CORREX to join Institut de la Corrosion and the Swerea Group

The French corrosion laboratory CORREX has been acquired by the Institut de la Corrosion as of July 1st 2009. CORREX is a well renowned corrosion laboratory in France with special expertise in corrosion and corrosion fatigue. Institut de la Corrosion is a leading corrosion research institute in Brest, France, wholly owned subsidiary of Swerea KIMAB, a major European research institute in the field of metallic materials, corrosion and corrosion protection.

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Welcome to Swerea

The Swerea Group creates, refines and procures research results within the fields of materials, process, product and production technology. The objective is to create business benefit for members and customers and to strengthen the capacity for competition and innovation in the Swedish economy.
Swerea comprises the Swerea parent company and five research institutes: Swerea IVF, Swerea KIMAB, Swerea MEFOS, Swerea SICOMP and Swerea SWECAST. In turn, Swerea is owned by owners' associations from industry (53 per cent) and by the Swedish State (47 per cent).

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  • 2009-10-15

Swerea launches Lightweight Research platform

Swerea has committed to a major effort, investing MSEK 20 over a two year period to research the use of lightweight materials, designs and structures for a wide range of application areas.

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Lightweight structural energy power storage materials

Swerea SICOMP AB has been granted 13.4 MSEK by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research for a three year research project on structural energy power storage materials made from polymer composites. The research is to be done in collaboration with KTH and LTU.

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Swerea SICOMP has developed and demonstrated performance of structural composite material batteries. Function of the structural batteries was proven in the laboratory as the batteries were charged for 30 minutes. The charger was removed and the voltage was measured, showing up to 2.3 V. In the video clip a 1.7 V LED was connected for visual proof of a working battery.

 

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