Project partners

The research partners are located in Espoo (VTT), Tampere (TAU, VTT) and Oulu (OU). The PerforMat competence spearhead has evident regional significance while being simultaneously of an utmost national importance.

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd (VTT) is one of the largest research, technology and innovation organisations in Europe. VTT’s strategic focus areas involve resource sufficiency, industrial renewal, climate action, safety and security, and good life, with the activities in PerforMat supporting especially the two first. Knowledge-driven design research area includes 150 researchers concentrating on solving materials performance and sustainability challenges.

Link to Lifetime analysis of systems and components

Link to Computational material design – VTT ProperTune®

Tampere University

Tampere University (TAU) is a multidisciplinary university possessing special expertise in, e.g., digital transformation of industry. Engineering Materials Science (EMS) forms a joint laboratory consisting of 11 research groups and the related infrastructure, in the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences. EMS covers material performance-oriented research groups of surface engineering and tribology and machine elements.

Link to Engineering Materials Science

Link to EMS Reseach Facilities

University of Oulu

University of Oulu (OU) is a multidisciplinary university with Creating sustainability through materials and systems as one of the strategic research areas, strongly contributed by steel research by CASR. CASR and MME cover the whole chain of steel processing and have exceptional insight into challenges that steel producers and users face. CASR conducts basic research and provides innovations and educational support to the Finnish steel and engineering industry.

Link to Materials and Mechanical Engineering

Link to CASR