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ExpandFibre is an ambitious R&D collaboration launched in 2020 by two Finnish companies Fortum and Metsä Group. ExpandFibre was one of the first leading company or “Veturi” projects – a public funding scheme initiated by Business Finland to boost the Finnish R&D landscape. With wood pulp from the forest industry and straw from agriculture as the preliminary feedstocks, ExpandFibre envisioned to accelerate the development of sustainable bioproducts by upgrading pulp fibres, hemicellulose and lignin into new bioproducts. Co-funded by Business Finland and the leading companies themselves, this 4-year programme officially ended in August 2024 giving way to the next phase in the ExpandFibre journey – a transition phase coordinated by Metsä Group. Spinverse team has been proudly supporting this vibrant programme and ecosystem every step of the way. 

The multidisciplinary E3 Excellence in Pandemic Response and Enterprise Solutions (E3) project, which focuses on preventing pandemics and finding out the different routes of infectious diseases, starts publishing final results after three years of work. Among the most significant outcomes are the results from a daycare study performed in four different daycare centres in the city of Helsinki. In the daycare centres, where the air was cleaned with air purifiers, children’s morbidity decreased by 18 percent. Spinverse is part of this exciting project as a coordinator together with Tamlink.

Finding the right partners may often prove to be one of the obstacles to develop or commercialise new AI solutions. An activity within the ELISE network has addressed this challenge by launching a catalogue in 2022 that provided a broad sample on European research organisations focused on AI, thus making it easier for academia and industry to find the right partners for a fruitful collaboration. There is now an updated version available, this time bringing nodes from the European industry. 

Spinverse supported the POC4TRIAGE project, an ambitious Horizon Europe initiative with a budget of almost 10M€, aimed at developing cutting-edge Point-of-Care (POC) devices and a connected platform to revolutionise urgent care triaging. By enabling faster diagnosis and real-time data transfer to hospital systems, the project aims to shorten the time to treatment and improve clinical outcomes for top 3 critical conditions such as cardiorespiratory, stroke and sepsis. 

Autumn has arrived, and so have our new team members. We are pleased to introduce three talented professionals joining Spinverse: Timo Lappalainen, Tafheem Masudi and Nuhamin Petros, bringing with them expertise either in finance or health technologies.

A recently completed SWEETWOODS is a 43M€ joint pilot project that was granted 21M€ in funding from the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) instrument under the EU Horizon 2020 programme. Supported by Spinverse throughout its journey, the six-year project reached its completion in May 2024 with the festive inauguration of the flagship biorefinery in Imavere, Estonia. The Fibenol flagship plant has established itself as a cornerstone of the bio-based economy of the future. 

European Hydrogen Bank is a financing instrument aimed at creating investment security and new business opportunities for the production of renewable hydrogen. The final terms and conditions of the European Hydrogen Bank auction call for 2024 are expected to be published in August-September this year. Dedicated Spinverse experts are here to support you if you would like to learn more about the business opportunities the Hydrogen Bank offers to the hydrogen sector.

Spinverse has an excellent track record on providing clients with a portfolio of end-to-end services related to EU-funded projects. Here is a snapshot of our expert services for your company if you are seeking to boost your business with EU funding.

If you are planning to join an EU-funded project consortium, it might be a good idea to reflect on the different roles in the project and what role your company wishes to play in it. Each project needs a coordinator, and each project needs multiple partners across the value chain and in cross-cutting roles. Read our take on this topic.

We are happy to announce some great personnel news from Spinverse. We have a new colleague joining our Manufacturing team, based in Sweden, and a promotion for one of our colleagues. Please welcome Karin Bergkvist as our new Senior Consultant and join us in congratulating Viivi Ropponen on her promotion to Consultant.