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News Additive manufacturing, or 3D-printing, enables a paradigm shift for the industry, Additiv tillverkning, eller 3D-printing i dagligt tal, möjliggör ett paradigmskifte för industrin, which provides completely new opportunities for product development and production. But for companies to be able to fully utilize the strength of the technology, support is needed in every step along the supply chain ranging from development of new business models to product design and testing in a real production environment. Therefore, RISE is opening up the Application Center for Additive Manufacturing together with industrial and academic partners.

News The Swedish Manufacturing R&D Clusters has for over ten years successfully developed industry-relevant R&D for competitive production. Now the different clusters work together to develop project ideas for a more sustainable production.

News The Production Cluster Digital Manufacturing is currently working on identifying needs for technology development and competence to shape a strategy and “roadmap”.

News The SCARCE II project aims to develop a solution for data sharing within a value chain in the automotive industry. A workshop on data storage was recently held, which resulted in a number of interesting insights.

News The new SABACE project, which stands for Sustainable Automated Assembly for Customized Products, focuses on solving dynamic needs in assembly systems.

News The Vinnova-financed project Test bed LIGHTest was completed in the spring of 2021. In the four years that the project has been running, thirteen industrial pilot projects and five assignments together with small and medium-sized companies have been completed. The majority of the projects (70 percent) have led to direct business benefits and implementation. LIGHTest is of particular interest to members of the Manufacturing Cluster for Forming and Joining, but also to others.

News Increased digitization of production has many potential benefits, but increased knowledge of standards is important for companies to be able to take advantage of the opportunities. It is a challenge to relate to the large number of standards and standardization work that is underway. To meet these needs, this forum is created for Swedish industry.

News On 5-6 May, it was time for this year's edition of the Manufacturing R&D Cluster Conference with the theme: Sustainable manufacturing - green value chains. The conference set a new record with 485 participants.

Log Anna Öhrwall Rönnbäck: Doctoral students in doctoral courses with industry participants share new experiences with new acquaintances. Professors who lead the courses absorb new ideas from rewarding discussions. It is not about ONE source of knowledge but how we together seek knowledge to solve urgent challenges.

News With report from theSIG PM yearly meeting and invitations to PhD courses as well as other information from the Swedish Product Development Academy.

Log Johan Stahre: The global industry is not always so resistant, just look at the unfortunate containership in the Suez Canal. An event like that hinders subcontractors from delivering and the car industry are forced to stop its production... A clear example of how non-resilient our world currently is.

Log Vinnova are launching 10 new areas and are focusing on sustainability and societal challenges. Read Tero Stjernstofts latest log on Vinnovas initiatives.

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