(IN BRIEF) Saab has signed a SEK 60 million contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to develop a Large Uncrewed Undersea Vehicle (LUUV). Saab will lead the design, construction, and testing of the system, which will integrate its … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Security & Safety, Sweden, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Autonomous Ocean Core, autonomy, defence innovation, FMV, Large Uncrewed Undersea Vehicle, LUUV, Maritime Security, Mats Wicksell, partnership, Saab, Saab Kockums, seabed monitoring, Sweden, Swedish Armed Forces, Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, uncrewed systems, underwater technology
(IN BRIEF) Saab has appointed Johan Andersson as its new Head of Investor Relations, effective September 15, 2025. Andersson, who brings over 15 years of experience and previously led investor relations at Husqvarna Group, will be based in Stockholm and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Security & Safety, Sweden, Technology
Tagged appointment, Corporate Communications, Elekta, Husqvarna Group, Investor Relations, Johan Andersson, leadership, leadership change, long-term value creation, M&A team, Merton Kaplan, Saab, SCA, Securitas Systems, Stockholm
(IN BRIEF) Hexagon AB has appointed Norbert Hanke as interim CFO following the departure of David Mills, who steps down for personal reasons but will remain as Financial Advisor until February 2026. Hanke, a Hexagon veteran since 2001 with extensive … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Anders Svensson, appointment, Brown & Sharpe, Chief Financial Officer, corporate governance, David Mills, finance leadership, financial performance, Hexagon AB, interim CFO, leadership, leadership transition, Manufacturing Intelligence, Norbert Hanke
(IN BRIEF) Skanska is investing CZK 1.2 billion (SEK 540 million) in the third stage of its Modřanský cukrovar residential development in Prague. The phase will deliver 132 low-energy apartments across four buildings, alongside a 3,700-square-meter public square, green spaces, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Czech Republic, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Art.Cukrovar, blue green grey infrastructure, BREEAM Excellent, construction, Czech Republic, Czech sculptors, housing units, investment, low-energy apartments, Modřanský cukrovar, partnership, Prague, public square, recycled materials, residential development, Skanska, sustainability, urban living
(IN BRIEF) Skanska is investing PLN 241 million (SEK 630 million) in the first stage of the Awangarda Mogilska residential complex in Kraków, Poland. The development’s opening phase includes 278 apartments and six commercial units, with construction starting in August … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Commodities, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Poland, Sweden, Technology
Tagged anti-smog ventilation, Appartme system, Awangarda Mogilska, Central Railway Station, construction, European order bookings, heat pump, heat recovery system, investment, Krakow, Main Square, partnership, photovoltaic panels, PLN 241M, Poland, residential development, rooftop solar, SEK 630M, Skanska, smart home solutions, sustainability, urban living
(IN BRIEF) Skanska has divested an elderly care home project in Falun, Sweden, to Northern Horizon for about SEK 330M. Developed for Falu Municipality, the facility in Haraldsbo will provide 80 senior units with a focus on dementia care, alongside … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Environment, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged biodiversity, dementia care, district heating, elderly care home, Energy Class B, Falu Municipality, Falun, Haraldsbo, LEED Gold, Northern Horizon, partnership, property divestment, SÄBO, SEK 330M, Skanska, social infrastructure, solar panels, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) Using the James Webb Space Telescope’s MIRI infrared camera, astronomers including researchers from Stockholm University have observed the earliest galaxies in mid-infrared light for the first time. The study, published in Astronomy and Astrophysics, focuses on the Hubble … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Education, Science, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Arjan Bik, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Chalmers, CSA, early universe, EC-MIRI, ESA, European Space Agency, galaxy formation, Göran Östlin, Hubble Ultra Deep Field, infrared astronomy, interstellar dust, James Webb Space Telescope, Jens Melinder, JWST, MIDIS, MIRI, NASA, Stockholm University, supermassive black holes
(IN BRIEF) Laura Montenbruck, Assistant Professor of Economics at Stockholm University, has been awarded the IIPF Young Economists Award for her study on tax compliance in Sierra Leone. Her research, published under the title “Fiscal Exchange and Tax Compliance: Strengthening … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Financial, Science, Sweden, Technology
Tagged fiscal exchange, Freetown, IIPF Young Economists Award, Innovative Research, International Institute of Public Finance, Laura Montenbruck, Nairobi, property taxes, public economics, public services, Sierra Leone, Social Contract, Stockholm University, tax compliance
(IN BRIEF) Professor Alexander Berglund of Stockholm University, together with Professor Emeritus Ib Madsen of the University of Copenhagen, has received the prestigious Frontiers of Science Award for their article “Rational homotopy theory of automorphism of manifolds.” The paper, published … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Science, Sweden, Technology
Tagged 2025 awards, Acta Mathematica, Alexander Berglund, algebraic topology, Frontiers of Science Award, geometric topology, Ib Madsen, International Congress of Basic Science, mathematics, Rational homotopy theory of automorphism of manifolds, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm University, University of Copenhagen
(IN BRIEF) Stockholm University is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Royal National City Park with a photography exhibition by Henrik Ekman and a series of guided walks highlighting the park’s cultural and ecological heritage. The exhibition, running from 1 … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Environment, Science, Sweden, Technology
Tagged art and nature, biodiversity, Djurgården, Fjäderholmarna, Frescati, Gärdet, guided walks, Hagaparken, Henrik Ekman, National City Park 30th anniversary, nature photography exhibition, Royal National City Park, Stockholm University, Student House Frescati, sustainability, Ulriksdal
(IN BRIEF) H&M has officially entered Brazil with a landmark launch that combined the opening of its first store at Shopping Iguatemi in São Paulo with the launch of its e-commerce platform, hm.com.br. This is the first time the retailer … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Retail, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Brazil launch, Daniel Erver, E-Commerce, fashion retail, Global Expansion, H&M, H&M Brazil, hm.com.br, Joaquim Pereira, Karl-Johan Persson, partnership, Renata Grima, São Paulo, Shopping Iguatemi, sustainability, sustainable fashion
(IN BRIEF) Stadler has secured a new order from Stockholm Transport (SL) for ten additional X15p electric multiple units worth 94 million Swiss francs, expanding the fleet on the Roslagsbanan railway. The narrow-gauge line, connecting Stockholm’s northeastern suburbs to the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Sweden, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged AB Transitio, Annika Bergström, Arlanda express, Bussnang, Christian König, electric multiple units, Lokaltog, Norske tog, partnership, railway modernisation, Roslagsbanan, Scandinavia rail transport, SL, Stadler, Stockholm Transport, sustainability, sustainable mobility, Sweden, Thurgau, VR Group, X15p trains
(IN BRIEF) Rolls-Royce SMR has been selected by Vattenfall as one of only two finalists in Sweden’s nuclear technology procurement process. Following its shortlisting in 2024, Rolls-Royce SMR successfully completed detailed evaluation and will now work with Vattenfall on the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Sweden, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Awards, CEZ Czech Republic, Chris Cholerton, clean energy, energy transition, Great British Energy Nuclear, leadership, low-carbon electricity, modular nuclear technology, net zero, nuclear power, partnership, Ringhals site, Rolls-Royce SMR, small modular reactor, SMR, sustainability, Sweden energy demand, UK-Sweden collaboration, Vattenfall
(IN BRIEF) CapMan Real Estate, through its CapMan Nordic Real Estate III fund, has agreed to forward fund a 262-unit multifamily housing project in Handen, Haninge, developed by Reliwe and built by Consto. The project, offering 12,119 m² of lettable … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Environment, Financial, Finland, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Real Estate, Sweden, Technology
Tagged BREEAM in use, CapMan Nordic Real Estate III, CapMan Real Estate, CMNRE III, Consto, EPC rating B, EU taxonomy, Handen, Haninge, Magnus Berglund, Miljöbyggnad Silver, multifamily housing, partnership, Pontus Danielsson, Reliwe, renewable energy, rental housing, solar panels, Stockholm residential market, sustainability, Sweden real estate investment, urban renewal
(IN BRIEF) Sandvik has announced a SEK 450 million order from JCHX Mining Management Co., Ltd. for underground mining equipment and digital solutions destined for the Khoemacau Copper Mine in Botswana. The order, placed in the third quarter of 2025, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Metals and Minerals, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Botswana, digital mining solutions, drills, JCHX Mining Management Co Ltd, Kalahari Copper Belt, Khoemacau Copper Mine, loaders, Mats Eriksson, mining expansion, partnership, Remote Monitoring Service, Sandvik, Trucks, underground mining equipment
(IN BRIEF) Alfa Laval has supplied Stockholm Brewing Co. with its Brew 80 centrifuge, enabling the fast-growing Swedish craft brewery to dramatically increase production capacity, improve efficiency, and maintain product quality as it fulfills a major supply contract with Systembolaget. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Food & Beverage, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Alfa Laval, beer industry innovation, beer production, beer quality, Brew 80, brewery efficiency, centrifuge, craft beer, dry-hopped beers, hazy beers, Lager, Michel Wigardt, partnership, shelf life extension, Stockholm Brewing Co., sustainable brewing, Sweden, Systembolaget, tank capacity, yield increase
(IN BRIEF) Alfa Laval is hosting ESS Innovation Day 2025 on 19 August in Lund, Sweden, an event that unites research directors from leading companies and universities to explore how neutron science from the European Spallation Source (ESS) can help … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged academia and industry, Alfa Laval, Asker Healthcare, AstraZeneca, Chalmers University, Emma Adlerton, ESS, ESS Innovation Day 2025, European competitiveness, European Spallation Source, Helmut Schober, Hitachi Energy, industrial innovation, Jarla Invest, Julien Gennetier, Laurence Mott, Lund, Mene Pangalos, neutron science, R&D collaboration, sustainability, Sweden, Tetra Pak, Uppsala University
(IN BRIEF) Skanska has signed a USD 249 million (SEK 2.5 billion) contract with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for a major upgrade of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in New York. The contract includes the installation of a dehumidification system for all … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged acoustic monitoring, bridge maintenance, Brooklyn, cable dehumidification system, cable inspection, construction contract, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA, New York infrastructure, partnership, SEK 2.5 billion, September 2029 completion, Skanska, Staten Island, US infrastructure projects, USD 249 million, Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
(IN BRIEF) ASSA ABLOY has acquired SiteOwl, an Austin-based cloud platform that enhances physical security lifecycle management. Founded in 2020, SiteOwl has quickly become a key player in modernizing how system integrators, service providers, and end-users manage access control projects. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Security & Safety, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Access Control, acquisition, ASSA ABLOY, Austin Texas, cloud-based platform, digital transformation, Lucas Boselli, Nico Delvaux, partnership, physical security lifecycle management, security technology, service providers, SiteOwl, system integrators
(IN BRIEF) Permobil has named Todd Walling as President of Permobil Americas, adding to his current responsibilities as Senior Vice President of Sales and bringing him onto the global leadership team. With nearly 20 years at Permobil, Walling has played … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Electronics & Machinery, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged appointment, assistive technology, Chuck Witkowski, Comfort Company, disability innovation, leadership, leadership appointment, Mobility Solutions, Nashville, partnership, Permobil, Permobil Americas, rehabilitation technology, ROHO, The MED Group, TiLite, Todd Walling
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