Initiatives & funding

Here you can read about our initiatives during 2025. The program has prioritized focus areas based on input from over 50 industrial companies, as well as experts from academia and the public sector. These areas are packaged into two groups: System-changing initiatives and Industrial innovation 2025. Funding is provided through the innovation agency Vinnova.

• Applied AI and secure data flows for more innovative solutions
  Artificial intelligence and qualitative data will be decisive for the industrial processes of the future. It is important that the industry gets its data and data flows in order in order to apply reliable AI. Common and standardized methods are needed to build industrial data flows between industries and actors. Through investments in this area, we want to see more smart and automated solutions with the goal that Swedish industry becomes competitive by applying AI.
  
• Stable and safe electrification for industry’s next step
  If the industry is to be able to gear up the digital transition, increased electricity flexibility is required. Efforts in this area should contribute to ensuring stable, cost-effective and safe access to sustainable electricity when it is needed and where it is needed. This is crucial for the industry’s future development.
  
• Strengthened digital infrastructure for industrial application
  In order for Swedish industry to be able to develop world-leading digital solutions based on the latest communication infrastructure, access to environments where it is possible to innovate, test and develop solutions is required. Fast and secure digital infrastructure is a basic prerequisite for industrial innovation and growth. With several efforts in the area, we want to strengthen the industry’s ability to use the latest technology for seamless and secure communication.
  
• Excellence through applied learning at the forefront of technology
  World-leading competence in advanced digitalisation requires powerful efforts to accelerate learning and develop collaborations and ground-breaking technologies.

We have a unique opportunity to position Sweden as a leading industrial nation in an increasingly digitalized world, says Pontus de Laval, Chairman of Advanced Digitalisation.
We need to move from broad initiatives to cutting-edge excellence by concentrating our efforts. With this multi-billion investment, we are focusing on four areas that the industry has identified as critical.

We need to increase the pace of the transition to a digital and sustainable future in Swedish industry. With four priority areas, the program can offer greater and broader funding opportunities that reach more actors. When the industry concretizes its needs, we can jointly drive forward the right efforts and results, says Cecilia Sjöberg, head of division industrial development at Vinnova.