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When companies renovate their premises, large amounts of fully functional furniture are often discarded. At the same time, new items are purchased – sometimes with a shorter lifespan than those being replaced. For Lotta Edlund, founder of RECY Interior outside Örnsköldsvik in northern Sweden, this became the starting point for her business.
When North Sweden Cleantech brought together a business delegation to Expo 2025 Osaka, innovative companies from northern Sweden were given the opportunity to engage with a global market. For Umeå-based EduTechSmart, the trip marked the starting point of an accelerated international expansion – with Japan as the next step.
Northern Sweden is undergoing an intense energy transition. Industrial expansion, electrification and rising energy demand are placing new requirements on how energy is produced, stored and used. At the same time, this is creating new opportunities for innovative solutions and business ideas.
The green transition in Norrbotten and Västerbotten in Sweden is progressing at an unprecedented pace. A new report from the Espon Terrres research project shows that this progress has largely been enabled by fast, flexible coordination at the local and regional levels.
In the next part of our series on Northern Sweden's green testbeds, we head to Piteå, where RISE is advancing composites from niche materials to scalable industrial solutions. With facilities covering everything from early-stage validation to production-scale testing, companies can develop next-generation materials where performance, cost and lifecycle considerations go hand in hand.
The Swedish Energy Agency is now opening applications for investment support within Kraftlyftet. The initiative covers electricity production and storage and is aimed at projects that strengthen the reliability of the electricity system where the needs are greatest.
