Strängnäs has a multifaceted and dynamic economy, being home to businesses of different sizes and in many different sectors.
The prominent industries are biotech, pharmaceuticals, logistics, education, engineering, and not least tourism.
In the municipality’s immediate vicinity is a large centre for the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. The biotech cluster biotechvalley.nu in Strängnäs is a very important part of the expansion of the pharmaceutical industry with a focus on industrial production and business development throughout the Mälardalen region.

 

Several companies in Strängnäs municipality are active in the global market, including:
DSM Anti-Infectives – with a leading position in the global anti-infectives market. www.dsm.com
Kilenkrysset – a large local conglomerate with operations in construction and property management with a focus on building, owning and managing warehouse and logistics properties as well as office space. www.kilenkrysset.se
Leine & Linde – develops and manufactures encoders and works with 27 distributors in various countries around the world. The company’s head office is in Strängnäs. www.leinelinde.se
Mekonomen – Scandinavia’s leading car components chain with 195 outlets has located its central warehouse in Strängnäs. www.mekonomen.se
Pfizer – a world-leading pharmaceutical company with modern production facilities in Strängnäs. www.pfizer.com
SPM Instrument – works with industrial maintenance and is a dynamic company network with service representatives in more than 50 countries around the world. The company’s head office is in Strängnäs along with its research and development and most of its production and market support operations. www.spminstrument.se
Åkers – the world’s leading manufacturer of rollers for industrial applications and the municipality’s largest private-sector employer. www.akersrolls.com

 

In Strängnäs municipality there is plenty of land planned and ready for development and attractive commercial locations where new operations can be established at competitive prices.

Over the past few years a number of factors have contributed to the highly advantageous current situation. The expansion of the E20 motorway with a new stretch has created the Gorsinge/Biskopskvarn area, which has around 150 attractive commercial and industrial sites. Also the decision to close down the P10 armoured tank regiment, the first step of which has released some 80 hectares for future development in the Eldsunda Park area. In addition, final negotiations are currently under way regarding the acquisition of an additional 600 hectares of land previously used as a training ground by the military.

Access to higher education in the vicinity of Strängnäs is very good. It takes just over one hour to reach several centres of higher education with international standards.

KTH – The Royal Institute of Technology is Sweden’s biggest university of technology, www.kth.se.

Karolinska Institutet – one of Europe’s biggest medical schools, www.ki.se.

Stockholm University offers 1,500 courses, 47 Bachelor’s programmes and 83 Master’s programmes with international standards, www.su.se.

Södertorn University College in Huddinge offers education programmes and research in humanities, social sciences, technology and natural sciences, www.sh.se.

Stockholm School of Economics offers degrees and further education for leaders in the private and public sectors. All of the programmes and research in areas such as the economics of health and healthcare, financial economics, legal science and economics are of the highest international calibre. Stockholm School of Economics works in cooperation with top universities all around the world, www.hhs.se.

Mälardalen University – an expanding and innovative university. Programmes have been developed in cooperation with companies in the region, www.mdh.se. 

 

Örebro University is one of Sweden’s fastest growing universities with just over 14,500 students and more than 80 degree programmes, www.oru.se.

Uppsala University – an internationally renowned research university focusing on the development of science and education, www.uu.se.

Strängnäs is also home to Europaskolan – a superior, independent upper secondary school that also offers vocational education in close cooperation with industry. It is a high-quality school that prepares students for further education and to enter the workforce in Sweden and overseas, www.europaskolan.se.
The municipal upper secondary school is Thomasgymnasiet, which offers 13 programmes with different areas of focus, www.strangnas.se/Thomasgymnasiet.
In 2008 Thomasgymnasiet will begin to move to an entirely new campus “Campus Strängnäs.” This will also be home to adult education programmes offered by the municipality.

 

Access to a well-educated workforce with competencies in a variety of areas is very good in the region. There are three million residents within a radius of 100 kilometres from Strängnäs municipality.

 

Strängnäs municipality has previous experience of working with, for example, the local employment offices to offer customised education in connection with the establishment of significant ventures.
Europaskolan in Strängnäs also works actively and in close cooperation with the business community in its two focus areas Pharmaceutical education and Targeted education in order to match students with the competence requirements of businesses, www.europaskolan.se

 

Strängnäs municipality has a well-developed infrastructure with all of the various communication options in the vicinity. This makes the municipality very attractive, especially for the establishment of warehouse and logistics operations.

 

Road: Motorway E20 east/west and trunk road 55 north/south.

Rail: Express train line, the Svealand Line (Svealandsbanan) around Lake Mälaren.

Airports: Arlanda 95 km www.arlanda.se, Skavsta Airport 88 km www.skavsta-air.se, Eskilstuna/Kjula Airport 25 km www.eskilstuna.se/flygplats, Väs¬terås Airport 50 km www.vasterasflygplats.se

Harbour: Oxelösund 125 km www.oxelosund.se (under the heading Oxelösund in the main menu) and Nynäshamn 97 km www.stockholmshamn.se (under the heading ”Our ports” in the menu).

Strängnäs municipality also has its own port for small-scale sea freight with a gross tonnage of up to around 2,500.

 

Population and living

Strängnäs municipality is located along the shores of Lake Mälaren, which makes it an attractive place to live and provides opportunities for recreation in beautiful natural surroundings.

 

The population growth in the municipality continues to accelerate. The total population by the year 2020 is estimated to be around 40,000.
Many new areas are being developed to provide different types of attractive living options. The municipality is now in the process of completing detailed plans for at least 4,000 homes to be built by 2020. A significant portion of this development will be adjacent to Eldsunda Park, Norra fältet, Tosterö, Strängnäs City, Mariefred, Läggesta and Åker.

 

The Svealand Line (Svealandsbanan): There are plans to expand rail transportation on the Svealand Line. The municipality is working to bring about the construction of a double track along the entire route from Eskilstuna to Stockholm well in advance of 2015. The first step is expected to be to increase the number of sidings and siding stations, making it possible to increase the frequency of trains, particularly during the rush hour.

In connection with the expansion of the Svealand Line, Strängnäs municipality is also working to ensure that the need for industrial or private sidings is met.
Three-lane road: Aside from the development of the Svealand Line, the expansion of trunk road 55 north in the direction of Enköping and south in the direction of Malmköping (KDR Länna) is the infrastructure issue with the highest priority for Strängnäs municipality. This road connects Mälardalen with Sweden’s fourth metropolitan area, Norrköping/Linköping in the south, and with the northern Stockholm region/Uppsala/Arlanda in the North.
Strängnäs municipality is planning and working towards expanding the road to have three lanes on the whole Malmköping – Enköping stretch.

 

Strängnäs municipality has a reputation as a centre for education and is working on further strengthening this reputation. This means a focus on high quality throughout the education chain – from preschool to higher education.
Continuous development is under way to be able to offer programmes with a global focus in social sciences and upper secondary schools focusing on crafts, music and hotel & catering.
In 2007 the first step has been taken towards a Technology College – a collaboration between Europaskolan and Thomasgymnasiet in Strängnäs www.europaskolan.se.
Europaskolan will also be starting up an arts education programme during the year.

 

Christer Östlund
Chief Business Development Officer
Tel. +46 (0)152-29025
Fax +46 (0)152-291 14
Mobile +46 (0)706-019 454

 

Janne Nilsson
Business Development Secretary
Tel 0152 - 291 60
Fax 0152 - 291 14
Mobil 0708 - 429 011