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 This web guide is a joint effort by the County Administrative Board, the County Council and the municipalities of Västerbotten.

Trade and industry in Västerbotten
Although the base industries of agriculture, forestry and mining provide only a limited number of jobs in the county, they still remain the backbone of the county's economic structure and development. 
Agriculture is certainly an important resource for the county and can, if developed, provide new jobs in the food industry, as well as in new areas of production such as bioenergy and industrial crops. In Västerbotten, there are excellent opportunities for developing activities on a wide front that will lead to the  increased development and processing of wood and forest products. Similarly as regards mining, Västerbotten not only has one of Europe's best-known ore fields, the Skellefteå ore-field, but it also has other ore-deposits in world-class that are waiting to be exploited.

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Industries that stand out
Information from Skellefteå municipality with a list of companies and an introduction in English.

Yellow Pages
A search engine for all of Sweden. Choose "Skellefteå-Umeå".
The Federation of Private Enterprises
The Federation of Private Enterprises in Sweden,

Local business listing:

Business listing -municipality:

Other local link sites:

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Everynet's Umeå 
business links

FR Västerbotten - The Swedish Federation of Private Enterprises regional office

Other links:
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Almi Västerbotten

 

County trade and business in brief
..Linktips:
The Foundation for Technology Transfer in Umeå

Updated: 23 mar 2006