With such short distances from one point to another, Central Denmark’s business ecosystems are close-knit. Companies aren’t just well-connected; they are great at keeping the ‘coopetition’ alive. Here, competitors know when to collaborate in order to push innovation forward and serve everyone’s best interests. All while securing more visibility and competitiveness on a global scale. Win-win.
Take green tech. Central Denmark is home to renowned wind energy companies like Vestas Wind Systems and Siemens Gamesa, doing their part to fuel the global transition from black to green energy. You’ll also find multi-disciplinary innovation houses like GreenLab Skive, a unique business park working with renewables, energy storage and resource efficiency.
The same goes for the field of audio. Central Denmark is home to key global players in the sound industry, like Bang & Olufsen, HARMAN by Samsung, and Dynaudio. It also hosts Sound Hub Denmark, an environment where startups, corporations, researchers and students keep stimulating each other with innovation, business and tech.
Central Denmark also looks to the future of one of our most basic needs: food. The area of Aarhus specializes in the food business from field to fork. Denmark ranks first for food innovation in the EU, and Business Region Aarhus offers the highest concentration of food-related expertise in Europe.
A key factor driving these companies to always surpass themselves is that the Central Denmark Region builds bridges across industries.
With a growing tech-hub at their doorstep, companies across sectors benefit from the latest developments in Big Data, AI and IoT. And vice-versa: tech companies keep getting new challenges from other fields of expertise. In fact, the region already holds over 20.000 jobs in the tech industry.
Added to the mix, a number of educational institutions constantly generate new knowledge and promote an international perspective. The largest, Aarhus University, is in the top 100 of the world’s 17,000 universities. With over 50,000 students, the region’s biggest city boasts a young and vibrant feel. You can also find Scandinavia’s largest education facility for business, design and fashion at the VIA Design campus in the city of Herning.
What does all this bubbling innovation and collaboration mean for you, as a candidate? More career opportunities, in challenging, yet welcoming environments.
