{{Short description|Swedish research group}} {{Multiple issues| {{notability|Companies|date=August 2015}} {{more citations needed|date=August 2015}} }} {{Infobox company | name = Swerea AB | image = | caption = | type = Research group | hq_location = Kista, Stockholm region, Sweden | key_people = '''Peter Samuelsson'''<br /><small>Chairman</small><br />'''Göran Carlsson'''<br /><small>Group CEO</small> | industry = Research, Materials science | num_employees = 536 (2017) | founded= 2005 | revenue = {{increase}} 700 million SEK (2017) | net_income = {{increase}} 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 | subsid = Swerea IVF, Swerea KIMAB, Swerea MEFOS, Swerea SWECAST, Swerea SICOMP |website = [http://www.swerea.se/en 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 [http://www.institut-corrosion.fr/?lang=en the Corrosion Institute in France]. The Swerea group consisted of five research institutes: Swerea IVF, Swerea KIMAB, Swerea MEFOS, Swerea SWECAST and Swerea SICOMP.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.regeringen.se/contentassets/679fdebd2cfe4b5cbeed5f2da63e3158/handlingsplan-for-en-ny-institutssektor-ds-200739 | title=En handlingsplan för en fortsatt utveckling av industriforskningsinstituten | language=sv | trans-title=An action plan for the continued development of the industrial research institutes | website=www.regeringen.se}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swerea.se/en/news/rise-acquires-parts-of-swerea-research-group|title = RISE}}</ref> These companies now make up the RISE division Materials and Production<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ri.se/en/about-rise/organisation/divisions|title=Divisions}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.swerim.se/ |title=Home |website=swerim.se}}</ref> with a focus on mining, mineral, steel and metal research, partly owned by RISE.
==Ownership== RISE Research Institutes of Sweden is now the sole owner of Swerea AB who in turn owns the companies Swerea IVF, Swerea SICOMP, Swerea SWECAST and Swerea KIMAB (the corrosion area). RISE operates under the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation (Sweden).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.government.se/government-of-sweden/ministry-of-enterprise-and-innovation/|title=Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation|date=24 November 2014}}</ref>
==History== During the beginning and mid 20th century Swedish industry prospered. A a result of the blooming years a number of research institutes were formed to ensure further development. The first was the Metallographic Institute (Metallografiska institutet), founded in 1921<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://runeberg.org/nfcq/0290.html|title = 519-520 (Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan. 37. Supplement. L - Riksdag)|year = 1925}}</ref> by director and physicist Carl Benedicks. The institute was to go through many name changes and mergers. From The Metallographic institute to the Institute for Metals Research (Institutet för Metallforskning, IM) to Swerea KIMAB, when it merged with the Corrosion Institute in 2005/2006 and became a part of the Swerea group.<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.swerim.se/en/node/1150/history |website=About Swerim |publisher=Swerim AB |access-date=9 March 2026 |location=Kista}}</ref> The Institute for Engineering Technology (Institutet för verkstadsteknisk forskning, IVF) and The Swedish Foundry Association ([http://en.gjuteriforeningen.se/ Svenska Gjuteriföreningen]) were also formed during those good years. The Swedish Foundry Association eventually split into a research institute, Swerea SWECAST, and a trade association that kept the original name. When industry development and economy experienced a dip in the late 20th century, SICOMP was founded, in 1988, in order to strengthen competition through contributing with more advanced knowledge and research on composite material. SICOMP became Swerea SICOMP, a part of the Swerea group, when Swerea was founded in 2005. On October 1, 2018, two thirds of the Swerea group became RISE Research Institutes of Sweden. The remaining part formed a new institute, Swerim.
== Research collaborations == Swerea research focused on materials development, production development and product development. The research group took part in international research efforts such as [http://www.cleansky.eu/ CleanSky], [http://www.stepwise.eu/ STEPWISE], [http://www.fire-resist.eu/FireResist/index.xhtml Fire-resist], [http://biconsortium.eu/ Biobased Industries] etcetera.
== Subsidiaries ==
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! Subsidiaries || Founded || Incorporated || Offices |- | Swerea IVF || ''1964'' || 2005 || Mölndal, Stockholm, Linköping, Eskilstuna, Trollhättan, Olofström, Oslo |- | Swerea KIMAB || ''1921'' || 2005 || Kista, Brest, St. Etienne |- | Swerea MEFOS || ''1963'' || 2012 || Luleå |- | Swerea SICOMP || ''1988'' || 2005 || Piteå, Linköping, Mölndal |- | Swerea SWECAST || ''1967'' || 2006 || Jönköping |- |}
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