Production development and transformation for competitiveness

The conditions for manufacturing companies are changing faster than ever, making it harder to make decisions that hold up over time.

AI, data, automation, robotics and humanoids are transforming how the industry produces, demanding intelligent, future-proof production systems. At the same time, circularity, robust value chains and adaptability are essential for a sustainable and competitive manufacturing industry.

We help you take the next step - making decisions that last and developing production that is robust, flexible and competitive.

As an independent partner, we're with you for as long as you need, in whatever role fits: from understanding your situation and rethinking approaches, to developing, testing, implementing and following up. We work with everything from short analyses to long-term research and development projects, including security-classified assignments.

We are your partner on the path to sustainable and competitive production.

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Martina Westman

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Take the next step in your production journey. Contact Martina and we'll help you move forward.

Every challenge is different

Choose the approach that best fits your situation, or get in touch if you're unsure where to start.

Solution

Understand your production situation: requirements, risks and priorities

You know something needs to be done, but not where to start. New requirements, changing market conditions and recurring problems create situations that are hard to get an overview of. What requirements apply to you? What's most important to address first? We help you find answers and the right basis for your next step.

Solution

Develop your ideas and verify that they hold up in production

A good idea is the starting point. But for a new product, process or technology to create real value, it needs to work in production, meet market requirements and be scalable in a cost-effective way.

Solution

Transform your operations for the future of production

Some challenges can't be solved by optimising what you already do. They require a different way of thinking, new strategies, new ways of working, sometimes an entirely new business logic. We help you carry out that kind of transformation, whether it concerns production, digitalisation, sustainability, or business models.

Why RISE

Independent expertise

– we are a state-funded research institute with no commercial interest in your technology choices. That makes us a neutral partner you can trust.

With you all the way

– we can support you from analysis and idea through to implementation and follow-up, whether it's a short focused assignment or a long research project.

Test before you invest

– in our real-world test environments, you can verify that the solution holds up under real conditions, before you commit resources or scale up.

A trusted partner even where confidentiality matters

– we work under confidentiality and with security clearance, making us suitable for assignments involving total defence and supply security.

Help finding funding

– we help you identify and apply for the right support to carry out your project, whether through European, national or regional programmes.

How we've helped others

Challenges look different from one company to the next. Some need support to transform their entire operation. Others want to understand their situation or test an idea. The outcome tends to be similar either way: more stable production, better quality and stronger competitiveness.

Article

How Nexans began turning production data into valuable insights

How can a manufacturing company use its production data to reduce disruptions, improve quality and make more sustainable decisions? At its Grimsås site, Nexans has transformed fragmented data into valuable insights. "Our goal has not only been to focus on deviations, but also to receive feedback from digital solutions when we're doing things right," says Perparim Sylejmani at Nexans.

Article

From Safety to Circularity – Robotics for Design and Disassembly

Robust constructions are essential for safety. Circularity, however, requires products that can be taken apart. Wherever these requirements coincide, the same challenge emerges: how can they be combined without compromise?

Materials and durability / Article

Support throughout the journey towards a PFAS-free, circular frying pan

A non-stick frying pan that is not only circular but also free from PFAS substances. That was the idea behind the start-up Ipinium. Following close collaboration with RISE and Chalmers Industriteknik, the NordCoat non-stick coating is now ready for the market.

Circular transition / Article

Autocirc Rematrontech strengthens remanufacturing with a strategic roadmap

How can remanufacturing become a viable business model? A key starting point is to develop clear strategies and roadmaps that map the journey from the current state to circular product life cycles. By working with a roadmap, Autocirc Rematrontech gained fresh perspectives and a tool that simplifies concrete changes while making it easier to prioritize over the long term.

Expertise in production and manufacturing

Production is about more than just technology; it's also about how people, organisations and systems interact. RISE combines in-depth manufacturing expertise with knowledge of lean processes, digitalisation, automation and change management.

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Expertise

Sheet metal forming

Sheet metal forming is a competitive manufacturing method for many products. RISE is collaborating with industry in research and development with focus on the application, for example by analysing the process, the material properties, or the tribological system.

Expertise

Technology in production and logistics

How is new technology implemented in your organization? And how can you get started? We help you get started with a concrete and defined next step!

Expertise

Sustainable Manufacturing

Manufacturing companies should adopt their business strategies, products and services that meet the needs of the company and its stakeholders, while sustaining the human and natural resources that will be needed in the future.

Composites / Expertise

Composite material manufacturing

At RISE, we have long experience of working with press technology for composites and have the expertise and equipment to support you in the development of materials, components and production technology, from research to prototype manufacturing.

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Technology infrastructures for production and manufacturing

Test new manufacturing methods without disrupting your existing production processes. Verify and optimise your processes for forming, pressing, joining and additive manufacturing in RISE's test and demo environments before scaling up.

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Test & demo

Hybrid joining testbed

The joining methods of the future gathered together in a single testbed for hybrid joining.

Test & demo

Stamping and forming center Olofström

Higher demands are placed on future products. Lower weight, longer life and better material utilization are required for sustainable development and strengthened competitiveness. RISE stamping and forming center in Olofström is a test and demonstration facility for future production of lightweigth products.

IRBAM – large scale additive manufacturing with industrial robot

Robotic large-area additive manufacturing and thermoplastic composites enable the creation of complex geometries with precision. Moreover, by minimizing the use of raw materials and promoting recycling, we also reduce our environmental impact.

Materials and durability / Test & demo

Mechanical reliability and life

Nationally unique by combining advanced mechanical life testing with cutting edge knowledge within reliability and computations.

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Explore our services

Support throughout the journey, from assessment and measurement to certification and financing.

Article

How to make your maintenance organisation part of your business strategy

Technological developments are opening up new opportunities for industry to optimise its production assets. Now it is time for maintenance organisations to follow suit. - To take the next step, technology and organisation must evolve in parallel. It's not enough to install sensors and collect data if we don't have an organisation that can absorb and act on the information," says Camilla Munther, researcher in maintenance and production development at RISE.

Service

Strengthen your organization with Smart Maintenance

Technology development moves forward at a rapid pace and can create opportunities to predict maintenance needs and thereby reduce the risk of costly breakdowns. But what development of the maintenance organization is required to take full advantage of the technology and save time and costs? Let RISE help with your Smart Maintenance strategy.

Expertise

Prognostics and Health Management (PHM)

We help to develop a novel decision support system for smart predictive maintenance based on PHM Technology for Engineering systems. In the long run, we help your company to be able to offer applications together with services to your customers who manage the other operation & maintenance of assets and reduce their operating costs.

Digitalisation / Expertise

Smart Predictive Maintenance

Our expertise is to help companies to develop and apply smart predictive maintenance concepts for industrial systems to reduce your plant’s maintenance costs & energy expenses while improving environmental sustainability. We help to build novel & proactive intelligent decision support systems for smart predictive maintenance for engineering systems

Artificial intelligence / Article

Smarter maintenance using AI

Predictive maintenance ensures that problems do not arise, but it does mean that time and money are spent on things that may not have needed to be fixed yet. With the help of AI, companies can make predictive maintenance more accurate, thereby saving both time and money.

Improve and renew your business with Produktionslyftet

Produktionslyftet is a national programme that aims to strengthen industry's capacity for improvement and innovation, creating conditions for sustainable competitiveness and sustainability. Participating companies receive support in developing structures that promote growth, learning and engagement at all levels. They also have the opportunity to put their new knowledge into practice.

Article

Produktionslyftet continues to equip Swedish industry for the future

Launched in response to industry's need for increased competitiveness, the challenges of the future have become more numerous and complex. The development programme led by RISE is more relevant than ever.

Network

The Production Leap's development programme

We offer an 18 month long development programme for Swedish companies that want to increase their productivity, competitiveness and development ability. The programme is based on a method developed within the Production Leap.

Technologies shaping the future of production

Additive manufacturing is changing how industry produces

Additive manufacturing enables complex geometries, shorter lead times and local production close to the customer. Access expertise, test environments and a full materials palette through our Application Centre.

To the Application Centre for Additive Manufacturing

Our membership programmes – combined strength for competitive production