ABB and LTU sign partnership agreement

According to the parties, the cooperation will contribute to the development of northern Sweden's competitiveness. The cooperation will focus on research, supply of skills, development of education and shared knowledge. ABB plans to offer lectures, summer jobs and graduate jobs for students at Luleå University of Technology.

“It feels important to now be able to broaden and extend our fruitful collaboration with ABB. The green transition in the north places great demands on collaboration between industry and academia in education and research, and this is where both Luleå University of Technology and ABB have an important role to play”, says Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn, Vice-Chancellor of Luleå University of Technology.

With the cooperation, LTU will have a partner with 105,000 employees in 100 countries and customers in the process and mining industries where digitalization is an important area of development.

“ABB is a global company that invests in being close to our customers, suppliers and partners. We are now seeing a significant increase in industrial investments with global significance in northern Sweden, where Luleå University of Technology has an important role. Together, we can find opportunities to collaborate on skills supply and research that contribute to a more sustainable society with smarter and more resource-efficient solutions”, says Mikael Dahlgren, Head of Research for ABB Sweden.

“Luleå University of Technology plays a very important role in northern Sweden when it comes to skills supply. ABB always needs talented employees to facilitate the green transition that is taking place right now here in the north and we look forward to an excellent collaboration”, says Erik Bohman, Business Area Manager for ABB Motion Northern Sweden, who will lead the university collaboration from ABB’s side.

For LTU, the new agreement is another step in the research collaboration with the business community. In addition to ABB, the university collaborates with companies such as Bosch, Ericsson, Scania, LKAB and SKF.

Lennart Håkansson

editor@northswedenbusiness.com