Swerea Ecodesign

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.

Ecodesign – creating competitiveness in a sustainable society

All of us want sustainable development. At the same time we want competitive industry. Ecodesign is one way of achieving both at the same time.

Swerea invests in Ecodesign as a joint offer from our different institutes. The purpose is to develop processes and products with maximum performance but minimal environmental impact. The aim is to help Swedish industry to deliver processes and products that combine profitability, quality and sustainability; thus, making industry competitive in a sustainable society.

One of the strengths in Swerea’s venture is that we can combine our expertise in technical areas, such as materials technology, corrosion, casting and textile manufacturing, with skills in areas related to sustainability such as life cycle assessments (LCA), different chemicals’ impact and social issues to name a few. This way it is possible to identify which components and/or life cycle steps that have a large environmental impact and to find good technical solutions to improve them. Furthermore, we can help with environmental product declarations.

Further information

Create Competitiveness In A Sustainable Society - Use Ecodesign Cooperation (pdf)
Chemicals in Products
CSR
Energy Efficient Activities
Energy Efficient Products
Environmental Management Systems
Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)
Life Cycle Assessment