Preparatory work for achieving the CIRCular Production of Printed Circuit Boards (Circ-PPCB)
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB - RISE AB - Digitala System |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 500 000 |
| Project duration | December 2025 - April 2026 |
| Status | Completed |
| Venture | Global cooperation 2025 |
| Call | Planning grant for international proposal 2025 |
Important results from the project
In this preparatory project we aimed to prepare a proposal for the call : ´´HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MATERIALS-PRODUCTION-05´´. We reached our goal to submit complete proposal with an international consortium, while we acquired valueable stakehodler contacts that were useful both in our application and will be invaluable in our future activities in the field of sustainable printed circuit boards.
Expected long term effects
The long-term effect of the preparatory project will become visible to us when the results from the call will become public; if our submitted proposal is funded then we will advance our efforts on sustainable printed circuit boards. However, if our submitted proposal is not funded, we have secured a great proposal and connections with relevant stakeholders that we can recycle in another call. Moreover, these stakeholder connections will be invaluable for our other ongoing and future activities.
Approach and implementation
Initially, in order to strengthen our consortium and concept, we conducted a GAP analysis in which we identified missing partners and any weak points. We also conducted preliminary experiments that strengthened our proposal´s methodology and increased the TRL needed for the start of the project. Then, we consolidated the consortium with various international and national partners - 50% from the industrial sector. Finally we wrote the proposal and successfully submitted it for evaluation.