Tampere city of growth and development

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Tampere city of growth and development

• Etunimi Sukunimi
• Yksikkö
• Tilaisuus, pvm

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To the rapids
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The city of Tammerkoski

• In 1779, king of Sweden Gustav III founded
  Tampere on the site of an old marketplace by the
  Tammerkoski rapids, for industry and trade
• Finlands leading industrial city from the
  beginning of the 1800s to the present day
• Principal fields of business in the 1800s
  textile industry, paper industry, engineering
  workshop industry, trade
• Inhabitants
• 1779 2,00
• 1820 1,000
• 1865 5,500
• 1875 8,500
• 1895 25,000

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Principal fields of industry in the 1800s

• Textile industry Finlayson cotton factory
  1820, Tampereen Verkatehdas broadcloth factory
  (now Tamfelt) 1856, Tampella (Tampere Linen and
  Iron Industry Corporation)
• linen industry 1861, Lapinniemi cotton factory
  1897
• Paper industry Finlands first paper mill
  1783,
• Finlands first paper machine 1842 J.C.
  Frenckell Son,
• Finlands second mechanical pulpwood factory
  1865 M-real Takos cardboard factory now in
  the same location
• Engineering workshop industry 1843 blast
  furnace, i.e. iron foundry,
• 1861 Tampella (Tampere Linen and Iron Industry
  Corporation)

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Finlayson Cotton Factory

• established in 1820
• The growth engine for Tampere and the
  industrialization of Finland
• Finland's first large-scale industrial company
  
• and the originator of the textile industry
• Factors for success in the 1800s
• progressive production technology, tax relief
• Capital from Russia, know-how from Europe,
  labour from rural Finland
• A state in a city
• In 1837 the six-floor Kuusvooninkinen
  factory building,
• the most modern industrial building in the
  Nordic countries
• In 1882 in the Plevna weaving shed,
• the first electric light in the Nordic countries
  and the fifth in Europe
• 1,200 weaving machines in the shed at the
  beginning of the 1900s
• 200 employees in 1840, more than 2,300 in 1870
  and over 3,000 in 1900
• Edifices renovated for office, exhibition and
  business space

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A magnetic growth centre
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The most attractive place to live in Finland

• No. 1 in the city image survey for 2003 and
  2004

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Tampere and the Tampere Central Region in numbers

• Tampere more than 200,000 inhabitants
• The third largest city in Finland
• The Tampere Central Region is the countrys
  second largest growth centre approx. 309,000
  inhabitants (2002)
• Tampere 200,000
• Nokia 27,600
• Kangasala 23,000
• Ylöjärvi 21,300
• Lempäälä 17,100
• Pirkkala 13,700
• Vesilahti 3,600
• Annual net migration to the region 2,5003,500
• Two thirds of all Finns live within a
  200-kilometre radius of Tampere
• The GNP per inhabitant is over 23,000 euros
• (the GNP index 102.4, Finland 100)

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Jobs

• In the Tampere region by field of industry
• The number of jobs is growing faster than in
  other Finnish cities

Manufacturing Education, health and social
work Business services Wholesale and retail
trade Construction, electricity, gas and water
supply Transport and communication Other
community and social service activities Public
administration and defence Hotels and
restaurants Industry unknown Agriculture and
forestry
33,000
30,000
20,000
16,000
9,500
9,000
7,000
6,000
4,000
2,100
1,200
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Largest companies in the Tampere Region by number
of employees

• Nokia 3,700
• UPM-Kymmene 2,300
• Metsäliitto 2,100
• Finland Post 2,100
• Metso 2,000
• Saarioinen 1,600
• Nokian Tyres 1,400
• Pirkanmaan Osuuskauppa 1,400
• VR-Yhtymä 1,100

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Labour in the Tampere Central Region

• About 133,000 employed (2000)
• Unemployment rate 13
• Age distribution of the employed
• 1524 11
• 2534 24
• 3544 27
• 4554 27
• 5564 10
• Dependency ratio 45.7 (under 15s and over
  64 year olds/100 of working age, 2001)

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Tampere corporate group

• Administration to move to a new
  purchaser-producer
• operations model by the year 2007
• Grand total of the consolidated balance sheet
  1,970.4 million euros,
• the city 1,478.8 million euros
• Loan portfolio 2,625 euros per inhabitant
• 14 companies practising municipal business,
  e.g.
• Tampere Power Utility
• Water and Sewerage Works of Tampere
• Tampere City Transport
• Tampere District Emergency Services
• Among others 23 real estate and housing
  companies, 2 foundations,
• 5 joint municipal authorities
• Approx. 16,000 employees

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Learning and studying
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A popular city for taking studies

• After Helsinki, Tampere has the largest number of
  students
• In the Tampere Region there are
• 130 comprehensive schools, 33,200 pupils
• 20 upper secondary schools, 7,000 students
• More than 30 technical and vocational schools
  and colleges
• 2 universities, 2 polytechnics, more than
  34,000 students

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General education in the Tampere Region

• 130 comprehensive schools, 33,200 pupils
• In Tampere, 54 comprehensive schools, 4 special
  schools
• Basic education in Finnish, Swedish, English,
  French and German
• 20 upper secondary schools, 7,000 students
• In Tampere, 8 upper secondary schools
• and 2 upper secondary schools for adults
• 6 civic and evening institutes

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Polytechnics

• Tampere Polytechnic
• Technology and forestry, art and communication,
  
• business and a teacher education centre
• About 20 fields of education, of which 2 are in
  English
• 5,000 students, of which a fifth are in adult
  education
• Pirkanmaa Polytechnic
• Regional polytechnic for the service sector
• Social sciences, business economics and
  administration, tourism,
• catering and domestic services, natural
  sciences,
• technology and transport, social services,
  health and sports, culture
• 16 fields of study of which 2 are in English
• 4,000 students
• Training in Tampere, Ikaalinen, Mänttä and
  Virrat

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Tampere University of Technology

• 12,000 degree students, of which approx. are
  700 foreigners
• 10 departments of study Architecture,
  Automation, Civil Engineering, Electrical
  Engineering, Environmental Technology,
• Industrial Engineering and Management,
  Information Technology, Materials Engineering,
  Mechanical Engineering,
• Science and Engineering
• Centre for Continuing Education Edutech,
• approx. 5,000 students each year
• Founded in 1965
• Campus in Hervanta

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The University of Tampere

• More than 15,000 degree students, of which
  approx. 700 are foreigners
• 6 faculties social sciences, humanities,
  economics and administration, information
  science, medicine, education
• Institute for Extension Studies TYT, approx.
  16,000 students each year
• History Civic College in Helsinki relocated to
  Tampere in 1960,
• became a university in 1966
• Activities also in Hämeenlinna, Pori,
  Seinäjoki, Valkeakoski and Virrat

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Level of education

• In the Tampere Central Region
• 26.5 of over 15 year-olds have graduated from
• an institution of higher education

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At the forefront of research
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Principal fields of research

• Health and biotechnology
• Information and communication technology
• Mechanical engineering and automation
• Knowledge society related research
• Several significant EU research projects in
  progress,
• e.g. in the field of optoelectronics

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Tampere University of Technology

• Academy of Finland Centres of Excellence
• The biomaterials research group
• The Institute of Hydraulics and Automation
• The signal processing algorithm research group
• Research centres
• Digital Media Institute DMI
• Optoelectronics Research Centre ORC

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The University of Tampere

• Academy of Finland Centres of Excellence
• The Department of History
• FinMIT the research unit for mitochondrial
  biogenesis and disease
• Research units
• Journalism Research and Development Centre
• Department of Economics
• Institute of Medical Technology
• Tampere Peace Research Institute Tapri
• Tampere University Computer-Human Interaction
  Group TAUCHI
• Research Institute for Social Studies
• Work Research Centre

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Technical Research Centre of Finland VTT

• Fields of research in Tampere
• Production engineering
• Industrial systems
• Safety
• User-oriented information technology
• Measurement technology and biosensors
• Materials and chemicals
• Building and transport

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Nokia in Tampere

• Technology Platforms unit,
• particularly the product development of smart
  phones
• Multimedia business group,
• e.g. imaging and video phones
• Enterprise Solutions business group
• some product development at the terminal
  equipment unit
• Networks business unit
• particularly the development of base stations
• and products connected to wireless internet
• Nokia Research Center, e.g. wireless
  multimedia and usability

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Technology and research centres

• Technology Centre Hermia Ltd
• Finn-Medi Research Ltd
• Media Tampere
• Regea Institute for Regenerative Medicine
• Optoelectronics Research Centre ORC
• Digital Media Institute DMI

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World firsts

• 1974 NMT phone call
• 1984 bioabsorbable implant (Bioscience/Bionx)
• 1985 electromechanical film
• 1991 GSM phone call
• 1995 walking forest machine (Timberjack)
• 1996 Personal Digital Assistant (Nokia)
• 2001 games and image phones (Nokia)
• 2002 eCard (eTampere/Infocity)

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An active developer
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Development programmes in the Tampere region

• Tampere Region Centre of Expertise programme
  (19992006)
• eTampere information society programme
  (20012006)
• BioneXt Tampere biotechnology programme (
  20032010)

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Tampere Region Centre of Expertise programme

• Improves expertise in the regions strong
  areas
• to maintain and increase job numbers
• Centres of expertise
• Mechanical engineering and automation
• Health technology
• Information and communication technology
• Media services
• Knowledge-intensive business services
  (regional)
• Meetings industry (national)

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eTampere

• Information society development programme
• Strengthens expertise, generates new business,
  
• develops public online services
• Six sub-programmes
• Information Society Institute
• eBusiness Research Center
• Research and Evaluation Laboratory
• eAccelerator
• Technology Engine Programmes
• Infocity

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Bionext Tampere

• Development and investment programme in
  biotechnology
• Promotes top-level research, clinical
  application
• and the international commercialization of
  biotechnology
• Main fields of interest
• Visualization
• Implants
• Immunology

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• Centre for Open Source Software COSS
• Service centre to support and promote the use
  of open source code
• Neogames
• Development cluster in the games field
• Sentre
• Centre for sustainable energy solutions,
• development network for businesses in the field
  of energy

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World-leading companies

• Nokia
• Kalmar Industries
• Sandvik Tamrock
• Metso Automation
• Metso Minerals
• Kvaerner Power
• Tamglass
• Timberjack
• Bronto Skylift
• Avant Tecno

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Lively and green
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Lively and green Tampere

• City of tourism
• City of congresses
• City of fairs
• City of culture
• City of sports
• City of events
• City of nature
• City of sustainable development

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City of tourism

• Fields of strategic emphasis family tourism,
  cultural tourism,
• meetings and congress tourism
• Finlands second most popular city of tourism
• as measured by hotel stays
• 647,000 nights stayed / 2003
• Approx. 8 from abroad
• Särkänniemi Adventure Park
• 760,000 visitors each year
• Finlands second most popular tourist attraction
  for families

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City of congresses

• Finlands second most active congress city
• 2030 international congresses
• and 6,00015,000 congress visitors each year
• Surveys confirm that Tampere Hall is the no.1
  congress centre
• Tampere Convention Bureau has coordination
• responsibility for the meetings industry in the
• Networked Centre of Expertise for Tourism

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City of fairs

• Approx. 30 fairs each year
• International trade fairs Subcontracting,
  Safety and Security, Hitec
• Tampere Exhibition Centre Pirkkahalli

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City of culture

• Approx. 10 professional theatres
• Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
• internationally respected symphony orchestra
• Tampere Hall, the biggest concert
• and congress centre in the Nordic countries
• Museum Centre Vapriikki, Tampere Art Museum,
• Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere Art Museum
  Moominvalley,
• Central Museum of Labour Werstas, The Lenin
  Museum,
• Media Museum Rupriikki, The Museum of Dolls and
  Costumes

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City of sports

• 4 swimming halls, 4 ice halls, 7 winter
  swimming locations,
• 80 kilometres of lit, outdoor recreation paths
• Finlands first artificial ice rink 1956,
  Finlands first ice hall 1965,
• Tampere Stadium 1965, Tammela Stadium, Tampere
  Swimming Centre, Pyynikki Ball Games Centre,
  Kaukajärvi Rowing and Canoeing Stadium
• International competitions every year,
• e.g. Tammer Tournament and Delfin Basket

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City of events

• Tampere International Short Film Festival
• Tampere Theatre Festival
• Pispala Schottische
• Tampere Biennale
• Tampere Vocal Music Festival
• Tampere Jazz Happening
• MindTrek Multimedia Week

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City of nature

• 2,383 hectares of parks and green areas,
  approx. 100 m2 per inhabitant
• 200 lakes and ponds, one quarter of the citys
  surface area is water
• 14 nature reserves, e.g. Pyynikki and
  Viikinsaari Island
• Pyynikinharju is the worlds highest gravel
  ridge,
• 80 metres above Lake Pyhäjärvi
• The Tammerkoski rapids have a drop of 18 metres

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City of sustainable development

• Ecological, social, cultural and financial
  sustainability
• part of the citys financial and operational
  planning,
• as stated in the strategy
• The first city in Finland to compile an
  environmental account