LINDBACKS BYGG AB

Their core work

Lindbäcks Bygg is a Swedish industrialized construction company specializing in prefabricated modular wooden buildings, primarily multi-storey residential apartments. They manufacture building modules in factory settings and assemble them on-site, blending construction with manufacturing processes. In H2020, they contributed real-world industrial use cases for digitalizing manufacturing workflows, product-service design, and supply chain collaboration platforms in the construction-manufacturing intersection.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Lindbäcks began their H2020 participation (2015-2018) focused on manufacturing intelligence and product-service design (Manutelligence), then moved toward digital collaboration networks for supply chains (NIMBLE, 2016-2020). Their most recent project, Arrowhead Tools (2019-2022), signals a clear shift toward engineering digitalization solutions for industrial automation. The trajectory shows a company progressively deepening its digital transformation capabilities, moving from conceptual platforms to concrete digitalization engineering.

Lindbäcks is moving toward full digitalization of its industrialized construction processes, making them a relevant partner for IoT, automation, and digital twin projects in construction-manufacturing.

How they like to work

Lindbäcks consistently joins as a participant, never as coordinator, typically contributing industrial use cases and end-user requirements to large research consortia. With 112 unique partners across 19 countries from just 3 projects, they operate in very large consortia (averaging 37+ partners per project). This positions them as a reliable industrial end-user partner who brings real manufacturing environments for validation rather than driving project management.

Through three large-scale consortia, Lindbäcks has built connections with 112 unique partners across 19 countries, giving them a broad European network despite their modest project count. Their network spans research institutions, IT companies, and manufacturers across the EU.

What sets them apart

Lindbäcks occupies a rare niche at the intersection of construction and manufacturing — they are essentially a factory that produces buildings. This makes them an unusual and valuable use-case provider for manufacturing digitalization projects, because their processes combine factory automation with construction-specific constraints. For consortium builders seeking an industrial partner who can validate digital manufacturing tools in a non-traditional manufacturing setting, Lindbäcks offers a distinctive testbed.

Highlights from their portfolio

• Arrowhead Tools
  Their most recent and strategically significant project, focused on engineering digitalization solutions — signals the company's current technology direction.
• NIMBLE
  Large-scale European collaboration network for manufacturing and logistics, giving Lindbäcks exposure to cross-industry supply chain innovation.
• Manutelligence
  Their first H2020 project and largest funding (EUR 222,500), establishing their entry into product-service manufacturing intelligence.