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Are you a pioneering SME, startup in fiber composites, or a leading researcher at an institute? Picture a world where your innovation flourishes, your solutions make an impact, and you’re driving industry change alongside industry leaders. If this resonates with you, then Collab Composite is your platform.
SAAB and Hitachi Energy are collaborating in finding innovative solutions in the highly demanding and highly regulated world of composites products. We share the challenges regardless of if the end use is in aeronautical- or electrical insulating applications.
Inspections, testing, and quality control are critical elements of the production process. With the rapid development of sensors, machine learning and other tools there is an opportunity to make this process smarter, faster and safer. We are eager to learn about your technology and solutions that can drive this technology and make composites even more reliant and cost effective.
Saab serves the global market with world-leading products, services and solutions from military defence in all domains to civil security and uses advanced composite materials in e.g. aircraft structures, ship structures and radar installations.
Saab have a very diversified portfolio where our composites can be found in ground operations equipment, surface vessels, radar system and flying product, both in the high-performance defense sector and the high-volume civilian sector. Saab is looking for your support, technology or solutions that can assist us in making the composites production faster and more cost efficient. This could be through Non destructive testing (NDT) solutions, automated and digitally intelligent inspections and measurements, automated quality inspection and smart or predictable operations.
Hitachi Energy is co-creating global and local solutions to solve the global challenge of an inclusive and equitable carbon-neutral future and that future is electrification. Hitachi Energy uses composites in different products for high voltage transmission such as transformers and its components.
Hitachi Energy manufacturers composites that are in use in high voltage electrical insulation that make up an integral part of different components in the electrical grid. Today Hitachi Energy is experiencing an unprecedented global market growth due to the transition to renewable energy, the electrification of society and an ageing infrastructure. To be able to supply the increased demands Hitachi Energy is looking for new solutions and technologies to manufacture composites. Areas of interest in composite manufacturing are improved quality control methods such as automated and digitally intelligent inspections and measurements or new sensor or detections systems for control.
Check out the challenges from Saab & Hitachi Energy. Decide which ones are for you.
Apply via F6S and describe which challenges your solution addresses.
SAAB and Hitachi Energy will review the applications and invite the most interesting companies to join a COLLAB workshop.
At the COLLAB workshop, you will present your ideas and discuss potential collaborations with Saab & Hitachi Energy to move into a Proof-of-Concept project
If you need help or have questions, just contact us at collab@abi.se and we will arrange for this.
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.
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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.
Pitch template (PPT)
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.
As a start-up active in the field of fiber composites, we place you in front of world-leading companies to solve industry challenges together. You will get the opportunity to:
In Öjebyn, outside of Piteå, you will find over 50 years of experience within the development of many different kind of fiber composite products and processes and a close coopeation between companies, the research institute RISE and academia. There are in total vast resources to be found, both competence and equipment.
Collab act as a neutral partner that facilitates the process and cooperation between major industry actors and start-ups. We give you access to resources and facilities to innovate.
Here is a summary of what our expert partner RISE can offer in terms of support in the context of Collab Composite. Read more
You might need additional or supplementary competence during your proof-of-concept project. Via Collab Composite we can hook you up with the expertise in Öjebyn.
RISE and the companies together offer a comprehensive open testbed. The emphasis is on RISE, but the companies equipment is also part of the combined testbed. This means that most processes for manufacturing fiber composites are available in Öjebyn. RISE and the companies can also help out when it comes to produce prototypes or smaller pre-series.
Piteå Science Park offers an environment where you can get an office, find likeminded startups and industries, and get help and support for whatever you and your team will need.
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:
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