Digital Innovation Hubs
DIH Profile
PRODUTECH Digital Innovation Hub National Platform
Hub Information
- Hub Name
- PRODUTECH Digital Innovation Hub National Platform
- Local Name
- PRODUTECH Plataforma Digital Innovation Hub
- Evolutionary Stage
- Fully operational
- Geographical Scope
- National
Description
PRODUTECH Digital Innovation Hub Platform’s mission is to foster the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry, via the gathering of a critical mass of capacities, the networking of stakeholders and the nurturing of the ecosystem, towards the deployment of added value support services that enables, potentiates and furthers industry modernization. The PRODUTECH Digital Innovation Hub Platform has a comprehensive national coverage encompassing the regional dimensions and the relevant stakeholders, and notably comprising Competence Centers and Labs, R&D organizations, Sectoral technology centers, Industry Associations, Production Technology Providers, leading users from the manufacturing industry, SMEs, Start-ups, Education/Training Centers and Incubators/Science parks and civic societies, and the articulation with National and Regional Authorities, Venture Capital organizations and public agencies. PRODUTECH Cluster’s DIH Platform gathers the pertinent regional initiatives (e.g. iMan Norte Hub, Norte region section, coordinated by INESC TEC, UPTEC and PRODUTECH ) and stakeholders in the deployment of a one-stop gateway for the provision of support services towards industry digitizing, via the inter and intra networking of capacities, competencies, intervention capabilities and service offers, linking initiatives and stakeholders and further levering cooperation and outreach at European scale (e.g. networking of pilot initiatives and services under Vanguard Initiative). As a support gateway for industry digitizing it gathers a comprehensive set of services, from visioning, strategy development and roadmaping to the deployment of large scale initiatives in R&D and Innovation, from awareness actions to matchmaking (e.g. for maturity assessment, access to specialist expertise and infrastructures, solution deployment, advanced training, mentoring…), from visibility actions (national and international) to priority definition, exploitation of opportunities (innovation, integrated offers, solutions take-up, deployment and diffusion, cross-fertilization and business) and access to funding and financing.
A missão da plataforma digital innovation hub do cluster PRODUTECH é promover a digitalização da indústria transformadora, pelo estabelecimento de uma massa crítica de capacidades, pela articulação e networking dos atores relevantes e pela estimulação do ecossistema, com vista ao reforço do portfolio de serviços de suporte que possibilite e potencie a modernização da industria. A plataforma digital innovation hub do cluster PRODUTECH tem uma abrangência nacional, compreendendo as dimensões regionais e os stakeholders relevantes, nomeadamente abarcando centros de competência e laboratórios, centros tecnológicos e de I&D, associações industriais, provedores de soluções de tecnologias de produção, empresas de referência de setores utilizadores, PMEs, Start-ups, entidades do sistema de formação e educação, parques de ciência, tecnologia e incubação e associações cívicas, e articulando no âmbito da sua atuação relacionamentos com entidades financiadoras, organismos técnicos (regionais e nacionais), agências públicas e outros atores, e.g. nos domínios do financiamento da inovação e desenvolvimento empresarial. A plataforma DIH do cluster PRODUTECH reúne iniciativas regionais (e.g. iMan Norte – Digital Innovation Hub da região Norte, dinamizado pelo INESC TEC, UPTEC e PRODUTECH) e os atores relevantes na edificação de uma plataforma/gateway para a provisão e canalização de serviços de valor acrescentado no âmbito da digitalização e modernização da indústria transformadora, nomeadamente pela articulação de capacidades, competências, domínios intervenção e oferta de serviços de suporte, pela agregação de iniciativas e atores relevantes e pelo alavancar do seu alcance e a cooperação à escala Europeia. Enquanto pivot para a digitalização e modernização industrial, a plataforma DIH do cluster PRODUTECH compreende e canaliza um conjunto integrado de serviços de suporte, desde a inteligência estratégica e roadmaping até à edificação de iniciativas de grande escala no âmbito da I&D, Inovação e Demonstração, desde ações de sensibilização e capacitação ao matchmaking (e.g. para a avaliação de maturidade, no acesso a competências, capacidades e infraestruturas, para o desenvolvimento e implementação de soluções no âmbito da digitalização, no âmbito da formação e requalificação de recursos humanos,…), incluindo ainda ações de visibilidade (nacional e internacional), de definição de prioridades, de exploração de oportunidades (inovação e negócio) e acesso a instrumentos de financiamento.
Contact Data
- Coordinator (Networked, cluster organization)
- PRODUTECH - Pólo das Tecnologias de Produção
http://www.produtech.org/ - Year Established
- 2010
- Location
- Rua dos Plátanos nº 197, 4100-414, Porto (Portugal)
- Website
- http://www.produtech.org
- Contact information
-
Pedro Rocha
dih@produtech.org
+351 226 166 897
Organisation
- Organizational form
- (Part of) Private organization
- Turnover
- >5.000.000
- Number of employees
- >100
Technologies
- Micro/nano electronics
- Sensory systems
- Photonics and imaging technologies
- Screens and display technologies
- Communication networks
- Cyber physical systems
- Robotics
- Internet of things
- Artificial intelligence
- Mobility & Location based technologies
- Interaction technologies
- Cyber security
- Advanced, or high performance computing
- Big data, data analytics, data handling
- Virtual, augmented and extended reality
- Simulation, modelling and digital twins
- Gamification
- Software as a service and service architectures
- Cloud computing
Link to national or regional initiatives for digitising industry
The PRODUTECH DIH Platform interventions are an integrant part of the strategic plan for the PRODUTECH - Production Technologies Cluster, officially recognised as such, and at early stage identified as the Research and Innovation initiative in Portugal within the scope of the Action Plan for the Digitising the European Industry (https://ec.europa.eu/futurium/en/system/files/ged/catalognationalinitiatives-research-2016-12-08.pdf).
The interventions of the hub are also aligned and implement the priorities defined under the Portuguese Regional Smart Specialization Strategies (e.g. Norte Region, under the "Advanced Manufacturing" priority area and Centro Region, under the priority domain "Sustainable Industrial Solutions"), and the National Smart Specialization Strategy (under the thematic axis "Industries and Production Technologies", priorities "Production Technologies and Product Industries" and "Production Technologies and Process Industries").
Additionally, the actuation of the PRODUTECH DIH Platform and cluster are encompassed under the policy iniciative Indústria 4.0, being specifically nominated under some key measures within the policy initiative.
PRODUTECH has in its essence a comprehensive approach towards the manufacturing industry and digital and advanced production technologies, and it gathers in its architecture the due articulation of a critical mass of stakeholders and it deploys, exploits and leverages a comprehensive set of instruments, support services and initiatives, key fundamentals for digitizing of the industry.
Market and Services
Sectors
- Agriculture and food
- Construction
- Wholesale and retail
- Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco
- Manufacture of textiles and textile products
- Manufacture of leather and leather products
- Manufacture of wood and wood products
- Manufacture of coke, refined petroleum products and nuclear fuel
- Manufacture of chemicals, chemical products and man-made fibres
- Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
- Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products
- Manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products
- Manufacture of machinery and equipment
- Manufacture of electrical and optical equipment
- Manufacture of transport equipment
TRL Focus
- TRL3 - Analytical and experimental critical function and/or characteristic proof of concept
- TRL4 - Component and/or breadboard validation in laboratory environment
- TRL5 - Component and/or breadboard validation in relevant environment
- TRL6 - System/subsystem model or prototype demonstration in a relevant environment
- TRL7 - System prototype demonstration in an operational environment
- TRL8 - Actual system completed and qualified through test and demonstration
- TRL9 - Actual system proven through successful mission operations
Services provided
- Awareness creation
- Ecosystem building, scouting, brokerage, networking
- Collaborative Research
- Concept validation and prototyping
- Testing and validation
- Pre-competitive series production
- Incubator/accelerator support
- Market intelligence
- Education and skills development
Service Examples
Upgrade of manufacturing equipment and systems in the context of Industry 4.0.
DESCRIPTION:
In the era of Industry 4.0, manufacturing technologies are combined with the most advanced information and communication technology systems. Therefore, equipment and machinery producers have the need to find innovative, modular and economically viable solutions not only for incorporating in their new offerings but also to help their customers with the retrofitting of used equipment. A good example is ADIRA I4.0, a research project that brings together the machinery manufacturer ADIRA – Metal Forming Solutions, SA., two research institutions (INESC TEC - Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science, and INEGI - Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering) and the industrial solutions provider ZEUGMA in order to set-up innovative products and services compliant with Industry 4.0 to the machinery industry. The project provides solutions for the integration of Industry 4.0 technologies both in new and used equipment. In fact, the approach through retrofitting modules, involving the mechatronic component and the sensing layer allows to rapidly expand the use of Industry 4.0 technologies to the existing equipment or the equipment not compatible with the Industry 4.0 concepts. This creates new opportunities for equipment and machinery manufacturers to provide enhanced products and services to the industry.
CLIENT PROFILE:
A global producer and supplier of sheet metal working machinery, specialized in the production of laser cutting machines, hydraulic press brakes, shears, robotized bending cells, automatic sheet metal transforming systems and additive manufacturing equipment.
CLIENT NEEDS:
Solutions to enhance the connectivity of machines within the frame of Industry 4.0, in order to update the equipment and service offering.
PROVIDED SOLUTIONS:
Development of modular solutions (Hardware & Software) to update of the machinery producer offer in terms of services, new equipment and ability to retroffit machines (to cyberphysical systems), towards their deployment in industry 4.0 implementations [R&D+I project together with competence centers and technology suppliers].
CONTACTS:
For inquiries on the above and developed solutions, please contact INESC TEC at: César Toscano (cesar.toscano@inesctec.pt) ADIRA at: Tiago Faro (t.faro@adira.pt), For further inquiries concerning PRODUTECH DIH Platform services contact: Pedro Rocha (dih@produtech.org)
Large Scale R&D and Innovation
Development of roadmaps for the adoption of Industry 4.0 Concepts by Manufacturing and Retail companies and support to its implementation
DESCRIPTION:
Industry 4.0 concepts and technologies present significant opportunities for the Manufacturing and Retail companies, including better efficiency, improved relations with customers and partners, faster response, new business models, new and customized products. However, it is difficulty for companies to access the benefits of such new opportunities, to select priorities for implementation and design an implementation roadmap, being of key importance the deployment of services that support the development of roadmaps for adoption of Industry 4.0 and its implementation
CLIENT PROFILE:
Manufacturing and retail companies, including SME, Mid Caps and large companies.
CLIENT NEEDS:
Companies interested in assessing their industry 4.0 maturity level and developing a technology roadmap tailored to their strategy and operations.
PROVIDED SOLUTIONS:
Evaluation of the maturity and readiness of companies to adopt Industry 4.0 concepts and solutions, identification of opportunities and development of implementation roadmaps. The support to the implementation of such roadmaps is also provided, including the selection of technology providers and the management of implementation projects in industrial environments.
CONTACTS:
For inquiries on the above, other use cases and developed solutions, please contact INESC TEC at: Américo Azevedo (americo.azevedo@inesctec.pt); PRODUTECH at: Pedro Rocha (dih@produtech.org)
Matchmaking of support services and capacities in response to companies’ specific industrial challenges
DESCRIPTION:
Funding
- European Regional Development Fund
- National basic research funding
- National specific innovation funding
- Regional funding
- Private funding
- Partner resources
- Memberships
- Other
Partners
- ARSOPI ‐ INDÚSTRIAS METALÚRGICAS ARLINDO S. PINHO http://www.arsopi.pt/en/
- CATIM ‐ CENTRO DE APOIO TECNOLÓGICO À INDÚSTRIA METALOMECÂNICA
Research & Technology organization
http://www.catim.pt/en - AIMMAP ‐ ASSOCIAÇÃO DOS INDUSTRIAIS METALÚRGICOS
Industry association
http://www.aimmap.pt/gca/?id=31 - CENFIM ‐ CENTRO DE FORMAÇÃO PROFISSIONAL DA INDÚSTRIA METALÚRGICA E METALOMECÂNICA
Educational institute
http://www.cenfim.pt/default_v2_en.asp#topo - ASSOCIAÇÃO CÍVICA PARA O PROGRESSO E DESENVOLVIMENTO DA INDÚSTRIA TRANSFORMADORA ‐ FORUM MANUFUTURE PORTUGAL
User community
http://www.forum-manufuturep.org/ - ANEME ‐ ASSOCIAÇÃO NACIONAL DAS EMPRESAS METALÚRGICAS E ELECTROMECÂNICAS
Industry association
https://www.aneme.pt/site/?lang=en - AEP ‐ ASSOCIAÇÃO EMPRESARIAL DE PORTUGAL
Industry association
http://www.aeportugal.pt/ - CEI ‐ COMPANHIA DE EQUIPAMENTOS INDUSTRIAIS
SME
http://www.ceigroup.net/ - ANETIE ‐ ASSOCIAÇÃO NACIONAL DAS EMPRESAS DAS TECNOLOGIAS DE INFORMAÇÃO E ELECTRÓNICA
Industry association
https://anetie.pt/ - ADIRA METAL FORMING SOLUTIONS
Large enterprise
http://www.adira.pt/default.aspx? - CENTIMFE ‐ CENTRO TECNOLÓGICO DA INDÚSTRIA DE MOLDES
Research & Technology organization
http://www.centimfe.com/index.php/en/ - CENI ‐ CENTRO DE INTEGRAÇÃO E INOVAÇÃO DE PROCESSOS ASSOCIAÇÃO DE I&D
Research & Technology organization
- BRESIMAR AUTOMAÇÃO
SME
https://www.bresimar.pt/pt/ - AIDA-ASSOCIAÇÃO INDUSTRIAL DO DISTRITO DE AVEIRO
Industry association
http://aida.pt/ - AIDUST ‐ CONSULTORIA E APOIO À INDÚSTRIA
SME
http://www.aidust.com/ - AZEVEDOS INDÚSTRIA ‐ MÁQUINAS E EQUIPAMENTOS INDUSTRIAIS
SME
http://www.azevedosindustria.com/pt/ - University of Aveiro, UA
University
https://www.ua.pt/ - ANTÍPODA CONSULTORIA E EQUIPAMENTOS - PAULO JORGE AZEVEDO UNIPESSOAL LDA.
SME
http://www.antipoda.eu/ - AMBITERMO - ENGENHARIA E EQUIPAMENTOS TÉRMICOS S.A
MidCap
http://www.ambitermo.com/index_en.html - BOSCH -TERMOTECNOLOGIA S.A
Large enterprise
http://www.vulcano.pt/# - BTL - INDÚSTRIAS METALÚRGICAS S.A
SME
http://www.btl.pt/ - CONTROLAR - ELETRÓNICA INDUSTRIAL E SISTEMAS, LDA.
SME
http://www.controlar.pt/?it=home&nlg=2 - CONSOVEYO
Large enterprise
https://www.consoveyo.com/en/homepage.html - FLOWMAT, SISTEMAS INDUSTRIAIS, LDA.
SME
http://www.flowmat.pt/ - FREZITE - FERRAMENTAS DE CORTE, S.A.
MidCap
http://www.frezite.com/en - JPM - AUTOMAÇÃO E EQUIPAMENTOS INDUSTRIAIS, S.A
SME
https://www.jpm.pt/pt/inicio/ - KAIZEN INSTITUTE CONSULTING GROUP
SME
https://pt.kaizen.com/home.html - MBO - BINDER - MÁQUINAS GRÁFICAS S.A
MidCap
https://www.mbo-folder.com/?language=en - MCG (mind for metal) - MANUEL CONCEIÇÃO GRAÇA, LDA
MidCap
http://www.mcg.pt/pt/ - M. J. AMARAL - EQUIPAMENTOS INDUSTRIAIS, LDA.
SME
http://www.mjamaral.pt/index_EN.html - MICROPROCESSADOR - SISTEMAS DIGITAIS, S.A.
SME
http://www.microprocessador.pt/en/ - MOTOFIL ROBOTICS S.A
SME
http://motofil.pt/index.php/en/home/ - MTEX SOLUTIONS S.A
SME
http://mtex.eu/ - NEADVANCE MACHINE VISION S.A.
SME
http://www.neadvance.com/ - SERI - SOCIEDADE DE ESTUDOS E REALIZAÇÕES INDUSTRIAIS, LDA.
MidCap
http://www.seri.pt/en - SIRMAF - SOCIEDADE INDUSTRIAL DE RECONSTRUÇÃO DE MÁQUINAS - FERRAMENTA, LDA
SME
http://www.sirmaf.pt/uk/index.php - SOCIEDADE DE INICIATIVA E APROVEITAMENTOS FLORESTAIS - ENERGIA S.A
Large enterprise
- TALUS, SMART ROBOTIC SOLUTIONS, S.A
Start-up company
http://talusrobotics.eu/ - TEGOPI - INDÚSTRIA METALOMECÂNICA, S.A.
MidCap
http://www.tegopi.pt/?a_ling=gb - TORBEL - TORRES E BELO, S.A
SME
http://www.torbel-systems.com/ - VALINOX - INDÚSTRIAS METALÚRGICAS S.A
SME
http://www.valinox.pt/ - WHITEENERGY.COM - SOLUÇÕES INTEGRADAS LDA
SME
http://whiteenergy.com.pt/index-en.html - CREATIVESYSTEMS – SERVIÇOS DE CONSULTORIA, LDA.
Large enterprise
https://creativesystems.eu/ - CRITICAL MANUFACTURING, S.A.
SME
http://www.criticalmanufacturing.com/en/homepage - EGITRON - ENGENHARIA E AUTOMAÇÃO INDUSTRIAL, LDA
SME
https://www.egitron.pt/ - ID4SOFTWARE – SISTEMAS DE INFORMAÇÃO LDA
SME
http://www.id4software.com/index.php - INDEVE - DESENVOLVIMENTO EMPRESARIAL LDA
SME
https://www.indeve.pt/ - INFORLÂNDIA - SISTEMAS E SERVIÇOS DE INFORMÁTICA, LDA.
SME
http://www.inforlandia.pt/index.php?m=content&key=negocio - IPBRICK S.A
SME
https://www.ipbrick.com/ - MIND - SOFTWARE MULTIMÉDIA E INDUSTRIAL, S.A
SME
http://www.mind.pt/ - MYPARTNER - CONSULTORIA INFORMÁTICA, LDA
SME
http://www.mypartner.pt/default.aspx - OFICINA DE SOLUÇÕES DE INFORMÁTICA, LDA.
SME
http://www.oficinaware.com/ - PHC SOFTWARE S.A
SME
https://www.phcsoftware.com/ - SARKKIS - Robotics, Lda
Start-up company
http://www.sarkkis.com/mechatronics/ - SEGIN SERVIÇOS DE INFORMÁTICA E ORGANIZAÇÃO, LDA
SME
http://www.segin.pt/en/ - SISTRADE - SOFTWARE CONSULTING, S.A.
SME
http://www.sistrade.com/en/ - SOFTI9 - INOVAÇÃO INFORMÁTICA, LDA.
SME
http://www.softi9.pt/index.php?lang=en - VANGUARDA - SOLUÇÕES DE GESTÃO EMPRESARIAL, LDA
SME
http://vanguarda.x10host.com/ - WIDE SCOPE - SISTEMAS DE PLANEAMENTO E OPTIMIZAÇÃO, LDA.
SME
http://www.widescope.pt/ - CITEVE - CENTRO TECNOLÓGICO DAS INDÚSTRIAIS TÊXTIL E DO VESTUÁRIO DE PORTUGAL
Research & Technology organization
https://www.citeve.pt/ - CTCOR - CENTRO TECNOLÓGICO DA CORTIÇA
Research & Technology organization
http://www.ctcor.com/ - CTCP - CENTRO TECNOLÓGICO DO CALÇADO DE PORTUGAL
Research & Technology organization
https://www.ctcp.pt/index.asp - CTCV - CENTRO TECNOLÓGICO DA CERÂMICA E DO VIDRO
Research & Technology organization
http://www.ctcv.pt/index_eng.html - CTIC - CENTRO TECNOLÓGICO DAS INDUSTRIAS DO COURO
Research & Technology organization
http://www.ctic.pt/index.php/pt/ - AMORIM & IRMÃOS, S.A.
Large enterprise
https://www.amorimcork.com/ - COINDU, COMPONENTES PARA A INDÚSTRIA AUTOMÓVEL, S.A.
MidCap
http://www.coindu.com/en - COLEP PORTUGAL, S.A.
Large enterprise
http://www.colep.com/ - FELINO - FUNDIÇÃO E CONSTRUÇÕES MECÂNICAS, S.A.
SME
http://www.felino.pt/en - FERREIRA MARQUES & IRMÃO, S.A.
SME
https://www.topazio1874.com/pt/ - IDEPA - INDÚSTRIA DE PASSAMANARIAS, LDA.
SME
http://idepa.com/ - KYAIA - FORTUNATO O. FREDERICO & Ca., LDA.
MidCap
http://www.kyaia.com/ - MLI - METALÚRGICA LUSO-ITALIANA, S.A.
SME
http://www.mli.pt/ - POLISPORT - PLÁSTICOS, S.A
SME
https://www.polisport.com/en/ - RIBERMOLD, LDA
SME
http://www.ribermold.pt/en/ - SILAMPOS - SOCIEDADE INDUSTRIAL DE LOUÇA METÁLICA CAMPOS, S.A.
SME
https://www.silampos.pt/en/ - SNA EUROPE (INDUSTRIES), S.A
MidCap
https://www.bahco.com/en/our-group/ - SONAE INDÚSTRIA - PRODUÇÃO E COMERCIALIZAÇÃO DE DERIVADOS DE MADEIRA, S.A.
Large enterprise
http://www.sonae-industria-tafisa.com/page.php - STA - SOCIEDADE TRANSFORMADORA DE ALUMÍNIOS, S.A.
SME
http://www.sofi.pt/ - Associação CCG/ZGDV - CENTRO DE COMPUTAÇÃO GRÁFICA
Research & Technology organization
http://www.ccg.pt/?lang=en - CDRSP- CENTRO PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO RÁPIDO E SUSTENTADO DE PRODUTO
University
http://cdrsp.ipleiria.pt/ - IDMEC - INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA MECÂNICA - PÓLO IST
Research & Technology organization
http://www.idmec.ist.utl.pt/ - INEGI - INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA MECÂNICA E GESTÃO INDUSTRIAL
Research & Technology organization
http://www.inegi.pt/inicial.asp?k=z&LN=EN - INESC TEC - INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA DE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES, TECNOLOGIA E CIÊNCIA
Research & Technology organization
https://www.inesctec.pt/en - INL - LABORATÓRIO IBÉRICO INTERNACIONAL DE NANOTECNOLOGIA
Research & Technology organization
http://inl.int/ - IPCB - INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE CASTELO BRANCO
University
http://www.ipcb.pt/ - ISQ - INSTITUTO DE SOLDADURA E QUALIDADE
Research & Technology organization
https://www.isq.pt/EN/ - ISR-UC - INSTITUTO DE SISTEMAS E ROBÓTICA-UNIVERSIDADE DE COIMBRA
Research & Technology organization
https://isr.uc.pt/ - PIEP - ASSOCIAÇÃO PÓLO DE INOVAÇÃO EM ENGENHARIA DE POLÍMEROS
Research & Technology organization
http://www.piep.pt/ - UNINOVA, INSTITUTO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DE NOVAS TECNOLOGIAS
Research & Technology organization
http://www.uninova.pt/ - UNIVERSIDADE DE ÉVORA
University
http://www.uevora.pt/ - ATEC - ACADEMIA DE FORMAÇÃO
Educational institute
https://www.atec.pt/ - INOVA - RIA - REDE DE INOVAÇÃO EM AVEIRO
Industry association
http://www.inova-ria.pt/ - MULTISECTOR NORTE - INNOVATION CONSULTING LDA
SME
http://multisector.pt/?lang=en - FIRST ONLY
SME
http://www.firstonlytalent.com/en/
H2020 Projects
- BEinCPPS
Business Experiments in Cyber Physical Production SystemsBusiness Experiments in Cyber Physical Production Systems
BEinCPPS Innovation Action aims to integrate and experiment a CPS-oriented Future Internet-based machine-factory-cloud service platform firstly intensively in five selected Smart Specialization Strategy Vanguard regions (Lombardia in Italy, Euskadi in Spain, Baden Wuertemberg in Germany, Norte in Portugal, Rhone Alpes in France), afterwards extensively in all European regions, by involving local competence centers and manufacturing SMEs. The final aim of this Innovation Action is to dramatically improve the adoption of CPPSs all over Europe by means of the creation, nurturing and flourishing of CPS-driven regional innovation ecosystems, made of competence centers, manufacturing enterprises and IT SMEs.The BE in CPPS project stems upon three distinct pillars:• A FI-based three-layered (machine-factory-cloud) open source platforms federation, integrated from state-of-the-art R&I advances in the fields of Internet of Things, Future Internet and CPS / Smart Systems and able to bi-directionally interoperate data pertaining to the machine, the factory and the cloud levels.• A pan-European SME-oriented experimentation ecosystem. In a first phase of the project, the five Champions will provide requirements to the platforms integrators. In a second phase, an Open Call for IT SMEs developers (applications experiments) will award 10 third parties. In a final third phase, the extended platform will be instantiated and deployed in additional 10 third parties equipment experiment SMEs.• A well-founded method and toolbox for Innovation management, where an existing TRL-based methodology for KETs technology transfer will be enriched by a CPPS certification, education and training programme for young talents and experienced blue collar workers and by a well-founded three-fold (objectives-variables-indicators) method for results assessment and evaluation.
- agROBOfood
agROBOfood: Business-Oriented Support to the European Robotics and Agri-food Sector, towards a network of Digital Innovation Hubs in RoboticsagROBOfood: Business-Oriented Support to the European Robotics and Agri-food Sector, towards a network of Digital Innovation Hubs in Robotics
agROBOfood is dedicated to accelerate the digital transformation of the European agri-food sector through the adoption of robotic technologies. It will consolidate, extend and strengthen the current ecosystem by establishing a sustainable network of DIHs. This will boost the uptake of robotic solutions by the agri-food sector: a huge challenge requiring an inclusive approach involving all relevant European players. The agROBOfood consortium has 39 partners, led by Wageningen University & Research and other core partners of previous key projects such as IoF2020, ROBOTT-NET, PicknPack and I4MS, to leverage the ecosystem that was established in those projects. The heart of the project is formed by Innovation Experiments (IEs), organized and monitored by the DIHs. In each of the 7 Regional Clusters, an initial IE will demonstrate the robotics innovations in agri-food in a manner that ensures replicability across Europe, wide adoption and sustainability of the DIHs network. agROBOfood will work in lockstep with the European robotics community, ensuring synergetic effects with initiatives such as EU-Robotics. This will maximize the return of European, including private capital, investments in the digital transformation of agri-food. A key instrument to achieve this objective is the Industrial Advisory Board. They will provide strategic guidance and also define priorities for the selection of solutions to be funded. Open Calls of 8MEUR will attract additional Innovation Experiments (12) and Industrial Challenges (8). These will expand the network and ensure that vast technological developments and emerging challenges of the agri-food sector are incorporated in the service portfolio of DIHs. Through its inclusive structure and ambitious targets, agROBOfood aims to bring the entire European ecosystem together; connecting the dots in a way that ensures effective adoption of robotics technologies in the European agri-food sector.
- Better Factory
Grow your manufacturing businessGrow your manufacturing business
Better Factory will provide methodology for Manufacturing SMEs to collaborate with Artists to develop new and personalized products. At the same time Better Factory will provide technology for SMEs to become fully connected cyber-physical-systems, transforming them into Lean-Agile production facilities capable of manufacturing new and personalized products alongside existing products.
Main results:
- An Advance Production Planning and Scheduling (APPS) system which can be deployed on a free and open IoT platform at 10% of the cost in 50% less time. APPS will automatically reconfigure the collaborative robots considering the individuality and gender of worker, and will also reduce 10% assets, 25% area, 30% resources, 35% logistics, 40% machines and tools and workplaces, resulting in 13% cost reduction, 15% production increase and 30% time to market.
- A Marketplace, a one-stop-shop, where Manufacturing SMEs can buy services from Technology suppliers, Artists, CCs, training providers and financial brokers.
- A portfolio of 16 cross-border Application Experiments by 48 SMEs selected through 2 competitive Open Calls, that will test APPS, SME+Artis collaboration and other services, and leveraging 11M€ of public and private funding becoming success stories.
- Services, including Technical, Business and Art mentors, infrastructure, training and access to finance.
Better Factory network consists of 28 members. 18 DIHs (10 CCs, 8 industry associations), 6 Technology suppliers and 4 service providers for marketing, access to finance, FSTP management and legal framework. Partners are currently engaged in I4MS-Go, DIH², HORSE, L4MS, MIDIH, AMABLE, BOWI, SHOP4CF. Better Factory covers 16 EU countries, 17 regions with 10 of them from EU-13.
Better Factory will demonstrate that public funded research can help manufacturing SMEs & Mid-Caps achieve digital excellence and global competitiveness through Lean-Agile production for the manufacturing of new and personalized products. - AI REGIO
Regions and DIHs alliance for AI-driven digital transformation of European Manufacturing SMEsRegions and DIHs alliance for AI-driven digital transformation of European Manufacturing SMEs
The AI REGIO project aims at filling 3 major gaps currently preventing AI-driven DIHs from implementing fully effective digital transformation pathways for their Manufacturing SMEs: at policy level the Regional vs. EU gap; at technological level the Digital Manufacturing vs. Innovation Collaboration Platform gap; at business level the Innovative AI (Industry 5.0) vs Industry 4.0 gap.
POLICY. Regional smart specialization strategies for Efficient Sustainable Manufacturing and Digital Transformation (VANGUARD initiative for Industrial Modcernisation) are so far insufficiently coordinated and integrated at cross-regional and pan-EU level. SME-driven >AI innovations cannot scale up to become pan-EU accessible in global marketplaces as well as SME-driven experiments remain trapped into a too local dimension without achieving a large scale dimension. Regional vs. EU Gap.
TECHNOLOGY. Digital Manufacturing Platforms DMP and Digital Innovation Hubs DIH play a fundamental role in the implementation of the Digital Single Market and Digitsing European Industry directives to SMEs, but so far such initiatives, communities, innovation actions are running in a quite independent if not siloed way, where very often Platform-related challenges are not of interest for DIHs and Socio-Business impact not of interest for DMP. DMP vs. DIH Gap.
BUSINESS. Many Industrial Data Platforms based on IOT Data in Motion and Analytics Data at Rest have been recently developed to implement effective Industry 4.0 pilots (I4MS Phase III platforms). The AI revolution and the new relationship between autonomous systems and humans (Industry 5.0) has not been properly addressed in I4MS so far. AI I5.0 vs. I4.0 Gap.
AI REGIO is following the 4 steps for VANGUARD innovation strategy (learn-connect-demonstrate-commercialize) by constantly aligning its methods with the AI DIH Network initiative and its assets with I4MS/DIH BEinCPPS Phase II and MIDIH / L4MS Phase III projects. AI REGIO: Industry 5.0 for SMEs