplier of products, customer solutions and services in the rolling bearing and seals business. SKF also has an increasingly important position in the market for Linear Motion products. The Manufacturing Development Center in Göteborg is the Group's advanced cluster where the Group's best competencies in the area of manufacturing technologies is gathered. Their task is to ensure that SKF's manufacturing processes are second to none.

FILM I VÄST www.filmivast.se

Film i Väst is a regional resource and production centre for film, founded in 1992. In the last five years Film i Väst has co-produced more than 70 feature films. Established in Trollhättan, Film i Väst is financed by local authorities in north-west Västra Götaland, the European Union Regional Development Fund,the Swedish Film Institute, and its own earnings. The goal of the enterprise is to establish western Sweden as the foremost film production region in northern Europe.

In recent years about half of all films shot in Sweden have been co-produced by Film i Väst. Film i Väst is a joint financier in the films it co-produces. Initiation, development and production of the films is carried out by production companies.

Film i Väst is working through film production to build a business complex, an augmented cluster. Since 1998, seventy new film and media related companies have been established,and have survived in the region.In cooperation with university and adult educational instiutions, courses have been started to build up professional competence and skills.

Tuesday, September 16, 09.00 - 15.00
Host: Tomas Eskilsson, CEO Film in West
Theme: Cluster emergance
Programme:

09.00		Departure from Quality Eleven Hotel
10.00 - 12.00		Thomas Eskilsson, CEO Film in West, together with representatives of a production company and a supplying company, presents the fascinating process that developed the region to the foremost film production region in northern Europe.
12.00 - 13.00		Visit to a studio with ongoing film production
13.00 - 14.00		Lunch
14.00 - 15.00		Return to Gothenburg by bus.