The project owner IUC Z-Group AB has 51 partners consisting of manufacturing companies in Jämtland County. The industries are wood, mechanical engineering, electronics, assembly, plastic, concrete and food. The project is based on two previous pre-studies. In these, member companies have been interviewed and based on the data collected, problem areas have been ranked, prioritised and analysed. The following three areas have then been identified: Corporate barriers to growth. Visibility and attractiveness. Manpower supply. Overall objectives of the project: To strengthen the competitiveness of technology companies in Jämtland County. Project objectives: That the target group overcomes identified growth barriers, external and internal. Sub-targets: Provide a working model to tackle intra-business barriers. Increase the visibility and attractiveness of companies as employers, and reach out to the broadest possible recruitment base (including women, young and foreign born). Expected result: More technology companies overcome the barriers to growth and communicate to potential workers that they are an industry of growing, attractive and development-oriented companies.