Composite - Arctic Business

Collab within the field of fiber composite

Collab Composite is specialised in the field of fiber composite. You, as a start-up, can pitch your products and services. For you as industry partner, we will scout and find innovations and disruptive technologies for you. The goal is for start-ups and industry partners to co-create new sustainable products and services using fiber composites.

The Öjebyn Composite village and Piteå Science Park have a long and proven history in this sector. Several innovative technologies and products have taken their firsts steps here.

Collab is a service by Arctic Business where we cooperate in key sectors from various science parks.

FOR INDUSTRY LEADERS

Solve your challenges together with us

Fiber composite carries the potential to dramatically improve a wide range of applications where traditional composites, metals, and other heavy materials have been dominant. But it must happen now. Collab aims to find innovative applications and usage from renewable and sustainable fiber composites. For example:

Develop new manufacturing methods
Apply fiber composite to new markets and areas of use
Improve composite quality and sustainability
Reduce the environmental impact of production
Partnerships with state-of-the-art start-ups
Boost time and cost efficiency in manufacturing

FOR START-UPS

Co-create with world-leading companies

As a start-up active in fiber composites, we place you in front of world-leading companies to solve industry challenges together. You will get the opportunity to:

Showcase your products & services
Prove your innovative power
Create strong business relationships
Funded proof-of-concept projects
Broaden your business network
Access to experts and competence

Our network is your network

Piteå with Öjebyn Composite Village have unique facilities and alliances to develop future-proof fibre composite products. You will gain access to competence networks, physical testbeds, and research institutes to improve your work. All this hosted by Piteå Science Park.

Networks and experts

Access to experts and networks e.g. RI.SE SICOMP and SWE-CIC. Luleå University of Technology is specialised in composite and other lightweight materials

Testbeds and production

Öjebyn composite village offers physical testbeds and a top-modern production environment. with experts on production and scaling your ideas.

Home away from home

Piteå Science Park offers an environment where you can get an office, find likeminded startups and industries, and get helap and support for whatever you and your team will need.

How it works

Submit your ideas

As as Start-up simply submit your proposed new services or technology (follow our short template) and we will review and present this to our Industry partners.

Meet Industry

Industry partners will review your proposal and decide if to invite you to present them. These pitch days will happen 3-4x per year. If invited we help you prepare for this.

Create joint project

If there is a match between your ideas and the industry needs you will get the opportunity to agree on a joint proof-of-concept project (typically 3-6 months long). Collab will then support you in performing this.