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Lunch Seminar: The U.S. is Manufacturing Again!

November 26, 2012
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Lunch Seminar: The U.S. is Manufacturing Again!

On Wednesday the 31st of October, guests gathered at Baker and McKenzie Advokatbyrå in Stockholm for a lunch seminar with the topic, “The U.S. is Manufacturing Again!” The first part of the seminar was held by Martin Daniels, project...

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American Election Hangout in Stockholm

November 21, 2012
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American Election Hangout in Stockholm

On the eve of the American election on November 6, 200 people gathered in Stockholm to take the pulse of the United States and discuss the likely outcome of the election. They participated in Studio Samtid – En timme...

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Let the Users Pay

November 14, 2012
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The first week in October, ESBRI organized the ninth annual Sweden-U.S. Entrepreneurial Forum. This year’s theme was “From Idea to Market – The process of commercialization.” Some of the headlines were venture capital, the role of government, and crowdfunding....

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Innovation-Entrepreneurship-Commercialization, Kamilla Kohn Rådberg’s Insight into the Difference Between Sweden and the U.S.

November 14, 2012
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Since August this year, Kamilla Kohn Rådberg has been in charge of the expansion of the school of entrepreneurship at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg as well as a board member in Encubator. She has worked for many...

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Sweden Leads the World in English Proficiency

November 1, 2012
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Sweden has the highest number of adults proficient in English in the world according to Education First’s English Proficiency Index. The index was created in 2011 and is the result of 1.7 million adults using a free English test...

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How to Successfully Enter the U.S. Market: A Webinar

November 1, 2012
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Co-hosted by Primerus and SACC-USA, Linda McCarty, Esq., hosted a webinar on October 25 titled ‘How to Successfully Enter the U.S. Market.’ Her webinar featured information on how a business can successfully gear up for the U.S. Market, how...

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Innovation with the Environment as a focus, I-tech presents Selektope®

October 30, 2012
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I-Tech’s latest marine biocide Selektope® has been classified as having minimal effect on the environment, cost-efficient and highly technological. Selektope® is a component used within marine paint that is developed along a sustainable environment perspective, says Lena Lindblad, R&D...

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Nils Welin, President of SACC San Francisco featured in Dagens Industri

October 25, 2012
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Cypress Security has signed a contract worth 85 million SEK with the city of Alameda north of San Francisco. Nils Welin, CEO of the company Cypress Security and chairman of the board at the SACC chamber in San Francisco,...

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Swedish Security and Defence Industry, SOFF

October 9, 2012
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On the 5th of October the Swedish Security and Defence industry, SOFF, had their conference on “How to succeed in the American market from a Swedish security and defence perspective”. With this, an initial discussion has begun between SOFF...

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Coming to America…and how to make it here

October 9, 2012
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Coming to America…and how to make it here

Swedish defense and security companies are increasingly looking at the United States’ market to improve the corporate bottom line.  They do so amidst significant impending reductions in U.S. defense spending.  Is this a losing proposition?  Not so fast.  The...

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