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SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut AB
SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden
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Address /
Contact person
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Brinellgatan 4
501 15 Borås, Sweden
www.sp.se
Mr. Martin Kylefors, martin.kylefors(at)sp.se
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Profile
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SP is a state owned company – a national institute for technical evaluation, research, testing, certification, metrology and calibration. We work closely with large and small companies, universities, institutes of technology and other organisations. SP's activities cover a wide technical range, with about 30 technology areas organised in eight inter-working technical departments and 10 subsidiaries. SP dispose of extensive experimental facilities. We are some 1400 co-workers who base our services on competence, efficiency, impartiality and international acceptance. We work extensively in international collaborations.
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Key Business / Risk Area
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Business Areas:
 Energy
 Environment
Health
Infrastructure & Construction
Materials/Nanotechnology
Social science & humanities
Transport
Food
Industrial Technologies
ICT
Security
Space
Other:
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Risk Areas:
Risk Governance
Industrial Risk
Environmental Risks
Occupational Risks
Financial Risks
Social/Societal Risks
Health Risks
Asset Integrity Risks (RBI etc.)
Life Cycle Analysis
Standards and Regulations
Other:
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Main Products / Services
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SP strives to be a science partner within our field of competence, covering the innovation chain - from research activities to testing and certification. About 65% of our business is R&D, our focus being applied research and technical evaluation.
Core competence is fire safety, explosion protection, mechanical/structural safety, active safety (vehicles/transport), materials.
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Key Projects
(running or just finished)
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- CascEff - Modelling of dependencies and cascading effects for emergency management in crisis situations
- Safepellets - Safety and quality assurance measures along the pellets supply chain
- DEROCA - Development of safe and eco-friendly flame retardant materials based on CNT co-additives for commodity polymers
- Fire-resist - Fire resistant composites
- R4R - Chemical Regions for Resource Efficiency
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Why we joined EU-VRi?
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SP wants to play a role in creating safety for the future in Europe. It is an important task that needs international collaboration, and we believe that EU-VRi can get relevant organisations together.
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