Triennial Report 2003 - CHARMEC

CHARMEC STAGE 4An agreement on charmec’s Stage 4 (1 July 2003 –30 June 2005/30 June 2006) was made at vinnova’soffice in Stockholm on 19 June 2003. In addition to theprevious eight members (including sl Infrateknik) atthe end of Stage 3, the new member voestalpine Bahnsystemethen joined the Industrial Interests Group. In thesame way as for Stages 1, 2 and 3, a separate agreementhas been drawn up for Banverket’s participation. Theprogramme areas during Stage 4 are the same as duringStage 3, see ts, vb, mu, sd, eu and sp on page 10.The funding (ksek) of charmec’s Stage 4 is shown in thetable below. The payment from Brussels of the projectseu6, eu7 and eu8 is not included in the table. As of 1January 2001, the new national research agency vinnovahas taken over nutek’s responsibility for charmec.Jan-Eric Sundgren, President of Chalmers Universityof Technology, has appointed the following as membersof the Board of charmec during Stage 4 (decision dated2003-08-19):Björn Paulsson(chairman)Stefan WestbergHenrik TengstrandUlf BergstedtLennart NordhallRoger JönssonHåkan TirusHugo von BahrHåkan AndersonHans AnderssonStefan ÖstlundBanverket HeadquartersAbetong TeknikBombardier TransportationDuroc RailLucchini Swedensab wabco Groupsl InfrateknikTrainTech Engineering Swedenand Green Cargovoestalpine Bahnsystemesp Swedish National Testingand Research InstituteThe Royal Institute ofTechnology (kth)For photo of the new Board, see page 9Cash In-kind Total Year 1+2vinnova 12 000 – 12 000 30 %Industrial Interests Group 13 320 9 030 22 350 37 %Chalmers 1 500 18 000 19 500 33 %Banverket 7 506 1 350 8 856From Stage 3 655 – 655total 34 981 28 380 63 361 100 %the SwedishAgency for Innovation Systems,became operational on 1 January2001. Among VINNOVA’s mainroles are to finance research,development and demonstrationactivities that meet the needs ofbusiness and the public sector,and to foster co-operation betweenuniversities, industrial researchinstitutes and business.CONCLUDING REMARKSAs evident from the international evaluation in March2003 (see the Executive Summary on page 6), Stage 3of the nutek/vinnova Competence Centre in RailwayMechanics has been successful. Co-operation betweenthe University and the Industry has been developed andthe national and international network has been widened.In my opinion, charmec has further establisheditself, nationally and internationally, as a supplier of firstrateresearch, as a knowledgeable partner for dialogue,as an important information hub, and as a competentnetwork builder. I look forward to the Centre’s Stage 4with confidence.Since Railway Mechanics will continue to be a keyarea for the development of sustainable ground transportation,it is of great importance that the continuedexistence and stability of charmec can be secured evenafter Stage 4.Gothenburg in December 2003roger lundén79