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project info
Start date: 1 January 2020
End date: 30 April 2023
funding
Fund: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Total budget: 866 698,42 €
EU contribution: 433 349,26 € (50%)
programme
Programming period: 2014-2020
Managing authority: Tillväxtverket
European Commission Topic

Fiber composites -Innovation node north

The overall goal of the project is to increase innovation capacity and growth among small and medium-sized companies primarily in the composite industry in northern Sweden, but also with its subcontractors, as well as existing automotive manufacturers and subcontractors to the automotive industry in the region. This will be achieved through the project goal, which is to promote cross-border co-operation in the value chain, and to strengthen collaboration within SWE-CIC, to introduce components in fibre composites on a large scale. The project owner has also specified a number of milestones where they will work towards achieving, among other things, a strong innovation node for continued development in the area of high volume production of composites has been established, a well-established open test and demo environment for composites at a high TRL level and more financiers and competencies have been attracted to the development and growth to take place in the region. The project’s overall goals, project goals and milestones will be achieved through the project owner will work with networking, coordination, business development, external monitoring, arrangements of own seminars and skills-enhancing activities. These activities will result in results such as the Innovation Node North being established in the region, that there is a national co-action along the value chain and that the project has developed new business ideas and partnerships that have led to growth among existing companies and developed completely new companies in the region.

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