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SINTEF Industry

SINTEF Industry performs contract research and delivers solutions and services that create value for customers. With our cross-disciplinary knowledge base and advanced laboratories as a base, we develop – in close collaboration with our customers – technology and solutions within a broad range of research areas and industries.

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Publications

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Events

Find events where we share our research results

Laboratories

Advanced laboratories within several technology areas

Projects

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Software and framework

We develop software and framework that creates great value for our customers

News

How safe are the new Covid vaccines?

14 January 2021

The new vaccines designed to combat the Covid-19 virus have been developed in record time, causing some people to be sceptical of taking them. Should we be worried about side effects? Norwegian SciTech News has been talking to two research scientists about this issue.

What does a rock climbing belay device have in common with a subsea cable installation vessel?

14 January 2021

The answer is that both can cause torsion, meaning the climbing rope or cable will start to twist. Up until now, no-one could explain why this happened. However, two enthusiastic researchers, who happen to be rock climbers, made it their business to solve the mystery.

DLR & SINTEF research cobalt-free electrodes

12 January 2021

The German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Norway’s SINTEF institute are researching cobalt-free lithium-ion batteries in the EU project HYDRA together with ten partners. They want to test an industry-ready prototype for real-world operation in a ship battery system.
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Projects

OntoCommons - Ontology Commons Ecosystem Toolkit

09 December 2020

OntoCommons is an H2020 CSA project dedicated to the standardisation of data documentation across all domains related to materials and manufacturing.

VirtuOSA - Virtual Surgery in the Upper Airways – New Solutions to Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treatment

05 January 2021

The current project aims at enabling key technology for patient-specific diagnostics and treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). When evaluating treatment options, clinicians are currently relying on general guidelines and personal experience, but they are lacking objective and predictive decision support tools. This project will provide required insight and software tools for computer-aided diagnostics and treatment of OSA through the promotion of Virtual surgery. Thereby, OSA patients can be treated more targeted, with reduced risk for the patient and reduced cost for society.

In-No-Plastic: Innovative approaches towards prevention, removal and reuse of marine plastic litter

16 October 2020

In-No-Plastic’s goal is to develop and demonstrate nano-, micro, and macro-plastic clean-up technologies in the aquatic ecosystems.
Project list

EU projects

4REFINERY - Scenarios for integration of bio-liquids in existing REFINERY processes

Start: 01/05/2017
End: 30/04/2021

4REFINERY will develop and demonstrate the production of next generation biofuels from more efficient primary liquefaction routes integrated with upgraded downstream (hydro)refining processes to achieve overall carbon yields of >45%. The consortium will aim for successful deployment into existing refineries, including delivering a comprehensive toolbox for interfacing with existing refinery models.

WASTE2ROAD - Biofuels from WASTE TO ROAD transport

Start: 01/10/2018
End: 30/09/2022

The objective of WASTE2ROAD is to develop a new generation of cost-effective biofuels from a range of low-cost biogenic residues and waste fractions (contaminated wood, black liquor from pulp and paper industry, and municipal solid organic waste incl. food residues). Through optimisation of European waste recycling logistics and development of efficient low-risk conversion pathways, high overall carbon yields > 45% can be obtained while reducing greenhouse gases emissions > 80 %.

DACOMAT - Damage Controlled Composite Materials

Start: 01/01/2018
End: 31/12/2021

The objective of DACOMAT is to develop more damage tolerant and damage predictable low cost composite materials in particular aimed for used in large load carrying constructions like bridges, buildings, wind-turbine blades and offshore structures. The developed materials and condition monitoring solutions will provide high tolerance for manufacturing imperfections and high capacity to sustain damages. This will enable large composite structures to be manufactured and maintained at low cost.
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Laboratories

Materials testing

We can test and characterise a wide range of different materials in our laboratories. Materials and components are bent, tensioned and compressed, and go through fracture- and fatigue tests.

Process Metallurgical Laboratories

Modern production of high quality metallic materials requires advanced knowledge of pyro-metallurgical processes. SINTEF optimises metallurgical processes and raw materials, using a combination of laboratory scale and pilot scale experimental techniques, combined with thermochemical modelling.

Mass spectrometry - Advanced research-based analyses

We perform research-based mass spectrometric (MS) and high-throughput (HTS) analyses for SINTEF, academia and industry.
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Strategic Centres

SINTEF Industry is represented in the national research centers for environmentally friendly energy (FME) and research-based Innovation (SFI). We have several Gemini Centers in cooperation with NTNU in Trondheim and the University of Oslo.

Centres for Research-based Innovation (SFI)
The purpose of the SFI is to build up and strengthen Norwegian research groups that work in close collaboration with partners from innovative industry and innovative public enterprises.

Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME)
The objective of the scheme for FME is to establish time-limited research centres which conduct concentrated, focused and long-term research of high international calibre in order to solve specific challenges in the field.

Gemini centres
The Gemini Centres form a model for strategic cooperation in which scientific groups with parallel interests coordinate their scientific efforts and jointly operate their resources.

Other Centres

  • LowEmission - shall develop technology and methods to ensure that the O&G industry can meet its emission goals

Employees

Eli Aamot

Eli Aamot

Executive Vice President
952 71 607
Name
Eli Aamot
Title
Executive Vice President
Phone
952 71 607
Department
Industry - Administration
Office
Trondheim
Company
SINTEF AS
Cornelis Spooren

Cornelis Spooren

Research Director
930 59 412
Name
Cornelis Spooren
Title
Research Director
Phone
930 59 412
Department
Materials and Nanotechnology
Office
Trondheim
Company
SINTEF AS
Rune Bredesen

Rune Bredesen

Research Director
938 11 279
Name
Rune Bredesen
Title
Research Director
Phone
938 11 279
Department
Sustainable Energy Technology
Office
Oslo
Company
SINTEF AS
Nina Dahl

Nina Dahl

Research Director
415 47 918
Name
Nina Dahl
Title
Research Director
Phone
415 47 918
Department
Metal Production and Processing
Office
Oslo
Company
SINTEF AS
Trond Erling Ellingsen

Trond Erling Ellingsen

Research Director
930 59 489
Name
Trond Erling Ellingsen
Title
Research Director
Phone
930 59 489
Department
Biotechnology and Nanomedicine
Office
Trondheim
Company
SINTEF AS
Lars Sørum

Lars Sørum

Research Director
928 04 925
Name
Lars Sørum
Title
Research Director
Phone
928 04 925
Department
Petroleum
Office
Trondheim
Company
SINTEF AS
Duncan Akporiaye

Duncan Akporiaye

Research Director
930 59 166
Name
Duncan Akporiaye
Title
Research Director
Phone
930 59 166
Department
Process Technology
Office
Oslo
Company
SINTEF AS

About us

The institue performs research and development, advanced consultancy and laboratory services. We work closely with industry in development of advanced materials, products, processes and new tools, and seek out new, environmentally friendly processing methods that will increase productivity and raise quality standards.

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Contact info

SINTEF Industry has facilities in Trondheim and Oslo, Norway.
switchboard: 40003730, 

SINTEF Industry is situated at 9 locations in Trondheim.
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Postal address, Trondheim
SINTEF Industry
P.O.Box 4760 Torgarden, NO-7465 Trondheim, Norway

 

Postal address, Oslo
SINTEF Industry
P.O.Box 124 Blindern, 0314 Oslo, Norway

Postal address, Bergen:
SINTEF Industri
Thormøhlens gate 55, 5006 Bergen, Norway

Postal address Porsgrunn:
SINTEF Industri
Forskningsparken, Hydrovegen 67, 3936 Porsgrunn, Norway