 RISE Research Institutes of Sweden is a group of research and technology organizations (RTOs) which in global co-operation with academia, enterprise and society creates value, growth and competitiveness through research excellence and innovation.  The RISE Group's innovations drive growth and support the transition to sustainable development in the whole society.  RISE consists of four corporate groups which are wholly or partly owned by the Swedish state: SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden, Swedish ICT, Swerea and Innventia.  RISE Holding is the Swedish state’s holding company for ownership of the RTOs of RISE. RISE Holding’s task is to gather, develop and renew the RTOs of RISE into an internationally competitive and efficient Swedish force for industrial research and innovation.  Follow us on the journey towards a world class Swedish RTO sector!  Who are RISE?

RISE RTOs offer  Contract research for industry. More than half of RISE RTO revenue comes from the business sector.  High participation in national Strategic Innovation Agendas and in EU Framework Programmes  Test beds and demonstration facilities available for industry and academy  Support for small and medium enterprise, SME. The RISE RTOs assists SMEs in solving technical problems, coaching innovation processes and their participation in EU research programmes.  Cooperation with universities – education, exam papers, graduate and PhD studies.

Facts  Non-profit, Ltd-liability companies  Net sales (2012): SEK 2,6 billion  Employees (2012): Female 34%, Male 66 %  Base funding (SK-medel): SEK 473 million  RTOs cover all of Sweden, presence in Denmark, Norway, France and UK. Mission  To represent the Swedish Government as the owner of the RISE RTOs  To promote development of RTOs to contribute significantly to strengthening the sustainable competitiveness of industry Activities  Dialogue with industry and co-owners  Governance of RTO network  Allocation of funds to RTOs  Representing RTO sector  Branding and Internationalization  Impact assessment of RTOs Funding RISE HoldingRISE Research Institutes

Swedish Government R&D and innovation with focus on sustainable solutions! Automation and Industrial Processes Biorefining/Bioenergy and New biomaterials Built Environment e-Health Energy ICT Services, Technologies and Methods Internet and Telecom Life Science Quality of Life Materials Sciences Mobility Risk, Safety, Security Pulp, Paper and Packaging - Technology and Processes Product and Production engineering Transportation

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Swedish Government Glafo JTI SIK SMP SICS Swedish ICT Interactive Institute Swedish ICT Viktoria Swedish ICT Acreo Swedish ICT SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden Swedish ICT Research Swerea IVF Swerea MEFOS Swerea SICOMP Swerea SWECAST Swerea KIMAB SwereaInnventia March 2013 RISE Research Institutes of Sweden Holding PFI AS, Norway SP A/S, Danmark ASTA CBI SP Process Development SICS East Swedish ICT Institut de la Corrosion, France Innventia UK, UK LignoBoost Demo SICS Swedish ICT Västerås