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6 December / 2023

Hot topic at Scanautomatic: How to attract a young engineer!

The rapid development of industrial automation is creating increased demand for new technical skills. - But it also requires leadership, says Anna Bengtsson, a 24-year-old application engineer. She has five practical tips on how companies can attract young people and get the skills they need to keep up. Anna Bengtsson, together with Sofie Nilsson, was awarded the Automation Student prize last ...
26 October / 2022

Pressrelease: Scanautomatic’s return generates sustained and huge interest

On Thursday, 20 October this year’s Scanautomatic – the industry’s most important meeting place for automation and digitalisation – came to a close. After a four-year hiatus, the need for, and interest in, the event was evident. Scanautomatic is the meeting place devoted to the future of automation and digitalisation. Industry, academia and policymakers come together under one roof to create t...
13 October / 2022

Mission to Zero – ABB’s drive towards climate neutrality

Never before has it been so important for the entire industry to join forces to enable the energy transition by applying existing technologies. Not only does the transition require the development of tomorrow’s technologies, but it also highlights the importance of applying those that already exist. “Mission to Zero” is the name of ABB’s programme to work towards climate neutrality in building...
13 October / 2022

Enabling the water facility of the future

A collaboration between Roslagsvatten, Schneider Electric, AFRY and AVEVA Select Scandinavia is making the intelligent water system of the future possible. The project is part of Roslagsvatten’s journey towards its Roslagsvatten 2.0 vision, which is about using digitalisation to meet the challenges we face and create a smarter and more sustainable society. Daniel Ljungqvist has been working wi...
13 October / 2022

Innovation-rich sessions at Scanautomatic

On 19 October at 14.15, Ignite will take the stage at Scanautomatic, together with four industrial startups. They will focus on HOW to best enable and implement innovative solutions and collaborations in their business. - We have a very exciting startup scene in Sweden. These are innovators who have really sharp solutions for industrial automation and digitalisation. Meeting companies like the ...
5 October / 2022

Technology for locally produced clothing and sustainable fashion

The Microfactories project is shaking up the Swedish textile industry through increased automation and digitalisation. It’s about making the value chain more sustainable and circular with the help of robots and blockchain technology, but also getting us, as customers, to start investing in clothes instead of just consuming them. Every year, Swedes throw away an average of six kilos of clothes a...
30 September / 2022

Northvolt puts the focus on skills supply at Scanautomatic

Right now, Northvolt is working to create the world’s greenest lithium-ion battery, which is a crucial part of the goal to electrify both industry and the vehicle fleet. With new processes and technologies come new needs, and in this case the skills supply is one of them. Something Northvolt will be talking about at this year’s Scanautomatic. Emelie Adenlöf works at Northvolt as a project manag...
30 September / 2022

WA3RM solves industry’s surplus heat problem

A residual product that is often wasted in electricity-intensive industries is low- and medium-grade heat. Energy that is simply not used. Until now. WA3RM develops and finances projects that make use of this surplus heat. WA3RM’s solution is to buy residual heat from large, electricity-intensive industries to develop and finance bio-based operations on an industrial scale. And from the heat, ...
30 September / 2022

IFM and Ericsson collaborate – with industrial communications on the agenda

One aspect of industry’s transition is that there are greater demands on industrial communications, while the need for flexibility is growing every day. IFM, together with Ericsson, is now collaborating to offer adaptive wireless industrial communications using 5G. Gary Troberg of IFM and Micael Hermansson of Ericsson join Scanautomatic on stage to talk about the companies’ joint work. Gary Tro...