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Kista 1980. Kista Science City 2007. Kista Science City. The largest ICT-cluster in Europe, and one of the top 5 ICT-clusters in the world. A higher density of companies, employees and highly qualified researchers than any other ICT-cluster in the world.
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Kista Science City • The largest ICT-cluster in Europe, and one of the top 5 ICT-clusters in the world. • A higher density of companies, employees and highly qualified researchers than any other ICT-cluster in the world. • A real city. All municipal functions and service available. • Centrally located in Stockholm – the Capital of Scandinavia.
Kista Science City And some 300 other ICT companies
Kista Science City The central business district • 30 000 inhabitants • 1 400 companies with 300 ICT companies • 31 000 employees with 17 000 within ICT • 15-20 new technology start up companies per year • Land area: 2,000,000 m2 • Office space: 1,100,000 m2 Academia, Business and Municipalities in co-operation www.kista.com
Kista Science City in history • 1905 Military training ground • 1972 Construction of houses gets underway • 1975 First to move in: Ericsson – SRA och Rifa • 1978 IBM was established • The City of Stockholm, Ericsson and ABB takes an initiative to build an electronics center • 1988 KTH Kista campus established • 1988 SICS is established • 2000 The Kista Science City vision was described • 2002 Kista Galleria was opened Academia, Business and Municipalities in co-operation www.kista.com
Strategic growth areas in Kista • Wireless systems • Broadband systems • Mobile services and applications • Digital media/multimedia • MedTech, Nanotech & CleanTech Academia, Business and Municipalities in co-operation www.kista.com