Circular Business Lab
Taking a leadership role in driving the industry’s development toward a sustainable future
Mission
Vision
About this Living Lab
- Collaborating for a Greener Economy
By regenerating resources, embracing responsible production, and fostering collaborative partnerships, we strive to create industries that operate in harmony with the environment—driving economic growth while preserving natural ecosystems.
- Ten Steps to Innovation
Our Living Lab is built on our established method and tool, the Business Lab, and can be applied in both digital and physical workshop settings. It follows a structured ten-step process designed to help organizations present problems or challenges and gain valuable insights from others—whether to identify potential solutions or determine the next course of action.
- Shaping Industry with Long-Term Vision
This vision promotes a shift toward long-term thinking, where efficiency, adaptability, and environmental stewardship are the cornerstones of industrial success and societal well-being.
Focus area
- Enhancing the use of circular manufacturing methods within the industry of Northern Sweden
- Establishing connections and networks of actors interested in making their business more circular
Working group: Circular Manufacturing
Activities
- Workshops
- Meetings
- Testing
- Experimentation
- Field visits
- Lectures
IUC Norr is a non-profit organisation working in different projects with industrial SMEs. Many of our projects are in the field of circular economy.
Do you have a challenge, an innovation or project idea you want to develop or just looking for a project partner?
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Explore developed sustainability Digital Tools!
The Distance Soft Interaction Skills tool
The Design for Sustainability tool
Explore all Business Service Sets at Distance LAB hub!
Stakeholders
Public institutions/governance
- County council of Norrbotten
- County council of Västerbotten
Higher education institutions
- Umeå University
- Luleå University
Connect with Key Networks in This Region
Incubators:
– Uminova Innovation (www.uminovainnovation.se)
– Arctic Business (www.abi.se)
– Umea Univeristet Holding (www.umuholding.se)
– BIC Factory (www.bicfactory.se)
– eXpression Umea (www.eXpressionumea.se)
– GO Business (www.gobusiness.se)
– Umea Biotech Incubator (www.ubi.se)
– Skellefteå Science City (www.skellefteasciencecity.se)
– Piteå Science Park (www.piteasciencepark.se)
– Lulea Science Park (luleasciencepark.se)
Contact Circular Business Lab
Addresses:
Storgatan 11, 3 tr, 972 38 Luleå
Campus Skellefteå,
Laboratorgränd 9, 931 77 Skellefteå
Email: info@iucnorr.se
Organization managing the Living Lab: IUC NORR
