Sustainable Materials Data Ecosystem
The overall goal of this project is to increase the speed, accuracy and transparency of integrating new sustainable materials into the vehicle supply chain – thereby accelerating the speed of implementation that is needed for Sweden to lead the transition to sustainable road transportations.
Having access to the right information at the right time provides the conditions for designers to design for circularity, for manufacturers to choose the sustainable material that suits the purpose of extended use (reuse and recycle), and for the purchasers to assess and include new materials and suppliers. Today it takes far too long time to find the necessary information for each role.
A consortium, consisting of a selected part of the automotive value chain representing OEMs, SMEs and suppliers, as well as academia, has been created to address these challenges.
The project includes:
- Development of a material data sandbox
- Development of AI-assisted tools
- Evaluation of data from the perspectives of multiple personas based on real users to extract insights from that data
- Research on how this type of tools gains acceptance among users
- Evaluation of the end-to-end data flow, from suppler into the sandbox utilizing a range of material suppliers including fossil free steel, recycled aluminium, sustainable polymers and biomaterial
The project will contribute to accelerating the introduction of new sustainable materials in the value chain, which can radically reduce the environmental impact of development and manufacturing processes.
Project period: January 1 2025 - December 31 2026
Project partners: Volvo Technology AB, Stena Aluminium AB, SSAB EMEA AB, K. D. Feddersen Plastics Machinery AB, Polykemi AB, Linköpings universitet, Juteborg Sweden AB, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Borealis AB, Lindholmen Science Park
Funded by: Vinnova via the FFI circularity programme
Contact
Helena Theander
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