We are developing new technologies to improve people’s lives
AM4Life Competence Centre in numbers:
- 5 years: project is running in the period of 2020-2025
- 26 partners involved
- 100 MSEK – an average budget
- 7 work packages
- 9 PhD projects funded
- 8-10 Master projects/year
- 15-20 open seminars/year
SUSTAIN – a Swedish Initiative for Sustainability in Additive Manufacturing
2022-09-13
The Swedish Initiative for Sustainability in AM was initiated in 2022 by the director of the Competence Centre in Additive Manufacturing for the Life Sciences (AM4Life, Prof. Persson), Uppsala University together with the directors of the Competence Centre in Additive Manufacturing for Metals (CAM2, Profs. Hryha and Nyborg), Chalmers University of Technology, and fellow researchers at Linköping University, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Lund University.
The aim of the initiative is to work together on sustainability issues specific to AM, with a focus on powder-based metal AM research, including powder manufacturing and AM process-related issues, e.g. sourcing, powder life cycle for a circular economy, and more. The Swedish Initiative for Sustainability in AM is based on running activities inside the respective competence centres as well as associated projects, with bi-annual open meetings to share progress in these aspects, discuss state-of-the-art and needs in this area from an academic and industrial perspective as well as plan for future collaborative projects. It is open to researchers also in other projects and institutions.
More updates and news on the development of Swedish Initiative for Sustainability in AM is coming soon!
CONTACTS

NEWS and EVENTS
- Welcome to the open meeting organized by the AM4Life Competence Centre on the 13th of October 2022
- SUSTAIN – a Swedish Initiative for Sustainability in Additive Manufacturing
- AM@UU seminar series in autumn 2021 start on the September, 15
- WP meetings are planned on the 23-27 of August 2021
- AM4Life consortium meeting, 14-15 October 2021