Municipalities remain determined to contribute to the green transition and more jobs

2024-12-20

Yesterday it was announced that the company PTL, which wants to establish an anode factory in Torsboda, has not received permission for its investment from the agency Inspectorate for Strategic Products, ISP. Today, the municipalities of Timrå, Sundsvall and Härnösand held a joint press meeting together with Torsboda Industrial Park.

The message from the local councils was clear: they believe in the green transition and are firmly convinced that the right places for it are here. They want to contribute and create added value for the people living here in the form of jobs and new residents.

- The fact is that we still need more in both Timrå and the rest of our labour market region in order for us to be able to maintain the same community services in the future, says Stefan Dalin (S), Chairman of the Timrå Municipal Board and Chairman of Torsboda Industrial Park.

Municipalities continue to work together for establishment, conversion and more jobs.

- Our common strategy of attracting industries and companies in the green transition that can provide many jobs remains undiminished. The question is not whether business's green transition should look, but where. We want it to happen here and we want to contribute to new green jobs in our municipalities,” says Stefan Dalin.

- We continue to work together within the framework of the Torsboda collaboration and within the framework of the cooperation we have in the county. Yesterday's announcement is a notch in the record for the green transition in our county, but it is my belief that the municipalities that want, dare and believe will go further than places that do not,” says Niklas Säwén (S), chairman of the municipal board in Sundsvall.

- The investments we make are both for the existing business community and for the establishments that we believe will come to our region and that we need. Together in Västernorrland, we are making several concrete efforts to strengthen our work around the green transition and the existing business community. These include skills supply and reception capacity,” says Andreas Sjölander (S), chairman of the municipal board in Härnösand.

Christian Söderberg, CEO at Torsboda Industrial Park, told the press conference about the sales work ahead.

- It was absolutely a moment of sadness after the ISP's message, which then turned into a bloody shambles. Our mission is to create 2000 - 4000 jobs to the site. We'll keep working on that. We have dialogues with some 15 companies, but these are long processes and large investments - no quick decisions. We are persistent and long-term. We know that we have Sweden's best site for this type of establishment,” says Christian Söderberg.

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