Kristiansand Region har a long and proud industry tradition and a diverse business community. Strong environment expertise, industry clusters, and businesses have developed world-class high-tech solution and achieve a expertise that a few can match.

The Kristiansand region is among the leading regions in the country in renewable energy. Where large, naturally occurring hydropower resources, a leading power group and a pioneering solar cell industry provide opportunities for innovation and sustainable value creation for the future. The region has long traditions of international trade, and is in a unique position when it comes to exports with a world-leading offshore industry and its strategic location towards Europe. Close cooperation between universities, business, public sector and cultural life strengthens a vital entrepreneurial environment, innovation and competence development within, among other things, green technology, ICT, culture and welfare.