2. TAMPERE, INNOVATIVE AND INTERESTING
World Bank visit,
June 6, 2012
Dr. Kari Kankaala
Director
City of Tampere
3. Tampere
facts
GATEWAY TO THE CITY
CONCEPT SKETCH – DANIEL LIBESKIND
4. Some scaling factors
• Region: 350 000 people
• GDP per capita 35 000€
• R&D investments per capita 2 100€ or 6% of GDP
• Most attractive city this decade in Finland (QoL)
• Economic history:
• Manufacturing (textiles, shoes, locomotives, metal…)
prevailed until 1980’s
• Early on ICT development, since mid 1960’s
• Knowledge based cluster development strategy since
early 1990’s, focus on ICT and intelligent machinery
5. Tampere Region
– Innovative from the very beginning
First in Finland, Northern Europe
1783 1st paper mill
1821 1st textile factory
1842 1st paper machine
1875 1st shoe factory
1882 1st electric light in Northern Europe
6. Turnover by business sectors, 2010
Source: Statistics Finland, Tailored trend indicator service
7. Global Market Leaders in Tampere Region
(Tampere CCI, April 2008)
The list is allusive, it doesn’t include all global leaders within the region
• Desec 80% Turnout (switch) laying machine for railroads
• Fastems 70% Multilevel FMS
• Glaston 50% Flat tempering machinery
• Oseir 50% SprayWatch thermal spray diagnostics equipment
• Ata Gears 50% Bevel Gears for marine industry
• John Deere Forestry 45% Forest machinery
• Avant Tecno 40% Mini loaders (max. one ton)
• Nokia 40% Mobile phones
• Sandvik 35% Machinery, services to mining and construction
• Gardner Denver 30% Marine compressors
• Kalmar Industries 20% Container handling machinery, services
• Metso Minerals 17% Mobile stone crushers and related services
• Atlas Copco Rotex 15% Casing advancing (overburden drilling)
www.tamperebusines
sregion.com
8. Local academic space
• Two young universities
• Tampere University, est. late 1950’s
• Tampere U of Technology, est. early 1960’s
• One large polytechnic
• Total 38.000 students (cf. 215.000 inhabitants)
• Point 1: students provide the basic beat of change
and dynamism for the region
• Point 2: universities have been actively
collaborating with industry since late 1970’s
9. Attractive, innovative – all bright !
City economic and innovation development policies
SKYLINE OF TAMPERE
CONCEPT SKETCH – DANIEL LIBESKIND
10. Why should we care
about Innovation?
We cannot lose it:
Everything except innovation can be copied or
learned.
It’s already here:
Innovation is mostly about combining, seldom
about inventing something new.
12. Tampere City Economic
Development
• Tampere City annual investments in innovation driven economic
development about 4 MEUR,
• Total economic development investments about 8MEUR (incl. tourism)
• Tampere City:
• In-house: only strategy and monies
• Regional Economic Development Agency
• Since 2009
• 8 municipalities
• Annual turnover about 6 MEUR of which municipalities provide about
35%
• Two university driven and owned development firms on campuses,
FinnMedi and Hermia
13.
14. Cluster based development
• Cluster based regional development was
chosen the tool in the early 1990’s
• The firms identified themselves well in
given clusters
• The universities as well as research
organizations were also divided in a way
that supported cluster based regional
development
• The program based structure fitted well
in developing verticals as well as
horizontals
15. Regional Development Programs, I
• Center of Expertise (1994- )
• Cluster development program
• Mother of all programs
• Volume 1999 -2006 about 91 M€
• City investments about 8 M€
• eTampere (2001 – 2005)
• Extensive information society program
• Foci: ICT, public services, business development,
culture
• Volume 130 M€
• City investments about 10-15M€
16. Regional Debvelopment Programs, II
• BioneXt (2003 – 2009)
• Focused life science program: implants, immunology,
ICT
• Volume 190M€
• City investments 8 M€
• Creative Tampere (2006- 2011)
• Development program for Creative Industries
• Volume to date 27 M€
• City investments to date 5 M€
• Open innovation and service platforms (2010 -)
• Focus on service innovations, open platforms and
public services and procurement
17. Case: BioneXt
2003 - 2010
DIRECT IMPACT 2003 – 2010
Start-ups and research centers 684 jobs
created
Total ecomic activity generated 190 M€
Total salary growth 102 M€
of which city tax (19%) 19 M€
City investments 8 M€
18. Population growth and R&D investments in Turku
and Tampere regions – identical until early 1990’s
Source: Statistics Finland
19. Three quick examples
”It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most
intelligent, but the most responsive to change”
- Charles Darwin
TAMPERE DECK AND ARENA
CONCEPT SKETCH – DANIEL LIBESKIND
20. A well kept secret
• Nokia corporation has its largest global R&D site in
Tampere next only to Bangalore
• Employing some 4000 engineers in R&D
• Solid foundation
• University level ICT research since 1960’s
• First professorship in computer science 1965
• Systematic research on signal processing** since late
1970’s
• One of the key sites in research by late 1980’s
**Digital signal processing is the basic technology for mobile
phones
21. A well kept secret
• Nokia corporation has its largest global R&D site in
Tampere next only to Bangalore
• Employing some 4000 engineers in R&D
• Solid foundation
• University level ICT research since 1960’s
• First professorship in computer science 1965
• Systematic research on signal processing** since late
1970’s
• One of the key sites in research by late 1980’s
**Digital signal processing is the basic technology for mobile
phones
22. New Growth
• Nokia restructuring created chaos, destruction
and new start:
• Now Tampere is the European development site for
Nokia’s Windows phones
• Intel has established operations here and is growing
rapidly
• Samsung and other mobile phone manufacturers
have been visiting and seeking possibilities
• Open solutions in ICT space are gaining ground
• After a fall, we’re on our way to be stronger than
before.
23. The largest optoelectronics cluster in Scandinavia
– three decades into making
Typically 20 of R & D national & trans-national projects p.a.
Coherent acquired 100 % of
Tutcore
The 1st National Micro-
electronics R & D Program
by Tekes More R&D&I
More firms ?
More jobs ?
More money?
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
6th MBE LCC Finland, Laser Pilot Factory, L3-
acquired
project,
1st MBE reactor
acquired. Tekes
supported by Pirkanmaa TE-Centre
Research started and the
1st quantum-well
laser @ 1.55 m
City of Tampere, €2.7 M
Infrastructure Development and Training Programs of ORC,
23 supported
by Pirkanmaa ELY-Centre and the City of Tampere, €3.6 M
24. • A tool of experimental industrial
New Factory generates policy and national innovation
strategy
concrete actions • A comprehensive programme for
expediting the innovative activity
and results. • Combines the multidisciplinary
Demonstrations, prototypes, improvements, know-how in the Tampere region
experiences, companies and jobs, knowledge, with agile and market-driven
venture financing… innovation work
• Functional machines: Demola,
Protomo and Suuntaamo, new
machines are prepared and
developed as necessary
25. CLUSTERS BREAK – WHAT IS THE
FUTURE FOR TAMPERE?
Machine
construction
Care &
wellness ... Energy &
environment
ICT
Health
technologies
Management, Management, Management, Management, Management,
marketing, marketing, marketing, marketing, marketing,
sales sales sales sales sales
R&D, design
R&D, design R&D, design R&D, design R&D, design
Production
Production Production Production Production
Services
Services Services Services Services t
May grow Will remain Probably diminishes
26. RENEWAL THROUGH INNOVATION AND
SERVICE BUSINESSES
. ENABLERS:
Koneenrakennus Hyvinvointipalvelut
. Energia, ympäristö ICT Terveysteknologia
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
EXPORT & INT’LIZATION
BUSINESS RENEWAL
Johto Johto
. Johto Johto Johto
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES
Suunnittelu, Suunnittelu, Suunnittelu, Suunnittelu, Suunnittelu,
T&K
R&D and design
T&K T&K T&K T&K
NEW BUSINESS:
• Technology innovations
Tuotanto Tuotanto Tuotanto Tuotanto Tuotanto
• System innovations
• Business model innov.
• Service innovations
• Social innovations
Service business
Palvelut Palvelut Palvelut Palvelut Palvelut
27. Tampere
Open
Bright
Smooth
Daring
Charming
Thank you. Questions? Comments?
kari.kankaala@tampere.fi
26.10.2010
tel + 358 50 351 3020
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