Digital Innovation Hubs

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Coordinator (Industry association)

Sirris
https://www.sirris.be/

Year Established

N/A

Location

BOULEVARD AUGUSTE REYERS 80 DIAMANT BUILDING, 1030, BRUXELLES (Belgium)

Contact information

Benjamin DENAYER
benjamin.denayer@sirris.be

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Raf SNOEKX
raf.snoekx@sirris.be

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Stéphanie VANDERMEERSCH
stephanie.vandermeersch@sirris.be

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Thierry DORMAL
thierry.dormal@sirris.be

H2020 Projects

• AMable
  AdditiveManufacturABLE

  AdditiveManufacturABLE

  
  

  EU SMEs/mid-caps face clear barriers in the uptake of Additive Manufacturing (AM) related to lack of skilled human resources, and lack of access to know-how, equipment, infrastructure and markets. The principal objective of this project is to overcome those barriers and enable the uptake of AM technologies by SMEs/mid-caps leading to the development of innovative business and service models and new value-chain models in a fully digital environment – thus bringing their ideas and business cases to life and making their innovations Additively Manufacturable (AMable). To achieve this objective, partners with expertise right across the AM value chain have been brought together from the four corners of the EU to:
  - create an open-sourced-based, living and adapting AM eco-system which can offer required assistance to European SMEs/mid-caps and become self-sustainable after project execution;
  - provide all necessary assistance to SMEs/mid-caps allowing successful exploitation of AM, including 3 ‘competitive calls’ for experiments;
  - offer a comprehensive range of (at least 10) AM support services through an open source- and API-based digital marketplace structured as three Platforms (Technology, Business, and Skills and Education);
  - support and develop ‘best in class’ AM data handling tools and approaches, on an open-source basis.;
  - coordinate the development of synergies with the already existing I4MS framework, Competence Centres, Digital Innovation Hubs and other related research and innovation activities at the European level.
  Through these activities, the following direct impacts are anticipated:
  - >50 SME/mid-cap application experiments
  - >150 SME/mid-cap business case evaluations and/or Application Experiments
  - >500 people trained through AMable approved courses
  - >2,000 SMEs/mid-caps reached through training, roadshow and exhibition events
  - specific support for EU-13 countries, with >5 centres supported and coached

• DIH²
  A Pan‐European Network of Robotics DIHs for Agile Production

  A Pan‐European Network of Robotics DIHs for Agile Production

  
  

  DIH^2 is a network of 26 DIHs, with a target to reach over 170 DIHs. The sole aim of the network is to spark incremental (cut 50% cost of advance robotics solutions, double the growth of robotics market) and disruptive (maximum productivity & optimum agility) innovations in over 300,000 Manufacturing SMEs and Mid-Caps. It will support SMEs in their Agile Production challenge (50% increase in productivity) and unleash their digitalization potential by enabling robot solutions that are more cost effective at lower lot sizes.
  
  DIH^2 relies on:
  • A Common Open Platform Reference Architecture for Agile Production (COPRA-AP) -based on Industrial Data Space Reference Architecture Model and FIWARE technologies- to serve the needs of SMEs by means of a continuously growing set of Robotic-based Open Standard Enablers (ROSE-AP).
  • A marketplace as one-stop-shop for SMEs to access essential services for digital transformation including business modelling, technical support, access to skills and finance.
  • 2 competitive Open Calls to launch an ambitious Technology Transfer Program with 260 Agility Audits, 26 cross-border Technology Transfer Experiments and 26 ROSE-AP, leveraging over 26M€ of public & private funding in advance robotics solutions for Agile Production.
  • Members deeply rooted in their regional Smart Specialization Strategy (bringing €5M additional funding on top of EU funds), ensuring ‘working distance’ services for every SME in Europe - whichever the sector, wherever the location, whatever the size.
  • A Corporate Sponsorship Program from equipment and automation suppliers committed with the network to get access to wider market and latest research in robotics.
  
  DIH^2 will transform this network into a self-sustainable non-profit association with members all over Europe. DIH^2  will demonstrate that public funded research can help SMEs & Mid-Caps achieve digital excellence and global competitiveness through adopting advanced robotics solutions in Agile Production.