ABOUT US

Combient AB is a collaboration model involving a select group of global enterprises in a variety of industries. Founded in January 2015, Combient today supports 24 companies operating out of offices in Stockholm (HQ), Gothenburg and Helsinki.

Our initial funding companies are Atlas Copco AB, Electrolux AB, Ericsson AB, FAM AB, Investor AB, LKAB, Saab AB, SEB AB, Sigma AB, SKF AB and Stora Enso AB.









ASSOCIATED partners

To further strengthen our unique collaboration model, Combient has also launched the Associated Partner Program. This is a by invitation program where we bring in a limited number of enterprises from various industries – with each new company adding value to the existing collaboration model and community. As of January 1st 2018 we had the pleasure to welcome three new companies – Konecranes, Kesko and Perstorp to our collaboration model.



Jointly Combient represents a group of companies with over 500,000 employees and a total turnover of some 1,400 BSEK.

Our vision is to Bring Digitalised Industrial Innovation to the industry. Collaboration and knowledge sharing are our most important tools. We have a very active interaction and governance with our participating companies, work closely with academia and explore new partnerships that can help us achieve our aspirational vision.









OUR VISION

"BRINGING DIGITALIZED INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION TO THE INDUSTRY"

Innovation

Combinatorial Innovation & Development is a fundamental belief and approach to what we do. This is one of the critical success factors to improve execution capacity, access to competence and time to market. Combient differentiates through the industrialization of best-of-breed practices in the internet and open source community.

Collaboration

Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing are our most important enablers. We have a very active interaction and exchange with our owner and member companies as well as with select industry & technology partners. Alongside our close relationships with academia and research we continuously explore new partnership opportunities that can help us achieve our aspirational vision.

Experimentation

Through experimental Proof-of-Concepts we engage in collaborative development in f ex Analytics and Machine Learning, Blockchain, Industrial IoT among other areas. The findings and results are shared through best practices and knowledge sharing within and between our participating companies. This is realised through demonstrators, automation test beds and proof of concepts - by and for the industry.

PARTNERS

Combient is engaged and involved in several industry partnerships and consortiums.
We´re actively looking for new forums, member- and partnerships that will further enable and support our vision.

INDUSTRY 4.0

The term Industry 4.0, or “Industrie 4.0”, refers to the fourth industrial revolution. It originates from a project in the high-tech strategy of the German government, which promotes the computerization of manufacturing. The term Industrie 4.0 was first used in 2011 at the Hanover Fair. In October 2012 the Working Group on Industry 4.0 chaired by Siegfried Dais (Robert Bosch GmbH) and Kagermann (acatech) presented a set of Industry 4.0 implementation recommendations to the German federal government. On 8 April 2013 at the Hanover Fair the final report of the Working Group Industry 4.0 was presented. In 2015 a similar report was done involving Swedish Industrial companies. Combient have interaction and exchange with the Industrie 4.0 initiative in Germany.

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INDUSTRIAL INTERNET CONSORTIUM – IIC

The Industrial Internet Consortium is the open membership, international not-for-profit consortium that is setting the architectural framework and direction for the Industrial Internet. Founded by AT&T, Cisco, GE, IBM and Intel in March 2014, the consortium’s mission is to coordinate vast ecosystem initiatives to connect and integrate objects with people, processes and data using common architectures, interoperability and open standards. Combient is a member of the IIC since 2015.

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SISP - SWEDISH INCUBATORS & SCIENCE PARKS

Swedish Incubators & Science Parks (SISP) is Sweden´s national association for business incubators and science parks. SISP is a non-profit association with national coverage, its 65 members (organising 43 business incubators and 33 science parks) includes 5 000 companies with more than 70 000 employees. Focus is to stimulate growth in knowledge-based companies. SISP‘s members operate more than 70 creative environments, offer business development, work with clusters, industrial project development arenas, seed capital funds, accelerators and more - effective collaboration with industry, public sector, universities and institutes.

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THINGS

THINGS® is a 2 000m2 co-working space at KTH Campus down-town Stockholm for selected start-ups with hardware as part of their solution and global ambitions. They work in areas like Internet of Things, wearable technology, medtech, 3D scanning/printing and smart grid technologies. What makes THINGS® unique is that we are independent from investors and manufacturers, our members have access to unparalleled prototyping and testing capabilities and last but not least, our partnerships with a number of the most successful and innovative export companies in Sweden. We have established THINGS® as the number one hub for hardware oriented people and companies in Sweden and the obvious place to keep an eye on and visit while in Stockholm if you are interested in hardware related solutions.

THINGS Matter!

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SLUSH

Slush is a non-profit event organized by a community of entrepreneurs, investors, students and festival organizers. Although Slush has grown from a 300-person event to become one of the leading events of its kind in the world, the philosophy behind it has remained the same: to help the next generation of great, world-conquering companies forward.

In 2016, Slush brought together 17 500 attendees, including 2 336 startups, 1 146 investors and 610 journalists from 124 countries – all of them with an ambition of taking their business to the next level in the cold, dark Helsinki.

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ACADEMIA

Research and Academia is a key element and contributor to what we do.
Combient is actively working closely with a number of research and academic organisations.

Wallenberg Autonomous Systems Program (WASP)

The Wallenberg Autonomous Systems Program, WASP, is a forceful research program focusing on basic research, education, training and recruitment in the field of autonomous systems and software development. The program is being run at Chalmers University of Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and the Universities of Linköping, Lund and Umeå, with Linköping University acting as host for the program. The research program is the result of collaboration between the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, universities and Swedish industrial companies.

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Linköping University

Linköping University (LiU) is one of Sweden’s larger academic institutions and among those that offer the largest number of professional degree programs, in fields such as medicine, education, business, economics and engineering. Research is conducted within a variety of disciplines, with strong internationally recognized research environments, e.g. materials science, information technology and disability studies. Since gaining university status in 1975 LiU has worked with innovation in education and research. For example, we were first in Sweden to introduce interdisciplinary thematic research, problem-based learning (PBL), graduate schools and several innovative study programs.

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KTH - ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Since its founding in 1827, KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm has grown to become one of Europe’s leading technical and engineering universities, as well as a key Centre of intellectual talent and innovation. KTH is working with industry and society in the pursuit of sustainable solutions to some of humanity’s greatest challenges: climate change, future energy supply, urbanisation and quality of life for the rapidly-growing elderly population. We are addressing these with world leading, high-impact research and education in natural sciences and all branches of engineering, as well as in architecture, industrial management, urban planning, history and philosophy.

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Luleå University of Technology

Luleå University of Technology (LTU) is a world-class research and education provider with some 1,700 employees and 16,000 students. The research is conducted in close cooperation with leading companies and international universities. Areas of excellence in research and innovation are attractive built environment, effective innovation and organisation, future mining, renewable energy, innovative art and science, sustainable transportation, intelligent industrial processes, enabling ICT and smart machines and materials.

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UMEÅ UNIVERSITY

Umeå University was founded in 1965 and is Sweden’s fifth oldest university. Today, we have a strong international presence with students, teachers and researchers from all over the world. As one of the leading comprehensive universities in the nation, we are alive with enthusiasm, innovation, creativity and fresh ideas. We have developed interaction between research, education, collaboration and innovation that challenges boundaries and plays a crucial role in the region’s development.

The University is a dynamic meeting place where interdisciplinary knowledge is generated and disseminated. Creative environments attract students, researchers, teachers and collaborating partners nationally and globally.

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Uppsala University

Uppsala University, founded in 1477, is the oldest university in the Nordic region and one of northern Europe’s top-ranking higher education institutions today. Its key asset is all the individuals who with their curiosity, commitment and creativity place it among the 100 best universities in the world. Within the University, world-class research and first-rate education are in progress, with global benefits to society, the economy and culture.

The University fosters exchange with and between other universities, the business sector and society and offers vocational skills development. Through active cooperation with partners — public and private, national and international — knowledge is put to good use.

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SICS

SICS Swedish ICT is a leading research institute for applied information and communication technology in Sweden, founded in 1985. SICS is non-profit and carries out advanced and focused research in strategic areas of computer science, in close collaboration with Swedish and international industry and academia. The research creates cutting-edge technology, invigorating companies beyond their own R&D.

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STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY

Stockholm University is a leader in education and research in the areas of quantum physics, computer and systems science, materials chemistry etc. Stockholm University cooperates with Combient in several of these areas for streamlining and automating Swedish industry.

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EVENTS

Besides attending leading industry and technology events Combient also hosts two Executive Conferences each year where we bring together the senior representatives from across the participating group of companies. Here are two short video-clips from the recent Executive Conferences held in January of 2017.



Senior Executive Conference
CxO Conference

MANAGEMENT

Mats Agervi

CEO

Torgny Gunnarsson

VP & Deputy CEO

Anders Ösund

CFO

Jonas Wettergren

VP & Head of HR

Ali Sarrafi

VP & Head of Analytics

Liran Lotker

VP & Head of Technology

Jukka Ryhänen

Managing Director, Finland

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Combient´s Board of Directors represents our owners and is the governing body ensuring that strategy and
execution is aligned. Through the engagement from the Board of Directors we have a very valuable representation
and breadth of experience from a variety of industry sectors.

Tom Johnstone

Chairman
Former President and CEO of SKF AB

Sara Mazur

Member of the Board
Vice Chairman - WASP,
Former VP and Head of Ericsson Research

Pontus de Laval

Member of the Board
CTO at Saab AB

Carl Lindgren

Member of the Board
Former professional auditor and Chairman of the Board of KPMG, Sweden

Pierpaolo Barbone

Member of the Board
President Services & Executive Vice President, Deputy to the CEO at Wärtsilä

News

How industry leaders build integrated operations ecosystems to deliver end-to-end customer solutions

April 2018

Kone and fortum joins the combient industrial collaboration network

August 2017

Pwc industry 4.0 survey

June 2015

1,8b sek investment into autonomous systems

May 2015

CAREERS

We are always on the lookout for outstanding talent to join our team at Combient. We welcome committed people with drive and leadership qualities that see innovative thinking and analytical skills as a key ingredient to achieving great results. You thrive by team work and take clear and natural ownership for your own contribution to the combined team result. Contact us at careers@combient.com

Applied Data Scientist

Stockholm, Sweden
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Do you strive for making a difference? Are you motivated by working with Analytics in a talented team of Data Scientists?

At Combient you will be part of a dedicated team with the mission to support our owners and member companies in their digital journey.

Combient is currently building a strategic capability around Advanced Analytics in our Analytics Centre of Excellence in order to service our owners and member companies in leveraging the latest developments in machine learning and predictive analytics and applying it to industrial problems. Since our owners include some of the largest companies in Sweden, and spans a wide range of verticals, you will be able to apply your experience, skills and creativity on a broad scale. This is a real opportunity to impact how industry leverages data to improve their business and their products.

For the role as “Applied Data Scientist” we are looking for a skilled data scientist. We believe that you are a curious individual with a keen interest in understanding and contributing to the bigger contexts of the problems that the customer is addressing.

You will:

  • support new projects with expertise in statistical models and machine learning
  • research, implement and build algorithms and solutions – analyse and share results with team members and customers

You have:

  • an advanced degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Electrical Engineering or equivalent
  • consultant experience or similar customer-interfacing roles
  • solid knowledge in advanced analytics and quantitative techniques
  • practical experience in using at least one modern big data or machine learning toolkit, e.g. SAS, R, Mathematica, Matlab/Octave, Python or Spark/Hadoop
  • knowledge of SQL and professional experience in a modern programming language
  • excellent communication and presentation skills

Bonus if you have experience with:

  • Spark/Hadoop clusters, and the tools in the Hadoop ecosystem
  • distributed, high performance or GPU computing
  • consultancy or similar customer-interfacing roles
  • industrial systems and predictive maintenance (PdM)
  • process automation and process mining techniques allowing for extracting information from workflow automation systems
  • data mining toolkits such as KXEN, Kamanja and Rapidminer
  • modern databases such as Vertica, SciDB or Cassandra
  • stream processing (Apache Spark Streaming, Storm, Apache Flink etc) ETL, data quality, database modeling and data warehousing principles

Personal qualities:

  • good communication and interpersonal skills
  • business understanding and analytical skills
  • ability to work independently, with continuous improvements, in a structured way, sets right priorities
  • highly motivated with a strong enthusiasm and ability to create long lasting relationship

Please note that you must have a Swedish/EU work permit and be fully fluent in English. No relocation assistance or visa support provided.

Industrial Data Scientist

Stockholm, Sweden
Apply here

Do you strive for making a difference? Are you motivated by working with Analytics in a talented team of Data Scientists?

At Combient you will be part of a dedicated team with the mission to support our owners and member companies in their digital journey.

Combient is currently building a strategic capability around Advanced Analytics in our Analytics Centre of Excellence in order to service our owners and member companies in leveraging the latest developments in machine learning and predictive analytics and applying it to industrial problems. Since our owners include some of the largest companies in Sweden, and spans a wide range of verticals, you will be able to apply your experience, skills and creativity on a broad scale. This is a real opportunity to impact how industry leverages data to improve their business and their products.

For this position we are looking for a skilled data scientist with strong experience from data science within large enterprises. You are a senior individual with a keen interest in sharing and contributing to the bigger context.

Location is either in Stockholm or Gothenburg.

You will:

  • support customers with cross functional holistic view of analytics for different domains
  • support new projects with expertise in statistical models and machine learning
  • mentor our customers own data scientists in developing new skills
  • research, implement and build algorithms and solutions
  • conduct Proof of Concepts
  • analyze and share results with team members and customers

You have:

  • at least five years of work experience in industrial context in two or more domain areas (R&D, Finance, Manufacturing, CRM etc.) or
  • consultant role at large enterprises with advanced analytics such as data mining, text mining, machine learning or predictive analytics
  • a degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Electrical Engineering or adequate working experience
  • solid knowledge in advanced analytics, quantitative techniques, industrial systems and predictive maintenance
  • process automation and process mining techniques allowing for extracting information from workflow automation systems

Bonus if you have experience with:

  • modern databases such as Vertica, SciDB or Cassandra
  • using modern big data or machine toolkit, e.g., SAS, R, Mathematica, Matlab/Octave, Python or Spark/Hadoop
  • Stream processing (Apache Spark Streaming, Storm, Apache Flink etc), ETL, data quality, database modeling and data warehousing principles and traditional BI.

Personal qualities:

  • good communication and interpersonal skills
  • ability to convert strategic objectives into practical activities
  • business understanding and analytical skills
  • ability to work independently
  • knowledge sharing and team player
  • highly motivated with a strong enthusiasm and ability to create long lasting relationships

Please note that you must have a Swedish/EU work permit and be fully fluent in English. No relocation assistance or visa support provided.

Solution Architect

Stockholm, Sweden
Apply here

Do you have a strive for making a difference? Will you get motivated from working within the area of Analytics in a highly talented team. If so, please keep reading!

Combient is currently building a strategic consultancy around data science and analytics in the Analytics Center of Excellence. We serve our owners and member companies in leveraging the latest developments in machine learning, predictive analytics and descriptive analytics and applying that to industrial problems. This is a real opportunity to impact how industry leverages data to improve their business and products to transform data into insights and actionable decisions.

You will:

As part of the Analytical Center of Excellence team, you will be responsible for the design in on-site engagements with customers at multiple levels of their organizations.

You will work directly with our customers responsible for design of the technical solutions. You’ll also support in how to help integrate with ETL, analytics and visualization tools and software. These solutions often cover a cross-section of needs including Data Science, Business Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

This includes:

  • quickly understanding customer requirements and constraints and work to help them build analytical architectures to support their future needs.
  • create possibilities for re-use of solutions that can be of mutual use by our sphere companies, document reference architectures

You have:

  • at least 5 years’ experience architecting and implementing batch and real-time analytical systems
  • Excellent understanding in modern architectures
  • solid knowledge of the technologies for digital business challenges, especially cloud environments
  • experience of modern big data or machine toolkit, e.g., SAS, R, Mathematica, Matlab/Octave, Python, Spark/Hadoop, data warehouse and analytical visualization tools and ETL tools
  • Deep experience diving into a new technology or architecture, understanding its patterns, anti-patterns, and how it compares to other technologies and architectures
  • Experience with AI or ML technologies
  • Understanding of Routing and Firewall as well as securtity

Note that you must have a Swedish/EU work permit and be fully fluent in English. No relocation assistance or visa support can be provided.  


Industrial Data Scientist

Helsinki, Finland
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Do you have a strive for making a difference? Will you get motivated from working with Analytics in a talented team of Data Scientists?

At Combient you will be part of a dedicated team with the mission to support our owners and customers in their digital journey. Combient is currently building a strategic capability around Advanced Analytics in our Analytics Centre of Excellence in order to serve our owners and member companies in leveraging the latest developments in machine learning, predictive analytics and applying it to industrial problems. Since our owners include some of the largest companies in Sweden, and span a wide range of verticals, you will be able to apply your experience, skills and creativity on a broad scale. This is a real opportunity to impact how industry leverages data to improve their business and their products.

For this position we are looking for a skilled data scientist with strong experience from data science within large enterprises. You are a senior individual with a keen interest in sharing and contributing to the bigger context. Location is either in Stockholm or Gothenburg.

The scope includes:

  • Support customers with cross functional holistic view of analytics for different domains
  • Support new projects with expertise in statistical models and machine learning
  • Mentoring our customers own data scientists in developing new skills
  • Research, implement and build algorithms and solutions
  • Conduct Proof of Concepts
  • Analyze and share results with team members and customers Required qualifications:
  • At least five years of work experience in industrial context in two or more domain areas (R&D, Finance, Manufacturing, CRM etc.) or
  • Consultant role at large enterprises with advanced analytics such as data mining, text mining, machine learning or predictive analytics
  • A degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Electrical Engineering or adequate working experience
  • Solid knowledge in advanced analytics, quantitative techniques, industrial systems and predictive maintenance
  • Process automation and process mining techniques allowing for extracting information from workflow automation systems Nice to have:
  • Knowledge of modern databases such as Vertica, SciDB or Cassandra
  • Experience in using modern big data or machine toolkit, e.g., SAS, R, Mathematica, Matlab/Octave, Python or Spark/Hadoop
  • Stream processing (Apache Spark Streaming, Storm, Apache Flink etc), ETL, data quality, database modeling and data warehousing principles and traditional BI.

Personal qualities:

  • Good communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to convert strategic objectives into practical activities
  • Business understanding and analytical skills
  • Ability to work independently
  • Knowledge sharing and team player
  • Highly motivated with a strong enthusiasm and ability to create long lasting relationships

Please note that you must have a Finnish/EU work permit and be fully fluent in English. No relocation assistance or visa support provided.

Senior Project Manager

Stockholm, Sweden
Apply here

Do you have a strive for making a difference? Will you get motivated from working within the area of Analytics in a highly talented team.

Combient is currently building a strategic consultancy around data science and analytics in the Analytics Center of Excellence. We serve our owners and member companies in leveraging the latest developments in machine learning, predictive analytics and descriptive analytics and applying that to industrial problems. Since our owners include some of the largest companies in Sweden, and spans a wide range of verticals, you will lead complex projects in broad scale. This is a real opportunity to impact how industry leverages data to improve their business and products to transform data into insights and actionable decisions.

You will:

  • Develop Project plans for individual projects within Analytics Center of Excellence
  • Convey important relationship of each project to a bigger picture, including the larger program/projects within same company or cross companies within our sphere
  • Ensure that projects are organized and executed in a consistent manner and/or fulfilled within established standards (agreed with the customers)
  • Be a team player, support your team members, create a good working spirit within the projects
  • Ensure that the overall project structure and management processes enable the project teams to successfully complete their work.
  • Ensure that the project deliverables can be integrated into the customer and product, service, results and business benefits.
  • Project stakeholder management, including identify stakeholders, understand their needs and expectation and develop a stakeholder management plan to engage affected stakeholders, manage their expectation and improve their acceptance of project objectives. Based on the stakeholders input develop KPIs that are reported accordingly to the Communication plan.
  • Ensure alignment of the individual project plans, with the goals and benefits.
  • Project budget follow up.
  • Reporting status and progress to a Project Steering Committee or Manager of Analytics Center Manager

You have:

  • solid knowledge managing analytics projects and understanding the digital business challenges
  • experience of driving projects with business environment at large enterprises
  • a broad view both of program objectives and organizational culture
  • business development skills
  • time management ability
  • people skills
  • strong communication skills to deal with various stakeholders
  • leadership skills are needed for managing multiple project teams
  • extensive experience of driving large projects within enterprise companies

Note that you must have a Swedish/EU work permit and be fully fluent in English. No relocation assistance or visa support can be provided.

Solution Architect

Gothenburg, Sweden
Apply here

Do you have a strive for making a difference? Will you get motivated from working within the area of Analytics in a highly talented team. If so, please keep reading! Combient is currently building a strategic consultancy around data science and analytics in the Analytics Center of Excellence. We serve our owners and member companies in leveraging the latest developments in machine learning, predictive analytics and descriptive analytics and applying that to industrial problems. This is a real opportunity to impact how industry leverages data to improve their business and products to transform data into insights and actionable decisions.

You will:

As part of the Analytical Center of Excellence team, you will be responsible for the design in on-site engagements with customers at multiple levels of their organizations.

You will work directly with our customers responsible for design of the technical solutions. You’ll also support in how to help integrate with ETL, analytics and visualization tools and software. These solutions often cover a cross-section of needs including Data Science, Business Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

This includes:

  • quickly understand customer requirements and constraints and work to help them build analytical architectures to support their future needs.
  • create possibilities for re-use of solutions that can be of mutual use by our sphere companies, document reference architectures

You have:

  • at least 5 years’ experience architecting and implementing batch and real-time analytical systems
  • Excellent understanding in modern architectures
  • solid knowledge of the technologies for digital business challenges, especially cloud environments
  • experience of modern big data or machine toolkit, e.g., SAS, R, Mathematica, Matlab/Octave, Python, Spark/Hadoop, data warehouse and analytical visualization tools and ETL tools
  • Deep experience diving into a new technology or architecture, understanding its patterns, anti-patterns, and how it compares to other technologies and architectures
  • Experience with AI or ML technologies
  • Understanding of Routing and Firewall as well as securtity

Note that you must have a Swedish/EU work permit and be fully fluent in English. No relocation assistance or visa support can be provided.


Contact

How to find us

Our Office

Address: Stockholm Sveavägen 17, SE-111 57, Sweden

Phone: +46 (0)8 525 281 00

Email: info@combient.com

Email: careers@combient.com

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