UPCOMING EVENTS
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Thursday April 22, 2010 - Visit to the NASA
Glenn Research Center
Did you know that the space shuttle was tested at super sonic speeds
right on our doorstep at the NASA Glenn wind tunnel facility?
Did you know that the structure of future space craft will be mainly
made out of non-metallic materials and that major research into this field is
done right here in Cleveland?
Join us to learn more
about the NASA Glenn, its unique wind tunnel facility, the advanced research
into use of composite materials on future manned space flight vehicles.
Swedish-American Entrepreneurial
Days in Seattle
Seattle Sweden Week Business Focus with E-Days Special Edition:
Mark May 5-7, 2010 in your calendar today!
The Event is part of the Seattle Sweden Week May 3-8, 2010
Business
Matchmaking, Industry Programs within Sustainable Development, Information
Technology, Modern Medical Technology, Leading Keynote Speakers from Sweden and
the US, Banquet Dinner, Seminars, Field Trips, Networking. Combine all this
with Sweden Week activities in this beautiful, Northwest Region - a great event
for doing business and exploring!
Click here for detailed information and how to register for E Days.
May 13, 2010 - Business Meeting in
Columbus
"Reduce the Emissions and Grow
the Economy at the Same Time, Environmental and Economic Sustainability -
Bringing the Swedish Model to Ohio"
According to the Swedish
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt: Since 1993 Sweden's economy has grown over
40% and at the same time the carbon dioxide emissions have been reduced by at
least 10%.
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Last year, Andrew Walleck, a management consultant
in technical and marketing areas, received a scholarship through the Swedish-American
Exchange Fund to go to Sweden and meet with government and industry to study
how Sweden has been able to become a world front runner in developing and
adopting energy, environmental, and economic sustainability programs. Learn
from his report!
Other Upcoming Events
Tuesday, April 13, 8am: Energy and Environmental
Seminar in Toledo Renewable
Energy and Environmental Exports: How to Find Markets and Finance Your Sales
This seminar is organized by the U.S. Department of
Commerce.
For more information, please contact: danielle.rust@trade.gov
Saturday, April 17,
5pm: Sweden ABBA Evening in Columbus
The
Scandinavian Club of Columbus will be honoring Sweden and the contributions of
ABBA as they are inducted into the Rock&Roll Hall of Fame this year.
(Artists are eligible for inclusion in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
twenty-five years after their first recording is released. The ceremony
will take place on March 15, 2010 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York
City.) Besides dinner, the Club will have a retrospective presentation of
ABBA's career and music through narration and music videos. Guests are
invited to come in groovy 70's garb. See the Club's website for more
details: www.scandiclub.com.
Saturday & Sunday, April 24-25: Ashville Viking
Festival
The
7th Annual Ashville Viking Festival will take place in Ashville, OH
(just ˝ hour south of Columbus). Presenting a living history event that
reenacts a Viking All-Thing from a thousand years ago. Featuring a 40 ft.
replica Viking Longship. There will be a variety of entertainment, including
music, dance, and swordplay. Also on hand: crafts demonstrations, period
merchandise to buy, a variety of food, and a children's area with crafts and
storytellers.
Please also check the following
websites of our partner organizations:
British-American Chamber of Commerce - www.baccohio.org
French-American Chamber of Commerce - www.faccohio.org
CCWA - Cleveland Council on World Affairs - www.ccwa.org
NEOIBN - Northeast Ohio International Business Network - www.neoibn.org
MAGNET- www.magnetworks.com
TeamNEO - ww.clevelandplusbusiness.com.
NeoTEC - www.neotec.org
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Business News From Sweden
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The Geely Holding Group one step further to buy
Volvo Cars from Ford
The Chinese
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group is one step further to become the new owner of
Volvo Cars. Geely has secured the financing of the purchase amount of 15
Billion Swedish Kronor - around 2 Billion US Dollars
Swedish Car Market back on track
Bil Sweden (www.bilsweden.se), the organization of
manufacturers, and importers of cars, trucks, and busses, has increased the
forecast for 2010 to 225,000 retail sales of new cars - up 20,000 from last
year. This volume is the normal level over a ten year period so they claim that
business is back to normal again. "Sweden is always first out at a downturn but
first back up again!" says the Bil Sweden President Bertil Moldén.
New Wind Power Companies add fresh air to the
Swedish Stock Market
Recently two new wind power companies announced plans to go
public.
O2
Vind (www.o2.se) has applied for
an initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq OMX exchange in Stockholm,
aiming to raise SKr950m-SKr1.2bn ($133m-$168m). The listing is aimed at helping
the company to achieve a target of developing 1-gigawatt (GW) of wind power by
2015.
Arise Windpower (www.arisewindpower.se),
an integrated wind power company with a high-quality project portfolio in
southern Sweden, has applied for a listing of its shares on NASDAQ OMX
Stockholm, main list, and will concurrently raise new capital and broaden the
ownership of the company through an offer to acquire shares corresponding to up
to MSEK 687.
Sweden's
Government in Black
According to a recent report, the Swedish Government showed
a profit of 29 Billions SEK (4 Billion USD) in 2009 despite the overall
troubled economic situation - but the balance still shows a deficit of 176
Billion SEK (25 Billion USD). One reason for the positive result was the lower
interest on the deficit.
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We Thank Our Business Members for Their Support
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Sponsorship Member
Corporate Members
Electrolux North America, Inc. Cleveland www.electrolux.com
Nordson Corporation Westlake
www.nordson.com
Schenker, Inc. Middleburg
Hts. www.dbschenkerusa.com
BabySwede LLC Cleveland www.babyswede.com
Business Members
Coakley Real Estate Company LLC Cleveland www.coakleyrealestate.com
cPref, Inc. Shaker
Heights www.cpref.com
Bonanza Education USA Columbus www.bonanzaeducationusa.com
D+S Distribution Wooster www.dsdistribution.com
EMBA Machinery, Inc. Avon www.embausa.com
LightSpace Technologies, Inc. Twinsburg www.lightspacetech.com
Marketing 360 Cleveland www.marketing360group.com
Meaden & Moore Akron www.meadenmoore.com
Open Innovation Alliance Twinsburg www.openinnovationalliance.com
Video Conferencing &
Telecomm. Kent
Institutional Members
Swedish Consulate, Ohio Cleveland
Cleveland Council of World
Affairs Cleveland www.ccwa.org
Scandinavian Club Columbus www.netwalk.com/~scandiclub
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