Environmental FIA

MiljöFIA's vision is to reduce the environmental impact but increase the competitiveness of the Swedish manufacturing sector. This is done by establishing a national arena for flexible and innovative automation in western Sweden. In practice, this means that robots and humans should be able to work together safely and efficiently in the production environment, but also that new technology and digital processes should help to streamline production.

Swedish technology companies have a combined turnover of almost SEK 800 billion, but there are also challenges for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to keep up with the increasingly fierce competition. The opportunities provided by digitalization and R&D collaboration will help these companies increase their competitiveness by building more efficient and value-adding manufacturing flows with a sufficient degree of automation.

MiljöFIA will create a competence center for the region's companies at the Production Technology Center (PTC) where important national / international research actors collaborate, thus creating valuable skills transfer. The competence center will create long-term collaboration in research and development issues related to innovative automation with the aim of strengthening competitiveness and skills supply. Companies will be identified and recruited for active participation and a long-term relationship. This makes the demonstration environment a sustainable research and development environment that will live on after the project ends.

The project puts a strong focus on the need for companies to create attractive, safe and efficient workplaces that are adapted to frequent changes in volumes and products.