Research on digital product passports together with companies

Digital Product Passport (DPP) is a mandatory tool developed by the EU where data on, among other things, the sustainability of a product is stored throughout its life cycle.

Researchers at the School of Engineering (JTH), Jönköping University (JU) will work with companies to develop digital tools to support the introduction of DPP at companies.

"It will be an extremely important and extensive process for manufacturing companies in the coming years," says Annika Moscati, project manager for Pass4Sustainability and associate professor at JTH.

In the coming years, almost everything sold in the EU may need a Digital Product Passport (DPP), which shows different types of data linked to different phases of the product life cycle. For example, it shows the materials used in the products and their environmental impact.

In addition to creating the conditions for implementation of DPP, the Pass4Sustainability research team at JTH will also help companies with information management and cybersecurity linked to DPP.

"Great interest from companies"

Pass4Sustainability focuses mainly on the use phase of the product life cycle and explores the opportunities and challenges that DPP brings in terms of product development and production as well as reuse, refurbishment and end-of-life management.

"There has been a lot of interest from companies about DPP, and it is still possible to join the project," says Annika Moscati.

The partner companies to Pass4Sustainability are Fagerhults Belysning, Informationsbyggarna, Nordan, Nilörn, ISO Timber and Chemity. One more company has joined the project, and their contribution will be formalized shortly.

"Important research"

Tobias Andersson, responsible for Product Data Management at Fagerhults Belysning, says that they are participating in Pass4Sustainability to gain a better understanding of what requirements and needs will be placed on them as a supplier of products from the European market.

"We want to see DPP not just as a legal requirement, but something we can use for further sales of our products. We work closely with JU and it is of great importance that research is conducted in this area, says Tobias Andersson.

"Valuable contact exchanges"

Jan-Mikael Kristiansson, CEO of Informationsbyggarna, mentions that they handle large amounts of information from their customers. He believes that digital product passports will help them sort and manage that data in a more rational way. He has high expectations for Pass4Sustainability.

"I think it will be great! It's great that it has started and that so many companies in different sectors are participating in the project. There are valuable exchanges of contacts and we will learn a lot from each other, says Jan-Mikael Kristiansson.

Pass4Sustainability started on April 1 this year and will run for 3.5 years.

Read more about Pass4Sustainability here