MOBILARIS MCE AB

Their core work

Mobilaris MCE AB is a Swedish technology company specializing in digital solutions for the mining industry, based in Lulea — the gateway to Scandinavia's most active mining region. Their core work involves deploying real-time positioning, automation, and system integration technologies inside active mining operations to improve safety, productivity, and efficiency. In H2020 projects, they contribute as technology implementers, bringing industrial-grade digitalization tools into pilot mine environments alongside research partners and mining operators. Their trajectory shows a clear commercial focus: they build and deploy systems that mines can actually adopt, not just research prototypes.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their first H2020 project (SIMS, 2017-2020), Mobilaris was focused squarely on sustainable mining pilots and raw materials — essentially proving that intelligent systems could work in real mine environments. By NEXGEN-SIMS (2021-2024), the vocabulary had expanded dramatically: carbon neutrality, productivity, efficiency, digitalization, automation, and safety all appear as distinct themes, signaling a maturing technology portfolio rather than a single-point solution. The shift suggests Mobilaris has moved from demonstrating feasibility to delivering integrated, multi-functional platforms — tracking the broader mining industry's push toward decarbonization and full operational digitalization.

Mobilaris is moving deeper into the green mining transition, combining their established digitalization and safety expertise with carbon-neutrality objectives — making them increasingly relevant for any consortium targeting sustainable raw materials or industrial decarbonization.

How they like to work

Mobilaris participates exclusively as a consortium partner rather than a coordinator, suggesting they prefer contributing a defined technology component rather than managing large research programs. With 23 unique partners across just 2 projects, they are embedded in substantial, multi-stakeholder consortia — typical of Innovation Actions where industrial partners bring ready-to-deploy technology into pilot environments. This profile makes them a straightforward partner to work with: they show up with a product, deploy it, and let research partners handle the scientific reporting.

Mobilaris has built connections with 23 distinct consortium partners across 6 countries through just 2 projects — a notably broad network for a company of this size. Their Lulea base gives them natural access to Scandinavian mining operators (LKAB, Boliden circles), and the SIMS/NEXGEN-SIMS consortia are pan-European, spanning Sweden, Finland, Spain, and other mining-active nations.

What sets them apart

Mobilaris operates at the intersection of commercial mining technology and EU-funded research pilots — a narrow but strategically valuable space that few pure-technology SMEs occupy. Being based in Lulea gives them direct proximity to some of Europe's most technologically active mines, which means their pilot deployments happen in real, operational environments rather than test facilities. For a consortium that needs an industrial technology partner who can actually get hardware and software running inside an active mine, Mobilaris offers credibility and operational access that a research institute cannot provide.

Highlights from their portfolio

• NEXGEN-SIMS
  The largest of their two projects (EUR 368,550) and the more ambitious one, targeting carbon-neutral next-generation mine pilots with a full suite of digitalization, automation, and safety objectives — their most complete technology showcase to date.
• SIMS
  Their entry into H2020, establishing Mobilaris as a credible EU research partner for sustainable intelligent mining systems and laying the groundwork for the follow-on NEXGEN-SIMS project.