Swedish-American
Entrepreneurial Days - Gothenburg,
November 8-10, 2010
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The Swedish-American
Entrepreneurial Days has become the most important trade and networking event,
providing an effective platform for trade and commerce between the U.S. and
Sweden. Since 1997, the Entrepreneurial Days has enabled small, medium, and
large companies to connect and develop new business.
The Swedish-American
Entrepreneurial Days is a key trade and networking event between USA and Sweden
and takes place twice a year; once in the U.S. and once in Sweden to best
connect business relations the two countries.
The
next E-Days event is in Gothenburg in Sweden November 8-10, 2010. Read more hereabout this event, including program, business matchmaking, industry specific
programs, who is coming, and much more. If you are interested or need more
information, please don't hesitate to contact us at info@sacc-ohio.org.
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Upcoming SACC-Ohio Events
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Cleveland - August 28, 2010
4th Annual Crayfish
Party "Kräftskiva"
Swedish festivity marking the end of the summer. Visit our
website www.sacc-ohio.org for more
information about this traditional Swedish event.
Cleveland - September 8, 2010
Visit to Kinetico Water Systems
Did
you know that the amount of oil used annually to make plastic
water bottles is enough to fuel 100,000 cars for a year. Kinetico Water Systems
(www.kinetico.com),
a Swedish owned company, manufactures a broad range of products for the treatment
and purification of water, including filters and softeners. VP John McLaughlin
will present the company and guide through their production. The meeting will
start at 5 pm and snacks and drinks will be served. Look up our website www.sacc-ohio.org for more information and how to sign up.
Columbus - September 22, 2010
Opening of new Nordic Light Warehouse and Assembly Facility
Did you know that 80
% of our decisions are based on what we see. Seeing is interplay between the
eye, the object viewed and light. The latter decides how we perceive the object
in view. Lighting controls the visual impression. It is a bold, but true,
statement. So, in order to achieve a desired atmosphere, knowing how to use
lights and lighting is alpha and omega. Even with small means, the effect can
be great - remember, it only takes a flashlight to create a monster.
One
of our newer Business Members, the Swedish company Nordic Light (www.nordiclight.se),
designs, manufactures and markets a complete range of high-performance,
energy-efficient display lighting fixtures. Together with their local partner -
also a SACC-Ohio member - D+S Distribution (www.dsdistribution.com),
they are setting up an assembly and distribution center in the Columbus
area. SACC-Ohio will have the opportunity to participate in the grand opening
on September 22, 2010. Go to www.sacc-ohio.org for more information and how to sign up.
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Recent SACC-Ohio Events you
may have missed
| April 22,
2010 - Visit to NASA Glenn Research Center
SACC-Ohio arranged for a very unique visit to the
NASA facility in Cleveland.
First, Jim Roeder, NASA, showed us
what NASA is doing in a short slide presentation. Jim told us how
their wind tunnel was constructed as he showed us around the wind tunnel complex.
In the wind tunnel that we visited there was a jet engine air intake, which was being
tested for a supersonic vehicle/engine. which had two intakes.
NASA Glenn operates and maintains
several wind tunnels in accordance with its commitment to researching
innovative propulsion technologies and flight safety.
After the visit to the wind tunnel facility, Dr. John C. Thesken
talked to the group about the development of "Advanced Composite Structures in Manned
Space Flight Vehicles.
It was a
very interesting evening, allowing us a unique peak into NASA and their
activities. We concluded by enjoying sandwiches, refreshments and took the
opportunity to ask Jim and John questions as well as to network with our fellow
SACC-Ohio members and guests.
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"
Andrew Walleck, a manager at McMaster-Carr in Aurora and
recently a corporate strategy management consultant, presented us his report
from a study tour to Sweden last year. During that visit he met 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.
He
presented a new mixed business and housing development in the Stockholm area,
where energy conservation and sustainability was planned into the project from
the beginning by involving all partners, including architects, builders, waste
management, heating, etc. and agreeing on standards and targets before any work
started.
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Other Upcoming Swedish
Events
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Coming to Ohio Movie Theaters from FRIDAY, JULY 23rd
THE GIRL WHO PLAYED
WITH FIRE
As
Stieg Larsson's "Millennium" trilogy continues to thrill readers across the
United States, we are excited to announce details about the theatrical release
of the second film adaptation, THE GIRL WHO PLAYED
WITH FIRE. The film
will be playing in Ohio movie theaters beginning Friday, July 23rd.
In the
second film based on Stieg Larsson's best-selling "Millennium"
trilogy, Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. Mikael Blomkvist is about to
run a story about an extensive sex-trafficking operation that will implicate
well-known and highly placed members of Swedish society. On the eve of
publication, the two investigating reporters are murdered, and the fingerprints
on the murder weapon belong to Salander. Blomkvist crosses paths with
merciless criminals and unearths heart-wrenching facts about Salander's past as
he desperately tries to fit the pieces of the puzzle together in time and find
her...
Playing 7/23 - 7/29 in:
Cincinnati:
Esquire
Theatre
320
Ludlow Avenue
Cincinnati,
OH 45220
http://www.esquiretheatre.com/
Columbus:
Drexel Theatre
2254 E. Main Street
Columbus, OH 43209
http://www.drexel.net/beta/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=16&Itemid=42
Playing 7/30 - 8/5 in:
Cleveland:
Cedar Lee Theatre
2163 Lee Road
Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
http://www.clevelandcinemas.com/cinemadrilldown.asp?intCin=2921 |
Business News from Sweden
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The Swedish Government has Reduced Debt
According
to official EU statistics, the national debt of Sweden has been reduced from
46% of GDP in 2006 to 43% in 2010. In comparison, the US national debt
increased from 65% to 90% in the same period.
Swedish Car and Truck Market Doing Much
Better
The
total retail sales of new cars has increased by over 34% during the first six
months 2010, compared to the same period last year.
Also
heavy trucks now finally show an increase, which is regarded as an important
trend change.
Swedish Truck Manufacturer Scania is
Doing Well
Scania reports a
profit before taxes of $270 million in the first quarter of 2010 - 12 times more
than the same period last year. Received orders for new trucks amounted to
16,151, compared with 6061 last year and 16% up from last quarter 2009.
Swedish Iron Ore in Demand
The Swedish iron
ore company LKAB reports a strong increase in demand. To meet this increasing
demand, LKAB is planning to open up three mines. One is a completely new
operation and the other two will be re-activated mines that were closed in the
mid 1980s due to downturn in the economy.
To be able to
continue to work the main iron ore lob in Kiruna in Northern Sweden, part of
the city and the whole railroad system will have to be displaced in the next
few years.
The
Canadian company Northland Resources is planning two new iron ore mine sites in
Northern Sweden, near the border to Finland. A railroad is planned to link up
with an existing Finnish rail system with shipping from a harbor in the Gulf of
Bothnia near the Swedish - Finnish border.
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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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Websites of Partner Organizations
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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 - www.clevelandplusbusiness.com
NeoTEC - www.neotec.org
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US
Market Embraces Stockholm-Based Bonanza Education |
This is a new
headline in our eNewsletter where Sponsorship, Corporate, and Business Members
can present their companies and activities. Here we learn about our new member
Bonanza Education.
Americans rave
about the Swedish Solution for Financial Literacy
POWELL,
Ohio, April 15 /PRNewswire/ --
Bonanza Education AB expanded its proven financial literacy programs into the United States market in late 2009 with the formation
of Bonanza Education USA.
The introduction of the Swedish
financial literacy concepts to the United States has been
very successful, which is evidenced by the resounding positive feedback from
the companies and participants of the recent programs. "In today's fast paced business
environment, many owners, managers, supervisors, and employees don't always
have a traditional finance background, but are asked to make decisions and take
actions that affect the bottom line every day. The Bonanza programs can help
build that bridge," said Matthew Wolf, Chief
Operating Officer of Bonanza Education USA.
For 20 years, Bonanza Education
has been helping corporate and privately held company employees in Europe, Australia, and now the United States understand business finance by using
easy-to-understand graphs to represent financial statement information. Bonanza
Education delivers this innovative approach to financial literacy through their
facilitated programs, visual language tool BonanzaGraf(R), and award-winning
Web-based e-learning program.
About Bonanza Education
Since the 1991 inception in Stockholm, Sweden by Peter
Soderholm and Joakim Ortner, Bonanza
Education has helped hundreds of thousands of people to understand finance,
profitability and business challenges. Two decades later, the Bonanza Education
concepts and programs have been translated into multiple languages and are used
to simplify financial information in a dozen countries on three continents
across the globe.
To learn more about Bonanza
Education USA in the United States, visit http://www.BonanzaEducationUSA.com, or in Europe and the rest of the world, http://www.Bonanza.se.
Contact:
Matthew Wolf, COO
614.408.8410
mwolf@BonanzaEducationUSA.com
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