SMILE-DIH is a no profit entity performing networking, matchmaking, brokerage and dissemination activities. The aim of SMILE-DIH is to help companies to become more competitive by improving their business/production processes as well as products and services by means of digital technology. SMILE-DIH deals with the promotion of digital manufactoring trasformation towards Industry 4.0 approach and the Value Chain processes overall.   In particular the main activities are: Awareness Dissemination (Meeting, Workshop, etc.)  Supporting activities to industrial companies for Industry 4.0-based project implementation  Support access to tax breaks provided by Piano Industria 4.0  Supporting activities for assessing digital readiness  Supporting activities to facilitate manufacturing companies access to  innovation regional ecosystem  Design and delivery of training initiatives  Coordination activities for implementing I4.0-based factories    The vision of the hub is the achievement of waste free «Lean and Smart factories», where the digital and the physical words are completely connected, data are always available and performance deviations can be monitored in real time and addressed immediately. In this cyber-physical system, people do not waste their time, but can devote themselves, completely, to high-value stimulating activities, delegating calculations and routine tasks to robots and computers. Indeed, in case of problems, the system promptly informs human experts and suggests possible solutions, which can be simulated, tested and finally assessed. The mission of the hub is threefold: Make it understood the importance of ICT technologies as the key element to carry on, conjointly, product and process innovation; To support SMEs in their pathway toward an Industry 4.0 status, through the preliminary analysis of internal processes and the selection, implementation, integration and customization of emerging and/or innovating ICT technologies; To develop a fully integrated «Digitally Enabled Lean Toolkit» for operational excellence and performance optimization, especially in MTO, ATO and ETO SMEs. Digital technologies.

"SMart Industry Hub – SMIH” is an industrial cluster consisting of over 20 Croatian and Slovenian companies (18 SMEs of which 3 start-ups and 1 research organisation and 1 ecosystem partner) that have very significant expertise in mechanical and electrical engineering, information technology as well as in the so-called fourth-generation industrial revolution. The cluster has existed for 10 years and has operated under the name “3D grupa – klaster 3D tehnologija”. With the development of 3D technologies, there was a need to join forces in order to ensure a more rapid adoption and application of 3D technologies in industry and science.

The primary mission of HUB is to increase the competitiveness of local and regional industries by promoting the use of concurrent 3D technologies in their business processes and to provide support and know-how in the following areas:

Providing access to 3D technology and enabling companies to test the technology on resolving their problems
Providing quality and structured 3D industry-related information to regional companies and institutions
Ensuring support for implementation of 3D technologies in business processes of the regional industry
Digital transformation
Business innovation and strategies development
Prototyping
Education coupled with mentoring
Linking regional industry with international partners
R&D activities
B&B networking

The overarching goal of SMIH is to enable cooperation of all key stakeholders of the HUB that contribute to strengthening the industrial potential and competitiveness of domestic industry. Through this collaboration we aim to develop investments in new technologies, innovative products with export potential and high added value. The SMIH's founders and members are constantly working on improving the existing infrastructure as well as building a new one.

At the present moment, SMIH represents a modern technologically advanced "HUB" providing answers to most questions related to the industry in a broader sense.

SMIH brings together more than 40 external experts in terms of support for research and development activities in 5 areas of industry and science: natural, technical, biomedical, biotechnical, and architecture and construction.

HUB works passionately on the identification of new products within its ranks, as well as their development and commercialization. It also works on research, development and innovation programs and projects of its members.

Through our non-profit activities, we strive to share and distribute the valuable knowledge residing within the HUB network through regular free seminars on 3D technologies, dissemination of information and transfer global industry trends to regional business and educational entities. Furthermore, the Cluster promotes assemblies, exhibitions and similar events and arranges visits to professional fairs.

In order to achieve its goals and to be able to complete set tasks, the HUB established a regional reference centre for 3D technologies, where we gathered a significant amount of various equipment from the field of 3D technologies for use in everyday industry projects, for educational purposes and for raising technology awareness.

At the same time, SMIH enables young engineers to get acquainted with the equipment and gain realistic work experience.

SMIH has leveraged its broad experience in the field of 3D technologies, to build a tailor-made educational framework. The entire range of industrial occupations, from machine operators, technicians to engineers is driven in pursuit of new knowledge and skills necessary to respond to the challenges of the modern industry. Within our daily work, we are involved with the most relevant companies from various industry sectors: automotive, aerospace, consumer goods, power generation, transportation, medical and dental. As these companies will benefit the most from finding skilled employees to engage, we are using our network to communicate all benefits of the project and get all stakeholders involved.

SMIH – in cooperation with academia and “Callidus, Institute for adult education” established the „3D Academy for 3D Technologies” which currently operates in West Balkan region focusing on transferring knowledge and skills required in today’s labour market. The programmes of 3D Academy are accredited by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports and the German Chambers of Commerce Abroad. The HUB has also established strong connections with regional Universities.

 

Finally, SMIH offers digital transformation, business innovation and strategies development, prototyping, education, mentoring, and B2B connection, assistance in the acceptance and implementation of cutting-edge technologies and trends, support in corporate innovation management and integration into the tech community. Digital technologies.

The Smart City Tech partnership is a European Strategic Cluster Partnership and currently consists of 9 organisations from 6 regions in Europe. The partnership aims at increasing competitiveness of EU companies by supporting the development of smart systems enabled solutions for urban areas through the implementation of a joint cooperation agenda. The joint cooperation agenda consists out of 6 action lines: 1. Developing a joint vision on smart systems for urban areas which will lead to concentrating available resources on those activities which can create the most impact for urban areas. 2. Building a vibrant and global ecosystem of companies, policy makers, academia, investors and citizens ready to engage for joint projects. 3. Developing global innovation capacities which allows for efficient development of new smart systems solutions for urban areas. 4. Stimulating active collaboration between stakeholders on concrete projects leading to added value for all ecosystem stakeholders involved. 5. Mobilizing funding, either public or private money, as key resource to drive SmartCityTech projects forward. 6. Going beyond Europe and collaborate on opportunities on other continents. The partnership focuses on solutions with regard to mobility, environment and living in urban areas.

The physical presence is set in the office of the secretariat, currently in GAIA's office. Furthermore, each partner has is office in the respective regions. Digital technologies.

SmartAgri is a joint effort by Agroväst, Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) and Science Park Skövde with the aim to accelerate the digitalisation of the agricultural sector in West Sweden. 

The primary target group is small and medium-sized tech-companies developing new smart solutions for the agrifood sector.

SmartAgri provides services within the following areas:

Seminars, study-visits and workshops to build networks, as well as create awareness and disseminate knowledge and best-practises. Eg the seminar series "The digitized animal".
Businessconcept development and evaluation based on consumer needs and market intelligence
Knowlegde support in choosing the adequate technology for a specific solution
Mediate contacts and facilitate workshops to establish new cooporations needed for idea-, concept-  and product development.
Access to finance and funding by identifying funding opportunities, making projects and companies "investment ready", applications writing and arrangement of the event AgriVenture Sweden. 
Provide access to relevant test and demonstration facilities at universitites, institutes, natural resource schools, farmers etc

Agroväst is the coordinator of SmartAgri. Agroväst is a non-profit cluster managemant organisation for agriculture in West Sweden, working as a project arena and facilitator for collaborations between research and the farming sector. Agroväst participates as DIH in the Scandinavian cluster of the Horizon 2020 SmartAgriHubs project.

RISE is an independant, state-owned research institute, with 2800 employees. RISE offers expertise and testbeds and demonstrations environments for future-proof technologies, products and services within agrifood and several other sectors.

Science Park Skövde is a venue for people, companies and businesses with a focus on development, innovation and digitalization. The main goal is startups with international growth potential and innovative knowledge-based growth companies in the field of IT and engineering with a special focus in software development, game developers, fintech and industrial digitization.

Together the operational SmartAgri-teams provides expertise within IT and engineering, agriculture,  business development and funding.  Digital technologies.

First Time Right, One Piece Flow is the mission of SWF with Welding Automation. The robotic welding process must be automated from A-Z, where the start is the 3D-model and the end is the finished product including certificates. In this Innovation Hub several companies work together to innovate and automate the complete robotic welding process. Where brand independency is a very important issue. The vision of the producing industry is here very important and market development is stimulated in this process. Since 2014 we have been very successful in our approach. Digital technologies.

More than any other technological development before it, digital technology is shaping and transforming our society, economy and industry. For many companies, digitising their businesses has therefore become a number one priority. With Dresden combining strong research with an even stronger industry landscape, the hub offers a perfect combination of knowledge and skills. The Dresden Hub is pursuing a smart systems strategy, aiming at ‘enabling IoT’, and focusing on combining hardware, software and connectivity as the bases for our digital future. It will provide end-to-end IoT solutions which can be developed quickly and deployed by a wide range of different users. The Dresden hub is working with a number of skilled partners from academia and the industrial sector, innovative IT companies, creative start-ups and established networks. Based at the heart of the city, the hub offers a dynamic digital ecosystem. Whether it is micro-electronics and sensor technology – all areas in which Dresden has been able to leverage considerable investment, synergies and expertise – the fast-growing software sector, big data, high-performance computing or high-speed mobile phone connections, Dresden has the skills needed to supply all business sectors with the smart equipment they need in the digital age and the Internet of Things. There are ‘trails’ that help interested parties obtain an overview of the wide variety of products and services provided by all the stakeholders involved and that provide information on the hub’s academic partners including TU Chemnitz, TU Dresden, HTW Dresden, the ENAS, IPMS and IWU Fraunhofer institutes, as well as the hub’s business partners including Infineon, Globalfoundries, SAP, T-Systems MMS, iSAX, N+P und many others. Digital technologies.

The Smart manufacturing DIH serves manufacturing industries in digitalization and co-creation. The focus is on boosting renewal and innovations in Finnish machine and manufacturing sectors incl. microelectronics. Examples of activities are e.g. cutting edge research services with access to European networks; co-creation and ecosystem building for companies; testing and piloting of solutions for SME`s; small series fabrication for microelectronics. Services are offered by key partners SMACC (Smart Machines and Manufacturing Competence Centre), Micronova and DIMECC (Digital, Internet, Materials & Engineering Co-Creation). However, the ecosystem is open and new partners are joining. Digital technologies.

The Smart Industry Hub South is a non-profit collaboration between economic development agencies, branch organizations and knowledge institutes in the south of the Netherlands. Through this cooperation all parties active in the field of Smart industry coordinate their activities and can act locally where needed, regionally if possible and connect nationally. As one Hub we communicate efficiently towards companies, who can find easier access to initiatives, shared facilities and fieldlabs. We bring together existing initiatives and organize new events together. 

Focus themes: smart manufacturing and smart maintenance/services

Aim: to extend the reach of Smart Industry projects, fieldlabs and facilities in the South of the Netherlands (Noord-Brabant and Limburg). More companies in manufacturing and maintenance that start digitizing their production processes, products of services. 

Activities towards the digitalisation of SMEs: We act as one network, so that SMEs with questions get the right information and get refered to the right expertise. We try to move SMEs from inspire, to experiment and then implement. We start with inspiring and informing SMEs about the possibilities of digitization by organizing large scale events. Interested companies can go a setp further and really experiment with new techniques. These SMEs we refer to fieldlabs and knowledge institutes. There are financial incentives available at this stage. Then we hope companies arrive at the last stage of implementation. Digital technologies.

The vision of the SmartIC hub is to ensure that Estonian manufacturing SMEs, big or small, can fully benefit in innovations in the field of ICT and robotics and thus improve its business and production processes and adapt its business models to the digital change to be globally competitive. Smartic is establishing a new digital research infrastructure. Smart industry (Industry 4.0) is a field that includes R&D activities related to distributed infrastructure at Tallinn University of Technology and Estonian University of Life Sciences in mechanical and industrial engineering, automation, mechatronics, materials science and engineering, and ICT. A new R&D virtual unit Smart Industry Centre (SmartIC) was established to enhance significantly the field of smart industry research, cross-usage of research infrastructures in Estonia (universities and partners), as well as internationally (R&D cooperation projects, applied research with international companies, e.g. in sectors such as aerospace, automotive industry, ship-building, and other industries) through co-operation, marketing and jointly defined services. Composing of the Centre was motivated from the current state of Estonian economy and industry – in addition to extensive low-priced and low-skilled outsourcing is more and more needed to develop value adding high-tech production. Estonia has not any longer advantage of a low-cost industrial country. To cope with this, also universities should show a clear direction and become more capable partner in R&D to the industry in modernizing of technology and in preparing industry's top professionals. Digital technologies.

Smart Health DIH is non-profit organisation which developing the health care innovation ecosystem based in Vilnius (Lithuania). It aims at innovative solutions to promote health, prevent disease and provide resilient, accessible and effective patient-centered care that meets European citizens’ needs.

Smart Health DIH was established to build appropriate frameworks and amounts of high quality patient-centered health data for high performance computing, data analytics and artificial intelligence, which can help design and test new healthcare products, provide faster diagnosis and better personalized health interventions

Smart Health DIH solutions aim at contributing to increase in citizens’ secure access to and sharing of health data across platforms, better data to advance research, disease prevention and personalized health care, providing digital tools for citizen empowerment and person-centered care

As Smart Health DIH was established to facilitate the full innovation chain, from basic research to market uptake, it consists of participants from academia, the public sector, and the private sector: major national healthcare centers and research / educational institutions, international healthcare equipment manufacturers, NGOs, technology providers and facilitators.

Smart Health DIH partners join their resources to implement the new care models and the digital evidence based results, which provide the necessary means for delivery of efficient and cost-effective prevention and care in the European societies facing the ageing of the population together with the growing burden of chronic conditions and multi-morbidity.

Smart Health DIH is open for collaboration with international partners to accelerate innovations for delivering advanced, personalized, effective health care solutions. Digital technologies.