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Half of the area is gravel desert scattered with container offices, and the other half is taken up by rectangular silver-grey factory buildings of an imposing size, surrounded by Swedish pine forests as far as the eye can see. There are no immediate signs that a veritable breakthrough has occurred at the 100-hectare area near the small town of Skellefteå in northern Sweden.
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