New research to strengthen industry preparedness
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Nineteen research projects have been granted funding to increase the resilience of Sweden’s metals and minerals supply. With a focus on preparedness, innovation and collaboration, the projects will develop solutions that strengthen industry both under normal conditions and in times of crisis.
Nineteen new research projects have now been granted funding within Swedish Metals & Minerals through the call Impact Innovation: Resilient metals and minerals supply for strengthened preparedness. The projects have a combined budget of more than SEK 70 million, of which approximately SEK 42 million is funding from Vinnova.
The projects granted funding through the call will create knowledge, concepts and tools that make it possible to analyse, plan and strengthen Sweden’s metals and minerals supply in peacetime, during heightened preparedness and ultimately in war, as well as in other challenging security policy situations.
A key purpose of the call is to strengthen the metals and minerals industry’s ability and conditions to contribute to total defence. The focus is on issues that industry itself can influence and that can be addressed through changes in working methods, organisation, technology, production or collaboration.
The new research projects will start after the summer (2026) and will run for one to three years.
Read more on Vinnova’s website for information about the projects (at the bottom of the page).
Projects granted funding through the call Impact Innovation: Resilient metals and minerals supply for strengthened preparedness:
NORDGUARD – Green, locally produced flotation reagents for strategic Swedish supply and preparedness of Cu–Zn–Ni–Co
GEORGE – Geopolitical and economic resilience in the Swedish foundry ecosystem
READS – Resilient alloy design for stainless steels
RESMET – Resilient and sustainable metals and minerals supply for total defence
ANDURIL – Additive manufacturing of nickel-based superalloys using electron beam powder bed fusion
ResKompiS – Resilient skills supply in the steel industry
WIRE-SAFE – Strengthened resilience in the wire drawing industry through secure supply of lubricants and forming tools
HåBiMet – RF – Sustainable biochar for metallurgical use – resilient supply chains
PSOM – Personnel vulnerability and organisational resilience – resilient metals and minerals supply for strengthened preparedness
FORGE – Framework for optimised resilient and green engineering
SHLENK – Silicate management in leaching of eudialyte from Norra Kärr
SIM-RES – Strengthened resilience through simulation of Swedish precision casting of superalloys
NordAL – Nordic alumina
DRIcamp – Data-driven methods for resilient precision casting – materials and processes
REWAMP – Resilient additive manufacturing of tungsten via Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion
IRVM – Innovative and resilient value chains in the metals and minerals industry
REFLEX – Resilient and flexible material development of strategic metals for critical facilities in civil and military defence
DOMINANT – Protective coatings for critical alloys in propulsion technologies for Swedish total defence, manufactured domestically
ICE-GRAPH – Innovative and cost-effective methods for graphite exploration