The Process Industry Centre PIC was founded in 2008 by the Swedish process industry and the Foundation for Strategic Research. Located at Lund University and Linköping University, the aim of PIC is to provide knowledge for the process industry to ensure future success. The academic disciplines of Chemical Engineering, Automatic Control and Production Economy form the centre with several industrial partners from the Swedish process industry.
New technical knowledge needs to be developed and existing expertise extended, communicated, and applied in the process industry. This is the aim of PIC and is realized through four core activities: an active industrial network, competence development, research and research education, and teaching.