Discover an extra resourceful region - Västerbotten Investment Agency

Wood: Advanced wood technology and
wide-ranging processing industry
As one of Europe’s leading wood clusters, Västerbotten is unique with its
wide business range covering the entire production chain, from longestablished
forestry and sawmill industries, manufacturers of forestry
machines and world-leading research and education institutes, to a large
number of construction, joinery and other wood processing companies.
Västerbotten is a leader in fields like large wooden constructions, glulam
products and R&D within wood technology and wood physics. With our
constant search for new areas of application, business opportunities are
seemingly endless, especially within the refinement market and the
development of engineered wood products. Västerbotten also has
Sweden’s newest school of Architecture, focusing on integrated design
in wood constructions.
Mining: One of the world’s richest and
most underexplored mining regions
Welcome to Europe’s most mineralized area. Västerbotten is the core of
an extensive and rapidly growing mining region, where most of the assets
are yet to be exploited. Locating here brings access to Scandinavia’s most
important polymetallic mineral deposits. Västerbotten is also an excellent
base for the mining and offshore markets in Norway, Finnish Lapland and
the Murmansk/Kola Peninsula region.
Thanks to the dominating role mining has played in our trade and industry
for centuries, mining infrastructure is well developed, with highly advanced
mining and metallurgy R&D. There is local access to national and international
mining institutions, 80% of Swedish mining education is provided in the
region. In addition the world’s largest and completely digitalized collection
of drill core is available for research, free of charge.
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