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The project aims to transform the way the Swedish manufacturing industry manages resource flows by looking at information exchange across organisational boundaries. The goal is to create strategic guidance concerning the product/data life cycle and the value chain. A desired effect is to facilitate communication and collaboration between organisations to increase material efficiency and improve companies' competitiveness.
The project is on IVA's list of the most promising research projects in Sweden in 2024.
Green CVD
Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) is used to apply thin layers of various materials onto a wide variety of products, for example, electronics and cutting tools. It is, therefore, directly and indirectly, an important process for a large number of industries. CVD uses large amounts of energy and gases, and there is great potential for improvements from an environmental sustainability perspective. This project will unlock that potential by developing a concept for a reactor design that enables a more efficient use of added resources in the form of molecules and energy.
The project is on IVA's list of the most promising research projects in Sweden in 2024.
Scandere: Scaling up a circular economy business model by new design, keener manufacturing, and automated material recycling technologies
The project is about scaling up the product-as-a-service (PaaS) business model to achieve a circular economy with improved product design, more efficient remanufacturing, and automated technology for recycling materials. The research aims to create incentives for companies to reuse products and materials that contain raw materials classified as critical raw materials in the EU.
Remarkable: Remanufacturing – key enabler to future business
The project aims to support manufacturers to be more resilient, circular, and sustainable through remanufacturing and by contributing to a more efficient use of resources. The goal is to reduce uncertainties and risks in manufacturers' component and material supply with more circular production systems.
System inertia: An obstacle to electrified circular transport and construction business models
To accelerate electrification towards a fossil-free and more circular Sweden, it is important to understand the current value networks and ecosystems needed, and how they are expected to develop in the future. In many cases, there are legal and financial obstacles that negatively affect the ability to implement and scale up circular business models for electrified transport and construction vehicles. The project focuses on such aspects that can cause system inertia and prevent a smooth and rapid transition to circular business models for electrified transport and construction vehicles. The aim is to find solutions for how these can be mitigated.
