Ideon’s CEO Hans Möller makes it clear at the interview’s first question: Ideon Science Park in Lund is not stagnant with people sitting around waiting for something to happen. The oldest science park invests time and money in further development to remain attractive.
”An environment like this never stands still. Although it has 27 years of history, the park has steadily grown and will continue to do so”, he says.
The decision to build Ideon was based on regional political considerations by the provincial government of the Malmöhuslän, today called Region Skåne. The area was, at the time, going through a major economic crisis and many companies, such as Kockums, went bankrupt. Something had to be done to regain optimism in the region to make it easier for new and small businesses with emphasis on research in southern Sweden.
Sven-Thore Holm was president when Ideon was founded. He worked with the science park for 25 years, and now helps others trying to start up science parks.
Via Lundavision, he works with consulting companies in countries such as China and Russia. He contends that Ideon is a strong international brand name. In Scandinavia, only Oulu can compare with Lund’s science park.
”Both the quality and volume of Ideon is very good. When traveling the world, you see parks that are just industrial areas, that do not serve the same purpose”, he says.
In 1983, ten of Ericsson’s top engineers moved in to Ideon. The task was to develop something that few people thought possible, and even if possible no one would be interested in the product. The plan was to develop a phone that could fit in a jacket pocket. Ericsson was among the first tenants following the company’s success, rumors about Ideon spread.
”Ericsson chose Lund because they saw a growing area and a need to recruit many young students. Today, a total of 5000 are employed in Lund when including Sony Ericsson and ST Ericsson”, says Hans Möller.
Today, around one-third of the companies in Ideon are active in Life science. Among the more famous former tenants are BioInvent, Cellavision and Probi.
”Ideon was built next to Lund University with only 100 meters to the Faculty of Engineering. Another success factor is that Lund University has a large research budget, the largest in Sweden, with all faculties accessing funds totaling EUR 400 million in various areas”, explains Hans Moller.
”An environment like this never stands still. Although it has 27 years of history, the park has steadily grown and will continue to do so”, he says.
The decision to build Ideon was based on regional political considerations by the provincial government of the Malmöhuslän, today called Region Skåne. The area was, at the time, going through a major economic crisis and many companies, such as Kockums, went bankrupt. Something had to be done to regain optimism in the region to make it easier for new and small businesses with emphasis on research in southern Sweden.
Sven-Thore Holm was president when Ideon was founded. He worked with the science park for 25 years, and now helps others trying to start up science parks.
Via Lundavision, he works with consulting companies in countries such as China and Russia. He contends that Ideon is a strong international brand name. In Scandinavia, only Oulu can compare with Lund’s science park.
”Both the quality and volume of Ideon is very good. When traveling the world, you see parks that are just industrial areas, that do not serve the same purpose”, he says.
In 1983, ten of Ericsson’s top engineers moved in to Ideon. The task was to develop something that few people thought possible, and even if possible no one would be interested in the product. The plan was to develop a phone that could fit in a jacket pocket. Ericsson was among the first tenants following the company’s success, rumors about Ideon spread.
”Ericsson chose Lund because they saw a growing area and a need to recruit many young students. Today, a total of 5000 are employed in Lund when including Sony Ericsson and ST Ericsson”, says Hans Möller.
Today, around one-third of the companies in Ideon are active in Life science. Among the more famous former tenants are BioInvent, Cellavision and Probi.
”Ideon was built next to Lund University with only 100 meters to the Faculty of Engineering. Another success factor is that Lund University has a large research budget, the largest in Sweden, with all faculties accessing funds totaling EUR 400 million in various areas”, explains Hans Moller.
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