Industrial Internet of Thing (IIoT) refers to interconnected sensors, instruments, and other devices that are networked with the computer's industrial applications, including manufacturing and energy management.

The network creates a forum where users and potential users of IIoT in the Triangle area can meet to learn more about the possibilities of IIoT, discuss solutions and share experiences. The network is a professional network, targeted at those who in everyday life are or could become users of IIoT.

The first speaker in the network will be Lars Mathiesen from Digital Lead, which will inspire us with a presentation on challenges and opportunities / solutions with the Industrial Internet of Things.

If you are interested in participating in the network about IIoT, you are welcome to contact network leader Stine Høgholt, sth@billunderhverv.dk, tel. 92 826 965.

The new inter-municipal, professional network around the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) will hold its first meeting on 27 January at 15-17 at Billund ErhvervsFremme.

Through the Future Talent Denmark project, Billund ErhvervsFremme has collaborated with three international students from SDU, who have worked on the problem for three days. "How do we attract international talent who are already in Denmark to the companies in Billund Municipality".

Cadma, Hazhan and Muhammad were given free rein to approach the task in the way they thought made the best sense, and they chose to take as a starting point the group of students who are in higher education in Denmark.

So what can you as a company in Billund municipality do to attract the talent?
Based on interviews with both fellow students and internationals who have already moved to Billund, the three came to the following, which according to them will be able to get students to apply to Billund.

"Students in higher education today are often told that they must find their next job through LinkedIn, and that is why this platform the students orient themselves towards, and this is where they find the job postings they find interesting - or rather they said companies, they find interesting. The students at e.g. the engineering educations know well that they are sought after, and it is only natural for them to make demands on not only job content, but also the company's values, work environment, focus on sustainability, etc. When the company has made itself interesting to the potential new employee, they students emphasize that they think our area has a lot to offer them, such as beautiful nature, good space, an international airport and an international environment. ”

So the answer to our question about how we attract international talent to work in Billund municipality, must be found in the local companies and their attempts to attract new employees through i.a. Linkedin. Not only by focusing on the job content, but also on the values ​​in the company - backed by general information about what opportunities there are in the area to live an active, safe and preferably international life, from which it is easy to get out into the world.

The three students themselves spent a day in Billund together with Settlement Coordinator Marianne Thomsen from Billund ErhvervsFremme, and they were all three very ready to move to the area IF the right job presented itself. "We have already moved to Denmark, so we are not afraid of another move in Denmark," they said. They were particularly attracted to having an international airport close by and that there was potentially an opportunity to have their children in an international school.

At Billund ErhvervsFremme, we have a strong focus on attracting and retaining qualified labor, therefore it was important for us to participate in Future Talent Denmark, which Work-Live-Stay facilitates in 2021 and 2022.

The project involves associating three international students with a company that will work on a problem chosen by the company within three days. The purpose of the project is both to create contact between students and companies and to let companies sniff out what it means to have international employees.

The three students who were affiliated with Billund ErhvervsFremme all come from SDU in Kolding and Sønderborg, respectively, and study marketing, mechatronics and electronics, and they are themselves in the target group that many of our local companies want to hire more employees from.

Here you can read more about Talent for Denmark, or Future Talent Denmark

The Triangle area's business promotion organizations are establishing 7 new professional networks within product, competence and business development.
Thus, every business promotion organization comes with a network.

The need for networks is confirmed by the results of the IRIS Software Group survey for the Triangle area, where more than 165 industrial companies in the Triangle area have answered that they "to a large extent" demand cooperation and sparring in relation to product, competence and general business development.

What we also in Billund ErhvervsFremme experience with the companies is a shift in interest - from curiosity about buzz word - to more concrete action. Therefore, together with the 6 other business offices in the Triangle area, we are now launching some professional networks where we expect to be able to gather competent people for knowledge sharing across companies throughout the Triangle area.

The 7 networks look like this:

Billund ErhvervsFremme -  IIoT Industrial Internet of Things
Business Kolding - AM / 3D, print for product development
UdvijklingVejen -  Digitization of construction
Haderslev Business Council -  Hygienic design
Vejle Business -  CO2 accounting and CSR communication
Business Fredericia -  Sustainable production in the supply chain
Middelfart Business Center - Network is underway

You can find the preliminary information about the start date, etc. on the individual networks.
It is free to join the networks.