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Strategic innovation programme for process industrial IT and automation – PiiA

The strategic innovation programme, Process industrial IT and automation (PiiA), contributes to the development and use of automation and digitalisation within industry. The parties carry out ventures and activities to meet the challenges within innovation and collaboration. All the application opportunities within the venture are listed here.

Sweden must be world leading in automation technology

In 2022, Sweden must be a recognised world leader for development and use of innovative and competitive solutions within process industrial IT and automation.

Several Swedish companies already have world leading positions within the field, in developing, delivering, integrating and using automation technology. This has happened through a developed collaboration between research, development and innovation environments, world-leading supply companies and world-leading process industries.

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Closed for application

Processindustriell IT and Automation (PiiA) - Våren 2023
Closed 13 september 2023

Funding to increase sustainability and competitiveness in the process industry with new technology and data analysis

PiiA: Data analysis in process industry value chains,
Closed 23 november 2022

For project that increase the sustainability and competitiveness of the Swedish process industry with new technology and advanced data analysis

PiiA: Data analysis in process industry value chains
Closed 26 maj 2022

For project that can increase sustainability and competitiveness in the process industry through new technology and advanced data analysis.

PiiA: Data analysis in process industry value chains
Closed 25 november 2021

Initiate and conduct feasibility studies and FUI- project focusing on digitalisation process industrial value chains.

PiiA: Digitalization of industrial value chains
Closed 27 maj 2021

The purpose of this call is to increase the sustainability and competitiveness of the Swedish process industry by increasing the use of new technology and advanced data analysis in value chains linked to the process industry, both within and between companies.

PiiA: Digitalization of industrial value chains
Closed 17 juni 2020

Funding feasibility studies, as well as research, development and innovation projects within digitalization of industrial value chains. 

Digitization of industrial value chains
Closed 24 april 2019

The aim with this call for proposal is to initiate and carry out feasibility studies and research, development and innovation project (FUI project ) with a focus on digitization of industrial value chains. 

Processindustriell digitalisering
Closed 15 juni 2017

Med det här erbjudandet vill vi stödja genomförbarhetsstudier inom industriell digitalisering för svensk processindustri.

Projects that have received funding within the program

Project title Coordinator Grant Status Reference number
Automated monitoring of industrial cleaning processes - DigiClean II RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB SEK 3 646 682 Ongoing 2023-02977
Data collection for sustainable machine learning in circular food industry/food production Stremtech AB SEK 4 800 000 Ongoing 2022-03593
PiiA Research Luleå tekniska universitet SEK 5 000 000 Completed 2019-02697
Digital business model innovation roadmap for process industry Stiftelsen Imit SEK 2 836 009 Completed 2018-02202
Digital tool for safer start-up of process plants Umeå universitet SEK 0 Completed 2018-02201
DigitCorr2 Further Digitalization in the Corrugated Board Value Chain RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB SEK 2 047 918 Completed 2021-04933
AI as a tool for improving process planning for long products in the steel industry SWERIM AB SEK 0 Completed 2019-05312
Analyses of process radiation - new tool for process control ACREO SWEDISH ICT AB SEK 100 000 Completed 2014-05217
Digitalization of wood chip quality RISE INNVENTIA AB SEK 350 000 Completed 2018-02762
Digitalized Process Industry Lunds universitet SEK 473 520 Completed 2016-03362
Measurment of quenching effects Shapeline AB SEK 1 500 000 Completed 2015-02410
PiiA Innovation RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB SEK 550 000 Completed 2017-04727
Biomethane web-platform to promote biomethane usage as vehicle fuel. NeoZeo AB SEK 500 000 Completed 2016-03437
Increased sustainability in industrial bread production using hyperspectral NIR image analysis Polarbröd AB SEK 2 809 323 Completed 2022-01490
Listen up! Data-driven predictive maintenance and operations Arne Jensen AB SEK 3 670 000 Completed 2022-01483
Advanced data analysis and digital twin for continuous production of biologics and vaccines Lunds universitet SEK 5 000 000 Completed 2022-01477
Circular economy facilitator for mining industry (CEFMI) Luleå tekniska universitet SEK 2 995 000 Completed 2021-04919
Industry 5.0 PulpEye AB SEK 1 943 044 Completed 2021-02403
High-Fidelity Bearing Simulator RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB SEK 595 215 Completed 2021-02395
Digitized Refractory Lining Monitoring in Steelmaking RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB SEK 4 800 000 Completed 2021-02390
Dynamic control of gas processes during heat treatment of steel, DynaSty SWERIM AB SEK 2 650 000 Completed 2021-02383
Virtual Reality-based competence development for process industry GLEECHI AB SEK 1 449 700 Completed 2017-02406
Bloqqi - an open modular automation language Lunds universitet SEK 5 000 000 Completed 2017-02371
Flexible development environment for integrated downstream processes Lunds universitet SEK 5 000 000 Completed 2017-02341
Ultrasound method for measurement of mechanical changes in rock bolts Luleå tekniska universitet SEK 149 902 Completed 2017-03110

Last updated 27 February 2026

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