Description

Consisting of the Smart Lab Carinthia, the Start Up Initiative, Makers-Space, and  the Innovation Workshop Carinthia, the Digital Innovation Hub of Carinthia, based at the Carinthia University of Applied Science, offers organisations of all sizes an opportunity to think differently about the way they deliver their products and services.  With a thematic focus around innovation management, smart production and entrepreneurship - the join initiatives fostered by the Digital Innovation Hub help improve management and technical offerings of engaged companies.

Mit dem Smart Lab Carinthia, der Start Up Initiative und der Innovations-Werkstatt Carinthia bietet der Kärntner Digital Innovation Hub an der Fachhochschule Kärnten Unternehmen aller Größenordnungen die Möglichkeit, die Art und Weise der Bereitstellung von Produkten und Dienstleistungen auszubauen. Mit einem thematischen Fokus auf Innovationsmanagement, intelligente und vernetzte Produktion und Unternehmertum tragen die vom Digital Innovation Hub geförderten verbundenen Initiativen zur Verbesserung des Management und der technischen Angebote von unterstützten Unternehmen bei.

Carinthia's digitalisation of industry strategy looks at the area of Industry 4.0, holistically; with an investment focus centered on improving competitiveness through enhancing production control technologies, ICT, embedded-systems technology, whilst enabling prosperity and enhanced quality of life for future generations. Smart UP at the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences supports the achievement of this goal through the provision of multi-faceted services to individuals and organisations which promote the technical and management capabilities required to implement digital-systems. 

Furthermore, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences is directly involved with the Supplier Development Fund, supported by the Carinthian Business Development Fund, the Industry 4.0 and Digitization Initiative, supported by the Federation of Austrian Carinthian Industries, and finally the joint-initiative titled "SmartIndustry Carinthia", more information of which can be found here www.smartindustry-carinthia.com. 

Other projects where CUAS has relevant involvement are: "Smart Production and Service Solutions" Interreg SI-AT,  "CARE4TECH" Interreg Alpine Space, "COOP4HEALTHCARE" Interreg SI-AT, "E-EDU4.0" Interreg IT-AT, "Transnational Technology Transfer  Training" ERASMUS+,  & "STEVE" Horizon 2020.  More information on these projects and CUAS's engagement with regional and national digitisation can be found at this website: https://www.fh-kaernten.at/unser-studienangebot/engineering-it/ueberblick/engineering-it/bachelor/wirtschaftsingenieurwesen/f-e-am-studiengang/initiativen/smart-lab/ 

Market sectors

• Manufacture of wood and wood products
• Manufacture of pulp, paper and paper products; publishing and printing
• Manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products
• Manufacture of machinery and equipment
• Manufacture of electrical and optical equipment
• Other Manufacturing

TRL Focus

• TRL1 - Basic principles observed and reported
• TRL2 - Technology concept and/or application formulated
• TRL3 - Analytical and experimental critical function and/or characteristic proof of concept

Services provided

• Awareness creation
• Ecosystem building, scouting, brokerage, networking
• Visioning and Strategy Development for Businesses
• Collaborative Researchs
• Concept validation and prototyping
• Incubator/accelerator support
• Mentoring
• Education and skills development