14 January 2025

CERN visits Swedish suppliers for SHiP project

In late autumn, CERN toured Sweden to meet local suppliers and strengthen collaborations for SHiP (Search for Hidden Particles), a new mega-project with a budget of 1.5 billion SEK—the most expensive approved since the Large Hadron Collider.

Erik Stark (Österby Gjuteri) shows Richard Jacobsson (CERN) examples of what they can deliver to Big Science.

Richard Jacobsson, the Swedish project leader for SHiP, along with Rui Ximenes from CERN’s Targets & Interactions Group and Mike Parkin from CERN’s Beam Dump Facility, visited several Swedish companies to discuss potential collaborations and contributions to the SHiP project.

Swedish Road Trip

In Uppsala, they visited ScandiNova Systems, a company specialising in pulsed power systems. The journey continued to Österbybruk for a visit to Österby Gjuteri, known for its production of high-quality steel castings.

Their next stop was in Surahammar, where they met with representatives from MTC Powder Solutions, a leading producer of components manufactured through hot isostatic pressing (HIP). Finally, they visited CoorsTek in Robertsfors, near Skellefteå, which specialises in advanced ceramic materials.

These visits aimed to identify and strengthen collaborations with Swedish companies that can contribute expertise and products to the SHiP project, which is expected to begin construction in 2027.

Peter Åkersten, Mikael Lindholm and Kevin Pepitone (Scandinova) with Richard Jacobsson (CERN).

Rui Franqueira Ximenes and Michael William Parkin (CERN), Tomas Berglund (MTC), Richard Jacobsson (CERN), Jimmy Bovin and Karl-Johan Andrén (MTC).

Markus Elofsson, Anders Eriksson, Anna Sjögren, Patrik Eriksson (CoorsTek) with Rui Ximenes and Mike Parkin (CERN), Bernt-Ola Sandström (CoorsTek).