Main goal

• First-class research and education on Circular Manufacturing

Long-term international partnership between

• NTNU + SFI Manufacturing + Norwegian Centre for Cybersecurity in Critical Sectors (Norway)
• Waseda University and National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) (Japan)
• Indian Institute of Technology (India)

CIRMAN events / resources for SFI Manufacturing partners

• Upcoming “Circular Manufacturing School”: 2023 Fall (Norway), 2023 Spring (Japan), 2024 Summer (India), 2025 (Place TBA) (all dates will be updated later)
• Four courses will be developed on below topics: a. Circular Manufacturing, b. Life Cycle assessment/Simulation, c. Multi-scale Modelling of Sustainability Performance, d. Digital Twins for Life Cycle Management.
• At least two lasting research projects.
• Research- and educational stays for at least 2-3 months for selected researchers and students

Partners:

Summary

The CIRMAN-project originates from the previous INMAN project, continuing with the same partners: Japan National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science And Technology (AIST), Waseda University, Japan and Indian Institute of Technology in Hyderabad. Our qualifying projects are the Centre’s for Research-based Innovation SFI, Circular Manufacturing research and educational collaboration with India and Japan, Manufacturing and SFI NORCICS and the MANULAB research infrastructure. SFI Manufacturing is covering Sustainable Manufacturing, NORCICS information security, and MANULAB provides laboratory infrastructure. Together these three contributions to a sustainable future with circular material flows. 

CIRMAN focus on manufacturing aspects (thus Circular Manufacturing) and our main motivation is to strengthen quality of research and education by creating long-lasting international links with key research institutions in Japan and in India. Research topics will focus on circular manufacturing, remanufacturing, and the establishments of life-cycle digital twins useful for EOL-decisions. The CIRMAN-project will broaden and deepen the strategic collaboration established in INMAN and to develop relevant and world-class research and education in Norway within Circular Manufacturing. Our Japanese partners are global leaders in the field of advanced manufacturing. Our Indian partner is rapidly expanding its research and educational activities within the area of automotive technologies. Circular Manufacturing is of strategic importance for all partners - both research and education. Integration of business enterprises is an important asset, both for research activities, to foster exchange of research results and technology transfer as well as to link Norwegian industry with the industry in Japan and India. The mobility program in the project will be offered industry partners as well as academic partners. The case studies will serve as source for empirical data useful for the project baseline on Circular economy manufacturing and use to illustrate the potential. Moreover, the industries subjected in the case studies will receive valuable feedback from an international team of researchers.