Swerea

Swerea AB

Type	Research group
Industry	Research, Materials science
Founded	2005
Key people	Peter Samuelsson Chairman Göran Carlsson Group CEO
Revenue	711 million SEK (2014)
Net income	11,5 million SEK (2014)
Owners	Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) owns 43%, and five owner associations fem owns 57%; The Interest Association for Corrosion Research, Metallurgiska Forskningsbolaget i Luleå, Stiftelsen Svensk Järn- och Metallforskning, Swerea IVFs industry group, and Swedish foundry association
Number of employees	550 (november 2014)
Subsidiaries	Swerea IVF, Swerea KIMAB, Swerea MEFOS, Swerea SWECAST, Swerea SICOMP
Website	www.swerea.se/en

Swerea is a Swedish research group specializing in applied scientific research in materials development, production and product development. The group operates mainly in Sweden for industry with operations in Sweden, but also owns the Corrosion Institute in France. The Swerea group consist of the research five research institutes: Swerea IVF, Swerea KIMAB, Swerea MEFOS, Swerea SWECAST and Swerea SICOMP.^[1] Office locations are Kista (Stockholm), Luleå, Piteå, Mölndal (Göteborg), Jönköping, Linköping, Eskilstuna, Trollhättan, Oslo, St Etienne och Brest.

Ownership

The group is owned to 42,8 % by the Swedish state through the holding company Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) ^[2] and to 57,2 % by member companies from the industry represented by 5 owner associations. RISE operates under the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation (Sweden).^[3]

History

During the beginning and mid 20th century Swedish industry prospered. A a result of the blooming years a number of research institutes were formed to ensure further development. The first was the Metallographic Institute (Metallografiska institutet), founded in 1921^[4] by director and physicist Carl Benedicks. The institute was to go through many mane changes and merges. From The Metallographic institute to The Institute for metal research (IM) to Swerea KIMAB, when it merged with the Corrosion Institute in 2005/2006 and became a part of the Swerea group. The Institute for Engineering Technology (Institutet för verkstadsteknisk forskning, IVF) and The Swedish Foundry Association (Svenska Gjuteriföreningen) were also formed during those good years. The Swedish Foundry Association eventually split into one research institute, Swerea SWECAST, and one trade association that kept the original name. When industry development and economy experienced a dip in the late 20th century, SICOMP was founded, in 1988, in order to strengthen competition through contributing with more advanced knowledge and research on composite material. SICOMP became Swerea SICOMP, a part of the Swerea group, when Swerea was founded in 2005.

Research collaborations

Swerea research focus on materials development, production development and product development. The research group takes part in international research efforts such as CleanSky, STEPWISE, Fire-restist, Biobased Industries etcetera.

Subsidiaries

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