Innovation and collaboration
The knowledge triangle – KTH collaborates
with industry
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Collaboration that creates mobility between
KTH and industry
From partner to KTH
• Adjunct Professor
• Affiliated Professor
• Affiliated Faculty
• Industry-employed doctoral
students
From KTH to partner
• Industry-employed doctoral
students
• Affiliated experts
• Degree projects
and student jobs
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KTH's strategic partners
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KTH alumni make an impression in industry
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Börje Ekholm, Investor
Eva Halldén, Ringhals
Hans Werthén, Electrolux
Jonas Wiström, ÅF
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Minoo Akhtarzand, County
Governor, Jönköping
Olof Faxander, Sandvik
Sara Mazur, Ericsson
Samir Brikho, AMEC
Tommy Palm, King.com
Åsa Bergman, Sweco
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Upper row, from left: Åsa Bergman, Börje Ekholm. Lower row, from the left: Samir Brikho and Sara Mazur
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KTH Innovation - from idea to market
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Impartial and not for profit
Support for the
commercialisation of
research results and
ideas
– Business development
– Product development
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Some KTH researchers and innovators
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Professor Danica Kragic,
Robotics
Professor Hannes Alfvén,
Nobel Prize laureate in
Physics
Professor Mathias Uhlén,
SciLifeLab
Professor Mats
Danielsson, Microdose
Mammography
Upper row, from the left: Hannes Alfvén, Mathias Uhlén, Danica Kragic and Mats Danielsson
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World-leading innovations from KTH
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Tobii –
revolutionary communications solutions
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World leaders in eye
tracking, eye control and
communications solutions
for people with
disabilities.
A tool for market analysis
Receiver of numerous
awards for its innovations
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Peepoople – one of the most important
innovations in the world
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So that all people can
have access to dignified
and hygienic sanitation
Saves lives in developing
countries where 2.6 billion
people do not have
access to a toilet
Breaks down human
waste, prevents water
contamination, removes
dangerous bacteria and
transforms it into fertiliser
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Atlas Antibodies –
a unique platform for biomarkers
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Sells antibodies to around
6,000 customers,
primarily for cancer
research
15,000 antibodies in the
product list
A spin-off of the Human
Protein Atlas - the world's
largest atlas of human
proteins, managed by
KTH researchers
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Microdose Mammography –
vital x-ray technology
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Revolutionary x-ray
technology that combines
high quality imaging and a
low radiation dose
Creates new possibilities
to detect breast cancer
at an early stage
Used at hospitals across
the world
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