1. Aluminiumriket The Kingdom of Aluminium

2. Area: 33 044 km 2 Population: 897 200 The region The region has got more than 2 500 manufacturing companies!

3. The cluster companies…. ….use aluminium as a strategic material …offer goods and services containing/adapted to aluminium ….support the aluminium-companies activities.

4. More than 500 companies in the region extrusion, casting, manufacturing, end producing, technology supplying A growing international market for aluminium at least 10% per year The environment is a driving force Aluminium is light, recyclable and corrosion resistant Aluminium and regional growth

5. Trends 1980High level of competition 1990Mutual understanding 2000Working together In the end of the 90s the companies expressed a need for system suppliers and bigger volumes: Competence Partners.

6. Schools Universities Industrial Research Public Service Communications Foundry Recycling Wholesale Production of extrutions Surface treatment Mechanical work Markets: Vehicles/ transportation Electronics Telekom Construction Interiors Consumer/ healthcare Machines and tools Marketing companies Media and Communication Design and technical consultancy Kapital

7. New demands More automation and robots in the production Higher demands on constructing and developing Earlier involvement in the process of product development From ”selling a product” to ”selling a function” Plan for internationalisation Create a market by cooperating

8. ”To create a cluster there has to be a cluster”

9. The Vision Aluminiumriket Aluminiumriket - a region and an industrial Cluster for development and growth and a marketplace for a business community offering world-class goods and services based on aluminium.

10. Objectives Constant development of companies Qualified education Research and Development To be a well-known aluminium region Stimulate cooperation

11. Activities 12 meetings with a total number of 410 participants 10 seminars - 330 participants Special days for teachers Cooperation with universities Qualified vocational training for production development Establishment of an Extrution center and and a Sheet metal center