Our Vision and Strategy

Our vision

Technology for a better society

Our role

Creating value by applying knowledge, research and innovation

• Developing knowledge and technology that can be applied
• Working as an R&D partner with industry and the public sector
• Developing new companies
• Delivering solutions for sustainable development
• Building and operating research laboratories  
• Providing premises for social debate and policy decisions

Our characteristics

• We are a multidisciplinary research organization with world class expertise in specific fields
• We cooperate closely with universities, the authorities and industry
• We have the ability to see opportunities, develop and create successful solutions for our customers and partners
• We combine the cultures of research and business
• We take social responsibility and ensure that high ethical standards are applied to all of our activities

Our basic values

Honesty    Generosity    Courage    Solidarity

Our main objective

SINTEF is to be acknowledged as the leading independent contract research organization in Europe

Focus areas and goals

Customers
SINTEF is to contribute to knowledge generation, value creation and enhance its customers’ competitiveness

• SINTEF is to deliver solutions and create new business opportunities for its customers by using its innovative R&D partnership models
• SINTEF is to work together with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), the University of Oslo and its other research partners around the world to apply technology for a better society
• SINTEF is to provide top expertise by drawing on the resources from the whole of the SINTEF Group
• SINTEF is to increase international activities through marketing initiatives and offer customers top level R&D expertise in selected areas
• SINTEF is to help its customers with regard to intellectual property rights by establishing companies, and selling or licensing technological innovation   

Science
SINTEF is to be known for high-level scientific and professional quality and be an international leader in specific fields

• SINTEF is to develop robust, leading international scientific groups through strategic activities coordinated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), the University of Oslo and its other research partners around the world
• SINTEF is to focus its strategic efforts in specific scientific areas where it has leading expertise, as well as in areas with clear market potential or with attractive benefits for society
• SINTEF is to make its scientific and professional quality more widely known by expanding its participation in European research programmes, as well as in domestic and international initiatives
• SINTEF is to continue to develop its national laboratories and join leading international laboratory networks
• SINTEF is to publish its research work on a comparable level with other leading international contract research organizations
• SINTEF is to bring breakthroughs in science and technology to the market

People
SINTEF is to be an attractive place to work offering unique prospects for those with the ability and drive to develop their potential

• SINTEF is to ensure that high ethical standards and awareness of Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) are applied to all of its activities 
• SINTEF is to offer a work environment in which its staff are respected and appreciated, and where they are given the opportunity to develop their abilities in cooperation with their colleagues
• SINTEF is to offer professional challenges and tasks that have a high value for its customers and society
• SINTEF is to recruit and keep competent people in a global labour market
• SINTEF is to encourage team spirit, creativity and initiative in its scientific groups
• SINTEF is to develop leadership that is explicit, inclusive and inspiring