2. Skåne is leading the way
• 534 food producing companies
• 293 wholesale and retail companies
• 200+ small scale food industries
3. Skåne Food Innovation Network
– a business-driven cluster with strong connections to the region´s
universities, colleges and business development organizations.
4. Objective: to develop and strengthen the south Swedish food
sector´s competitiveness, nationally and internationally.
5. Vision
We create tomorrow´s food business.
Business idea
To be the best network for co-operation
between competences developing the
food sector.
To create unique meeting-points, break
barriers and make the unexpected happen.
6. Our history
• Network, created in 1994
• Represents the entire value-chain
• Built on commitment
• Open and transparent
www.livsmedelsakademin.se
7. A resourceful cluster developer
• Great potential identified
• A ”VINNVÄXT” Winner – 10 Million Euro/10 years
• Same amount in co-funding from food business in joint projects
• Annual turnover today: 3.5 Million Euro (Partners, Region Skåne, The
Regional Council, EU, Taste Skåne Etc.)
8. Partners and members
Partners
40 large companies and organisations
Partnership gives great influence through networks and board of directors.
High level of service and contacts.
≈3 500 Euros/year
Members
Today 30+ members. Growing by the hour
Smaller companies and organisations – many entrepreneurs.
Shown on homepage, invited to activities etc.
≈200 Euros/year
9. We support…
…open business models in open innovation processes
and a triple helix context.
And the winners are…
10. And the winners are…
• Business
• Society
• Research
• Consumers (especially consumers
with weak voices)
11. Our Focus Areas
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Meal Improvement
• Career
• Terroir Skåne
•Foresight
• Partners and members
12. We provide the arenas
Networks yield new solutions
• CEO:s
• Food Researchers
• Retailers
• Chefs
• Heads of R&D
• Heads of HR
• Students (Advisory Board)
14. The CEO network
A unique network ensures commitment and support on the executive level.
15. The careerproject
A new assignment from the food industry:
”Enhance the attractiveness of the business and help us recruit the best people!”
16. The career project
Activities:
• CEOs visit universities
• Career days
• Summer jobs
• Trainee program
• Master Theses
• Study visits
• Scholarships
• Career Coach
17. The Trainee Programme
• Only possible with cooperation
between cluster-actors
• Developed as a user innovation
• SFIN coordinates and facilitates
• Network build-up
• 800 appliants to 10
trainee-jobs!
18. ”Food – the most important, challenging and
rewarding career sector today and tomorrow.”
19. The Retailers Network
• A natural meetingpoint for the
development of food retail in
Skåne.
• Education and knowledge about
the consumers in the region.
• International overview and
benchlearning.
• Identifying success factors for
local retail.
• Testlaunches for new, local
products.
20. Food Researchers Network
• A network for food researchers and R&D officers
• Objective: to contribute to an enhanced knowledge about current food
research and promote multidisciplinary contacts.
• Activities: Seminars, workshops, the initiating
of research and development projects.
• More than 120 members.
21. The Foresight Method
• Get togethers ”Gillen” identify future challenges
• Actors from the entire chain confront critical areas
• Opens up new research fields
• Speeds up development and gives synergy effects
and new business opportunities
22. The result of one get together…
• Development of two new products — an energy drink
and an “energy bar”.
• A project on public purchase of innovations.
• A project on between-meal snacks for the elderly.
• A project on older people’s production of saliva.
• Creation of focus groups in geriatric housing.
• A project on regular health checkups.
• A project on Slow Food.
• A school lunch project.
• New companies that were evincing interest in the
market.
• New cross-boundary contacts.
• Research project on eating in public places in Sweden
and Denmark.
• …etcetera…
25. The Entrepreneur Council
• Seven members with proven
experience of entrepreneurship and
Functional Food built on a proven
track record.
• Evaluate and guide new
entrepreneurs
• Covers critical areas of knowledge.
• “Hands on”- attitude shortens ttm.
• Limited financial resources.
26. Projects with tangible results
• Thylabisco:leading scientists behind efficient
product against obesity.
• Pastair:cold pasteurisation preserves taste.
• Bladins School:Better school meals with locally
produced food – cost not higher.
• Schoolchildren, food and the mealtime:Enhancing
childrens´knowledge and interest for food
27. Projects with tangible results
• ConCellae: new functional foods with unique lactic
acid bacteria from
• A ”Superdrink”: joint project with leading
companies and scientists resulted in drinks with
high natural content of antioxidants.
• NouriMare:commercial success with food-algees…
28. Projects with tangible results
• Tastingspoon: a spoon specially designed for food
presentations.
• Falafel No1: New recipe enables export.
• ”The Food Round”:develops food tourism in eastern
Skåne.
• Flexpacker: the cognition-scientist´s ideas resulted in
a moderately priced industrial robot.
29. Results
Skåne Food innovation Network has
been a driving force behind 25 food-
related company startups 2007 –
2009.
A strong focus on new services and
foods with added value.
30. Results 2003 – 2007
according to CIRCLE research
• Food is the outstanding industry cluster in Skåne
• SFIN facilitates and provides arenas for networking and cooperation
• Productivity up by 15,3% - better than the national development
• Strengthened competitiveness in the food sector
• 9 out of 17 overspecialized sectors in Skåne located in food business
• Common understanding about the importance of added value
• More co-action and agreement in the food sector
• Strengthened geographic concentration – specialization index up from
2.1 to 2.3
31. Where are we in 2013?
• Skåne is the best food cluster in the world
• Cutting-edge skills within earth-to-table research
• Well known and innovative companies
• New companies
• Entrepreneurs
• Inter-disciplinary innovations
• A supporting region
• Interest from outside
• Good opportunities for establishment
32. • Cooperation must add value for all involved
• Create and show good examples
• Provide the arenas – horizontal and vertical
• Support and commitment from industry
• Take leadership!
