ALTEN SVERIGE AKTIEBOLAG

Their core work

ALTEN Sverige (operating under the brand XDIN) is a Swedish engineering consultancy specializing in embedded systems, software verification, and safety-critical system development, based in Gothenburg — Sweden's automotive and industrial engineering hub. Their H2020 work focuses on cyber-physical systems (CPS): the class of embedded computing systems that interact directly with the physical world, such as automotive control units, industrial robots, and wireless sensor networks. In the AMASS project they contributed to architecture-driven assurance and certification methodologies for CPS, while in SafeCOP they took the coordinator role for research into safe wireless communication between cooperating CPS. This positions them as practitioners bridging formal safety engineering with real-world industrial embedded systems development.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Both H2020 projects ran in the same period (2016–2019) and no keyword data is available, which means a genuine evolution of focus cannot be traced from the EU project record alone. What can be said is that by 2016 XDIN was already mature enough in CPS safety to take on a coordinator role (SafeCOP), suggesting established capability rather than an emerging one. Without later projects, it is unclear whether they continued in this direction or shifted back to pure industrial consulting after the H2020 period.

With only two concurrent projects from a single period and no activity beyond 2016, the data cannot indicate a current trajectory — a prospective partner should contact the organization directly to assess their present research priorities.

How they like to work

XDIN has demonstrated both leadership and partnership roles across just two projects: they coordinated SafeCOP and participated in AMASS, indicating they are comfortable in either position. Their two projects collectively involved 57 unique partners across 12 countries, which is consistent with large ECSEL joint undertaking consortia where 20–35 partners per project is normal — this is not a sign of broad independent networking, but rather participation in well-organized, industry-heavy research alliances. Expect them to be a structured, industry-practice-oriented partner rather than a blue-sky research collaborator.

XDIN's two projects reached 57 unique partners across 12 countries, a network size driven by the large-consortium nature of ECSEL funding rather than long-term bilateral relationships. Their geographic spread is European but concentrated in industrial CPS ecosystems typical of ECSEL: Germany, Sweden, Austria, Spain, and similar manufacturing-heavy countries.

What sets them apart

XDIN is an engineering SME from Gothenburg — the same city as Volvo and a dense cluster of automotive Tier-1 suppliers — which gives their CPS safety expertise direct industrial grounding that pure academic partners cannot match. What makes them notable among SMEs is that they took the coordinator role on a multi-country ECSEL project (SafeCOP), demonstrating administrative and technical leadership capacity uncommon at their size. For a consortium builder, they offer the combination of practical embedded systems experience, safety certification knowledge, and a demonstrated ability to manage EU project delivery.

Highlights from their portfolio

• SafeCOP
  XDIN served as project coordinator — a significant leadership responsibility for an SME — on this multi-partner ECSEL research action focused on wireless safety in cooperating cyber-physical systems.
• AMASS
  The larger of the two projects by EC contribution, AMASS tackled architecture-driven certification across multiple safety concerns simultaneously, reflecting XDIN's depth in formal assurance methodologies.