Engineering & Materials Industry

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A diversified industrial base

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Globally leading firms in the aerospace, automotive, biomedical, packaging, workshop and tooling industries.

• The European Commission has chosen Graphene as one of Europe’s first 10-year, 1,000 million euro FET flagships.

• The flagship will be coordinated by Chalmers University of Technology based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Director is Professor Jari Kinaret, who will lead the research activities together with the leaders of the 15 work packages.

• Graphene’s unique combination of superior properties makes it a credible starting point for new disruptive technologies in a wide range of fields.

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Graphene appointed an EU Future Emerging Technology flagship !

Materials Research Institutes

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Metals & Mining Project structure

• 2- year project 2012-13

• Partners • Invest in Norbotten

• Västerbotten Investment Agency

• Invest in Dalarna

• SGU

• Strategy based on Profile Area and Market selection

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Metals & Mining Profile Areas / Priority Markets

Profile area / Market Aus. Can. China India Japan Korea EU

Exploration xxx xxx x

Project Financing xxx xxx xx x xx xx x

Value chain addition xxx xxx x

Mining & Metallurgy R&D x x x xx

Internationalisation of Innovation xx xx x x

Strategic off-take agreements xx x

Other

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Current projects in Sweden

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Fiber & Packaging Profile Areas / Priority Markets

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Japan

Sweden

South Korea China

India

Brazil

Strategic approach 2013 !

Material

technology Nanotechnology

New materials biopolymers composites active materials

Paper / Pulp processes

energy efficiency

recycling

biorefinery

Intelligence in

packaging PrintedElectronics

production

components

system integration

Intelligent systems

flows / system thinking

Security&Traceability

brand protection

traceability/RFID

indicators/labels

Human Product Interaction Packaging design

Consumer understanding

testing laboratories/

eye tracking

functionality

Printing/converting tech.

Bio - Based Economy

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Processum and Domsjö

Fabriker

MidSweden University

Chemrec, Sunpine

Innventia

Stenungsund

cluster

Swerea SICOMP

Wallenberg Wood Science

Center (Chalmers)

Wallenberg Wood Science

Center (KTH)

Biorefinery Öresund

Paper Surface Centre at

Karlstad University

UPSC and Swetree

Södra pulp R&D centre

Green chemistry - a nationwide

innovation area!

Automation Innovative manufacturing

• Swedish manufacturing competitiveness rests on our ability to make extensive automation and innovative manufacturing methods more cost efficient than personal-intensive manufacturing based on a low salaries!

• New initiative to market Sweden as a hub for manufacturing technology development

• Swedish owned companies with outsourced manufacturing represents an important target group

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Investment categories Strategic alliances – Innovation comp.

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Partnership agreement between

MicVac and DNP signed at the

Swedish Embassy in Tokyo in

presence of the Swedish

Ambassador and Invest Sweden.

December 2010

Invest Sweden supported

actively during the negotiations

Investment categories R&D cooperation in Sweden

• ITC, Indias leading Paper&Pulp company joining Innventia central R&D programme

• KIMM, Korea leading materials R&D institute, join Acreo in three year R&D agreement within printed electronics

• Lintec, Japan commit funding and resource for joint R&D with Acreo /Linköping University

• ITC, joint evaluation with SEKAB, of different bioamass qualities for ethanol production.

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Investment categories Strategic alliances – Commercial

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Press release

October 24th, 2012

AR Packaging Group AB and TCPL Packaging Ltd. signed partnership agreement The AR Packaging Group AB, Lund Sweden and TCPL Packaging Limited, Mumbai India has signed a strategical partnership agreement. The objective of the agreement is a strategical partnership mainly in cooperation in the manufacturing, sourcing and sales and marketing in India for the solid folding carton market. Harald Schulz, President and CEO of AR Packaging Group says: „We are very happy and we are looking forward to work with TCPL in India for the future. TCPL is one of the best converters for folding cartons in this huge country with a lot of possibilities. The partnership with TCPL will increase our international capabilities and will let us further grow as a global packaging company.” Saket Kanoria, Managing Director of TCPL Packaging Limited says: „AR Packaging is the ideal partner for us to establish an international footprint and to work with together to service global customers and suppliers for the growing Indian market and Asia in general. We will work closely and will build on both our strengths which will ensure that we can develop and

Cluster development

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Investment categories Greenfield Sales-Tech. services

• SIG Combibloc

• Raja Pack

• Sturopack

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