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Konecranes’ new Zero4 programme to receive over US$75 million

Konecranes launched its new Zero4 research and innovation programme to improve the industrial productivity and competitiveness of Finnish companies.

Business Finland has granted more than US$75 million to Zero4, part of its broader “Veturi” programme that aims to boost research, development and innovation activities in Finland and create new jobs in the coming years.

During the past years in Finland, increases in industrial productivity have tended to be the result of investments in more efficient equipment, automation, and enterprise resource planning systems, according to Konecranes, which believes this growth potential has now largely been tapped, and new innovations are needed to ensure the continued competitiveness of Finland’s exports and economy.

Zero4 will be a Konecranes-led ecosystem of partners, universities, research institutes and customers working towards the vision of a unified material flow platform.

The programme will focus on reducing four major deficiencies in material flows: information barriers, greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption and accidents. The ecosystem is expected to consist of more than 70 partners by 2027, with Konecranes to develop selected production plants into material flow flagship sites and model factories to boost research and innovation efforts.

“This is a result of long and hard work that we have done together with an extended team, and of course we are very proud and excited about it. It is strong recognition from Business Finland of the innovativeness and the technology leadership at Konecranes, and our ability to boost the Finnish economy. With the developed material flow solutions, Finland will become a technological pioneer in the subject area and a significant exporter of related solutions,” commented Konecranes’ executive vice president of Technologies, Juha Pankakoski.





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