NEutrons and X-rays for industrial technology Transitions

The NEXT Competence Centre will co-create materials innovations for enabling sustainable industry transitions – using large scale neutron and synchrotron infrastructures (LSIs) as an enabling technology. When co-creating innovations, the application for the NEXT Competence Centre motivated the need to also simultaneously shape LSI methodologies: streamlined LSI methodologies is important for enabling more straightforward use of LSIs in LSIs in research processes - providing the basis for increasing the pace of future innovations. NEXT is a Vinnova Sustainable Industry Competence Centre. The NEXT consortium comprises KTH Royal Institute of Technology (coordinator), Chalmers University of Technology, DVel - Part of Prevas, DESY, European Spallation Source ERIC, Excillum, Freemelt AB, GKN Aerospace, Hitachi Energy Sweden AB, Linköping University, Outokumpu Stainless AB, the Ovako Group, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Sandvik Coromant, Sandvik Mining, Scania Group, Scatterin AB, Seco Tools, Siemens Energy, Swerim AB, Thermo-Calc Software, VBN Components AB and Walter Tools. The NEXT application also had support from MAX IV Laboratory and Jernkontoret as well as the established Vinnova competence centres Cam2 and FunMat II.