Thesis Project at DeLaval International

DeLaval is the market leader in milking equipment employing 4 520 people in more than 100 markets around the world. Our dairy farming partners benefit from 130 years industry experience sharing complete solutions with trusted local support and service. Our research and development programmes ensure that farmers can rely on DeLaval to help them preserve cow health and support the production of quality milk. For more information please visit DeLaval is a company of the Tetra Laval Group.

Headline: Develop Eco design Guidelines for a Broad Product Assortment

Objective:

To develop practical actionable Eco Design Guidelines that can be used throughout the product development process. These guidelines aim to reduce the environmental impact of our products throughout their lifecycle by incorporating sustainability principles into design decisions. The work should be tailored towards DeLavals product portfolio and based on established Eco Design frameworks. The thesis project should also include proposals on how to improve the integration of sustainability into DeLavals product development process.

Eco Design Guidelines are structured recommendations and best practices that help engineers and designers create products with a lower environmental footprint. This can include guidance on material selection energy efficiency durability reparability recyclability and end-of-life considerationsensuring sustainability is integrated from the very beginning of the design process.

Background:

Sustainability is among the top prioritized questions for companies globally and an increasing number of companies have set ambitious targets to decrease Greenhouse Gas Emissions in line with the Paris agreement. For DeLaval a world leader within equipment for dairy farming sustainability lies in our roots We make sustainable food production possible. Having a long history in development and manufacturing serving a global market of innovative products we are continuously working to improve the sustainability of our company and our products.

Our GHG emissions show that most of our emissions come from our products specifically from the energy consumption of our products during use and extracting the raw materials used in our products. Therefore developing specific guidance on how to reduce the impact of our products is crucial to reduce emissions.

For this work we are looking for two ambitious students who want to use their engineering skills to develop Eco Design guidelines and proposals on how to integrate sustainability further in DeLavals development process.

Your main task will be to:

• Conduct benchmark on guidelines at comparable companies.
• Develop Eco Design guidelines that can be used in product development.
• Recommend how Eco design can be better integrated in our product development process.
• The work shall be delivered in English.

Your qualifications:

• Master level in Industrial Engineering and Management and Production technology Mechanical engineering Design and Product Development Energy and Environment or similar
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Courses within Sustainability
• Ability to work partly at DeLaval in Tumba Stockholm

Number of students:

2

We offer you:

• To do your thesis project in a professional international environment
• To work in an innovative department
• Economic compensation according to DeLaval standard
• The working place will both be at the University and at DeLaval in Stockholm

Start date:

January 2026

Estimated time needed:

20 weeks

Interested

Please apply no later than 23 November and include your CV and personal letter.

Contact person:

Lovisa Lundblad Project Manager ()