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As we in the Spinverse Digital Industries business unit train our gaze on the emerging opportunities for R&D consortia across Europe, one aspect is clear to our more than 300 clients. The pace is picking up, with forces unleashed by the overlapping utilisation of Generative AIs that are penetrating functions across corporates, SMEs, startups, universities and RTOs.
Swedish solar energy company Midsummer was selected in June 2023 by the EU to receive a significant grant to boost a self-sufficient solar energy production in Europe. The 32M€ funding, granted by the highly competitive EU Innovation Fund, is awarded to construct a new 200 MW mega factory in Sweden to produce CIGS (copper, indium, gallium and selenide) thin film solar cells. Spinverse contributed to the successful funding decision by providing expert services in the project application phase.
Sensors (electronics), robots and AI permeate every aspect of customer consortia activities within Spinverse’s Digital Industries business unit. From southern Europe to the far north; from the Atlantic, across to Eastern Europe, the partnerships we bring together include corporates, SMEs, startups, RTOs and universities, combined with hospitals and other public service entities. Together, we solve really complex challenges.
Our Principal Consultant Magnus Andersson from Spinverse Sweden had the honour to represent the European Horizon 2020 FlexiGrid project at the international scientific conference IEEE EEEAM (Asia Meeting on Environment and Electrical Engineering) in Hanoi, Vietnam, in November. He was invited to deliver a keynote presentation on the learnings of FlexiGrid. In his keynote, Magnus discussed about integrating an impact framework into R&D projects to enhance market and the societal impact from R&D efforts.
At Spinverse, we are cultivating a culture that embraces the idea that learning never truly ends. People naturally lean towards a curiosity for new knowledge and an enthusiasm for our diverse community. We firmly believe that there's a wealth of wisdom to gain from one another. Therefore, adoption and exploitation of AI is not taking us by surprise, either.
Spinverse Group announces the appointment of Fredrik Nyman as the new Chief Executive Officer, effective from November 27th 2023. Fredrik brings with him strong experience from his 15-year career at LINK Mobility Group, a rapidly expanding tech company in Sweden.
We have the pleasure to introduce our three Analyst Trainees Ville Virkkunen, Akseli Makkonen and Hugo Kallio-Mannila, who joined our Industrial Investments team, reporting to Jani Peurakoski.
Solar Foods is leading a ground-breaking HYDROCOW consortium project to develop a novel biotechnology platform introducing new ways to produce sustainable food, materials, medicine and chemicals. Spinverse funding experts worked with the project consortium for their successful project proposal, which was selected for funding by the European Innovation Council (EIC) from more than 400 contesting teams.
Building a consortium with over forty partners across the EU is complex, especially when you are combining the distributed R&D&I capabilities from corporates, SMEs, universities, RTOs and start-ups from 20+ countries. Patrick Halford, our VP, Digital Industries, discusses this challenge and our take on how to approach it.
A new automated solution that brings safety to the patient’s everyday life and streamlines the work of healthcare professionals has been developed in the CleverHealth Network co-ordinated by HUS. The new remote care model enables savings of up to tens of thousands of euros per patient. The first service solution created as a result of the partnership cooperation will now be commercialized in cooperation with Fujitsu. Spinverse has played an important role in building and facilitating the CleverHealth Network ecosystem and we are delighted to see the outcomes of the relentless work between partners.