Welcome to the home of The Collaborative Platform for Sustainability within the Automotive Industry
“This is very good; our members will greatly benefit from this.”
-Peter Bryntesson, CEO, FKG
About the project
The project tackles a growing challenge: as EU directives like the CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive) and CSDDD (Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive) take effect, companies face heightened requirements for sustainability reporting. While large corporations are generally equipped to adapt, smaller businesses often struggle with limited resources and expertise.
Icons Of aims to bridge this gap by developing a digital platform designed to enable horizontal collaboration and knowledge sharing among automotive suppliers. This platform will empower smaller companies to meet sustainability demands more effectively and efficiently, without relying solely on external consultants.
Partners
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Texla Group, started their business in Sweden in 1962 with a conviction that by combining different materials you can create new products. That turned out right and today the Group has 5 companies spread over Europe and North Africa with a total turnover of 80 M€.
Their Swedish operation is located in Gothenburg and employ around 50 dedicated people. They supply the Swedish automotive industry with parts. They supply the Scandinavian market with soft and sustainable products into the bedding- and interior industry. Texla Sweden is the head quarter for Texla Group.
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Nitator, is a family owned company since the start 1983. With its roots in this feeling of the family-owned company for responsibility and tradition, Nitator makes use of the most up to date production technology available, thereby enabling human knowledge to go hand in hand with high technology and advanced computer power.
Its growth rate has been high ever since 1983, when business activity was focussed on contract production to the Automotive Industry.
Nitator is a full service supplier of sheet metal components to customers with very high demands of sustainability, quality, environmental awareness, delivery precision and flexibility. They offer a complete process from product development to a customised logistic chain. -
Miljögiraff, a multidisciplinary team consisting of experienced experts in life cycle analysis and life cycle design. They can guide you through standards, regulations, and practices to make the measurability as purposeful as possible.
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Greengoat, ”You are like a Greengoat”, a customer once said to one of them. It was spot on. That’s how they work. Sustainability is a complex issue and sometimes you need some navigation support. Greengoat works as a calm and systematic switching locomotive that support and push companies and organizations to get on track and get moving in the right direction.
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FKG (Fordonskomponentsgruppen)
the Vehicle Components Group, is the industry organization for the Scandinavian suppliers to the automotive industry. For almost 30 years, they have helped approx. 300 member companies to develop as suppliers by actively working as the industry’s spokesperson towards industry, politicians, authorities and the media. They also work with creating meeting places, strengthening relationships and opportunities for growth as well as with the industry’s expertise FKG also runs the women’s network The woman in the supplier industry ( Kvinnan i Leverantörsindustrin) and thus created a meeting place for women in the automotive industry. -
HAVD Group, was founded in the 1988 by Björn and Lotta Hedenberg. Ever since, the company has been kept as a family business. The focus to help the automotive industry with different type of development projects. Hence the name of the company;
Hedenberg Advanced Vehicle Design – HAVD
Over the years the projects has increased and a focus on products for interior design and safety has grown.
In 1998 HAVD started Novus Interior in Hungary, now HAVD Group Interior. As previous saddler, the experience and competence of tailormade products in leather is of the essence of the business as is today.
In 2009 the requests are widen and to broaden the offer, Scandinavia’s largest factory for polyurethan foam is now acquired. The plant in Ed, Sweden is now part of the group under the name of HAVD Group Purtech.
Right from the start, HAVD has been known for the organic knowledge, high quality products and innovative minds. Through acquaintances, in 2017 HAVD got the opportunity to assist VA Automotive in manufacturing and assembling complete seats within the automotive industry for small buses. This lead to an acquisition in the summer of 2018 and is now a part of the group.
The group as a whole has a large capacity to bring your ideas to life. Since we have production in polyurethane, vacuum forming and sewing, in conjunction with the product development, we are able to produce a wide range of products. From idea to finished product.
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Heléns Rör, Heléns stocks, processes and delivers Scandinavia’s widest range of steel tube solutions to the industrial sector. In close collaboration with our customers, we develop an optimal and cost-efficient setup – from construction- and production solutions to logistics and business solutions – where tubes, bars and profiles are a crucial ingredient for success.
The year 1927, Paul Helén founds what will become the Nordic region’s leading steel tube wholesaler – Heléns Rör. Since then, the head office has been located in the same west coast town, with sales offices in Karlstad, Västerås and Örnsköldsvik. Other operations are conducted through wholly-owned subsidiaries in Denmark and Lithuania, and an associated company in Finland. Our team consists of almost 300 dedicated Heléns employees, with an average length of employment of an impressive 15 years – a figure that guarantees as much experience as enjoyment.Heléns can deliver almost everything to everyone, but they have a specialised knowledge base within mechanical engineering, automotive, civil engineering & construction, hydraulics and the process industry.
Icons Of with partners has been awarded a significant grant for our innovative project to create A Collaboration Platform for Sustainability in the Automotive Industry. This initiative, supported by Vinnova through their Net Zero Industry Programme, is set to transform the way companies in the automotive sector approach sustainability.