Clusters
Experience shows that effective collaboration between business, academia and the public sector is key to successful sector development.
In the Borås region there are a number of established clusters where business, the municipality and education/research provide the opportunity to develop specific industries and growth in the region.
textile
Sjuhärad has a long history of textile production. For hundreds of years, people have made a living from developing new materials and producing textiles. Today, the region is teeming with modern companies that build their development on the know-how of history. Everything from fiber production, leather tanneries for the interior and automotive industries, workwear, protective clothing, fashion companies, energy weaving companies, technical textiles and much more.
Textile Fashion Center is a place distinguished by its unique environment and concept. In the Textile Fashion Center there is potential for new business, companies, products and research results but also for further qualitative education and a broad cooperation between culture and education made possible by the co-location.
At Smart Textiles, research, industry, institutions and the public sector meet to find future solutions today. As part of the University of Borås, Smart Textiles can offer a comprehensive concept with an emphasis on experimental research, prototyping and financial support. They are the obvious partner when a textile idea is to be realized or a need met with textile technology.
Marketplace Borås, in the Textile Fashion Center, is a collaboration between the City of Borås, the University of Borås, the Nordic Design School and the business community. Together, Marketplace Borås works to strengthen Borås and Sjuhärad's position in fashion, textiles and design. Through the Marketplace Borås business network, you become bigger than as an individual player.
E-commerce & Logistics
The Borås region has a strong tradition in retail and as the Nordic region's leading area in distance selling. We have built up expertise in logistics and a well-developed infrastructure that gives us an advantage over others, and which forms the basis for successful digital commerce. But what really makes the region unique is its people. It's full of experienced entrepreneurs with the will to realize their visions and big ideas. With a shared vision and commitment to the Borås region, this has given rise to the association E-commerce City Borås.
The e-commerce city of Borås was started in 2014 as a non-profit association on the initiative of three driven e-commerce buddies from Borås and already then the first initiatives were taken to the popular breakfast meetings. The following year, 2015, the association became an economic association and the vision of consolidating Borås as the Nordic region's obvious trade hub was set. A vision that the association, together with its member companies, works towards daily to achieve!
The association aims to develop the region's position as a modern trading area into the future and create opportunities for investment, establishment and growth.
The e-commerce city of Borås is a platform with great interaction between the business community, the City of Borås, the University of Borås and other educational actors. Our vision is for the Borås region to become the Nordic region's obvious trade hub!
Creative Cluster
Creative Cluster is a forum where people from the creative and cultural industries meet and discuss new forms of collaboration. The starting point is the knowledge that these industries not only generate great value for people and society, but that they are also necessary drivers for other sectors and industries. For example, what would a car be without its design, branding and marketing?
Therefore, access to arts and culture in a country, region or city is not only a democratic issue, but very much an economic one. The aim of Creative Cluster is therefore to promote business, development opportunities and networks in the city of Borås.
The initiator and principal of Creative Cluster is Borås City's Business Unit. Creative Cluster, then under the name Creative Camp, started in spring 2012.