CircularHub Twin Transition is a regional platform with the purpose to lead the transition to a circular economy through Twin Transition, which means that a digital transformation is done in combination with the green transition.
With a focus on the textile and fashion industry, the platform will support companies, especially SME, in the transition through the use of digital technology in circular processes. The expected results is new business models, increased use of digital technology in green processes and a strengthened second-hand industry.
Areas for investigation and support
- Increase the understanding on how digital technology can play a central role in collecting and analyzing data on product use and how that can create new circular business models.
- Provide support for a more automated second hand industry.
- Supports companies in understanding bottlenecks in local production and second hand and creating automated processes for this with the goal of extending the life of products on a larger scale.
- Networking and collaboration with industry actors and other innovation environments for new innovations within processes, production and product.
Our goal is to be an influencing factor and actively support and drive the transition towards a circular economy. We mainly target small and medium-sized companies in Western Sweden, but we also collaborate with large companies, municipalities, politicians and companies in other industries and regions. This is because the circular changeover is a system shift that requires the cooperation of several actors.
Western Sweden is already a leader today when it comes to innovative, sustainable and circular projects and processes in textiles, fashion, interior design and furniture. Through our platform, we want to highlight projects and research environments that work with circular business models and increase knowledge about circular economy. Therefore, CircularHub is based in Västra Götaland.
Our vision is to position Western Sweden as a global partner and role model in the circular economy for textiles, fashion, interior design and furniture, with a particular focus on small and medium-sized companies. In Western Sweden, there is a large concentration of companies in textiles, fashion, interior design and furniture, as well as strong expertise in academia, institutes and business. It gives us the best possible conditions for promoting and supporting circular business models in textiles, fashion and furniture.
CircularHub is run by Science Park Borås and is financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the Västra Götaland region and more. Our main focus is on working within the Västra Götaland region and collaborating with Region Halland.
For more information about Science Park Borås, visit the website.
