Swerea
| Company type | Research group |
|---|---|
| Industry | Research, Materials science |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Kista, Stockholm region, Sweden |
Key people | Peter Samuelsson Chairman Göran Carlsson Group CEO |
| Revenue | 700 million SEK (2017) |
| 18,2 million SEK (2017) | |
| Owners | Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) owns 43%, and five owner associations fem owns 57%; The Interest Association for Corrosion Research, Metallurgiska Forskningsbolaget i Luleå, Stiftelsen Svensk Järn- och Metallforskning, Swerea IVFs industry group, and Swedish foundry association |
Number of employees | 536 (2017) |
| Subsidiaries | Swerea IVF, Swerea KIMAB, Swerea MEFOS, Swerea SWECAST, Swerea SICOMP |
| Website | www.swerea.se/en |
Swerea was a Swedish research group specialising in applied scientific research in materials development, production and product development. The group operated mainly in Sweden for industry with operations in Sweden, but also owns the Corrosion Institute in France. The Swerea group consisted of five research institutes: Swerea IVF, Swerea KIMAB, Swerea MEFOS, Swerea SWECAST and Swerea SICOMP. Office locations were Kista (Stockholm), Luleå, Piteå, Mölndal (Gothenburg), Jönköping, Linköping, Eskilstuna, Trollhättan, Oslo, St Etienne och Brest.
October 1, 2018 Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) acquired two-thirds of the research group, including Swerea IVF, Swerea SICOMP, Swerea SWECAST and the corrosion area of Swerea KIMAB. These companies now make up the RISE division Materials and Production and has subsequently changed name to RISE IVF, RISE SICOMP, RISE SWECAST and RISE KIMAB.
MEFOS and the remaining part of Swerea KIMAB launched a new research institute, Swerim, with a focus on mining, mineral, steel and metal research, partly owned by RISE.