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- Inmotion readies to ramp up production in the Stockholm region
Sales of electric vehicles are soaring as the world makes collective efforts to steer towards a greener future. To meet the rising demand, Inmotion Technologies is expanding its manufacturing centre to increase its production of power electronics for commercial vehicles. The 6000sq/m production facility will open up around 100 new jobs in the coming five years and further strengthen the Stockholm region's unique expertise in vehicle electrification.
- The prize-winning innovators making life in Stockholm better
Part of what makes Stockholm such a thriving and influential international start-up hub is the support that the City of Stockholm offers to entrepreneurs who have ideas that can have a positive impact on its citizens, ideas that will improve their lives.
- Stockholm company finds sustainable solution to single-use plastics
“Plastic pollution is not a debate,” says Max Mohammadi, co-founder of award-winning green tech company PlasticFri. “It doesn’t have two sides. It is a problem happening worldwide and we need to act today.”
- Sustainable food: how Stockholm is driving international change
Stockholm has an exciting gastronomic scene, an impressive range of tech startups and a long-standing reputation as a bastion of sustainable values.
- How Stockholm is keeping global infections at bay
Many challenges face the world today, but few are quite as universal as the threat of infection. Antibiotic resistance is mounting, with the WHO declaring it one of the top 10 global public health threats. Sepsis kills millions of people each year, disabling millions more. And it’s impossible to ignore the death and disruption that accompanies a pandemic.
- The complete Stockholm Foodtech Guide
The Stockholm FoodTech Guide is here, portraying a playground for anyone interested in building the next generation food system. Be it investors, entrepreneurs, big corporations or talent, Stockholm offers a future ready platform to co-create the solutions needed to meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
- This Stockholm company puts women’s health front and centre
Endometriosis is a painful condition in which tissue similar to the lining of the womb grows outside of the uterus. It affects an estimated 1 out of 10 reproductive age people and yet still takes an average of 7.5 years to get a diagnosis.
- Specialised network helps partners of Stockholm’s global talent land jobs
The Stockholm Dual Career Network is a 600-strong network for the partners and spouses of international talent in Stockholm. Run by the Stockholm Academic Forum, an organisation consisting of all 18 universities in Stockholm together with the City of Stockholm, the Network arranges career activities, recruitment events, social activities and Swedish language courses.
- Join us for Stockholm Creative Tech Week
Invest Stockholm teams up with the creative tech scene to launch first ever Stockholm Creative Tech Week.
- How this Stockholm-based company is using the Nordic forest to end plastic pollution
How can we stop plastic from overrunning our planet? That’s the question Dr Eric Zhang was faced with after visiting a restaurant in China on a business trip in the mid-00s. Eric was shocked to see the plastic used to serve his meal afterwards being thrown into a nearby river. It led him to question the very nature of plastics and how they were polluting not just his homeland China, but all continents on earth.