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Living Lab Vaestervik is based on the small community of Västervik – with only 37,000 inhabitants. The background for the Living Lab was a decisive strategy developed by the local administration as Elecrolux’ decision to move the production site employing about 1,000 people from Västervik to Hungary.

In the wake of this crisis a massive program for renewal was launched by the mayor. Since a small test-bed case for health monitoring with the help of mobile devices was already in place, yielding positive results, it was logical that new mobile applications could foster more interesting results – also from a commercial standpoint.

Thus positive test-beds, willingness to pioneer new organisational forms and solutions in a limited context, all formed the launching pad for Living Labs Västervik.

Main Living Labs partner:

Lennart Nilsson
Living Labs Västervik
Östersjövangen 8
Box 500
593 25 Västervik
Sweden
T: +46 490.880.29
F: +46 706.534.669
http://livinglabs.vastervikframat.se

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Living Labs Vaestervik Brochure.pdf

mWatch Vaestervik 2006.pdf

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