Industry 4.0

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European Partnerships are provided by Horizon Europe, the new EU research and innovation programme (2021–2027). Their aim is to accelerate the development and uptake of new innovative solutions across different sectors by mobilising public and private resources, and also to contribute to the...

On November 16th and 17th, the consortium of the INNO Industry project traveled to Fundaõ to carry out the study visit in Portugal that was planned as part of the exchange of experiences and best practices in the field of Industry 4.0. Partners were able to bring along half a dozen stakeholders who...

It’s late December 2018 when Knowhedge™- an innovative Open Innovation consulting boutique in Genoa, North West Italy- get in contact with Mesap Innovation Cluster and decides to join the first IoT4Industry call. In parallel, Knowhedge’s submits to the Italian patenting office UBI, a highly...

Recently published in the BOE the new aid package of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism for the application to the Innovative Business Groupings for the improvement of the associated SMEs The Packaging Cluster explained days before the operation of the line and examples of success stories...

Companies such as Mitshubishi Electric, Comexi, Kuka, Tai Smart Factory, Synaptik or Integral were interested in being part of the Working Group in the line of Industry 4.0 together with the Packaging Cluster. The potential members were presented on September 23 at the cluster facilities, at the Can...

The new industrial model that is spreading throughout the business world, from the most innovative organizations or early adopters, to the most lagging behind, integrates new technologies into its production processes, with the ultimate goal of being more competitive and adapting to the speed of the...

The Smart & Sparkling consortium meets at the Masía Vallformosa facilities to start the project to adapt the labeller to industry 4.0 Last Tuesday, April 20, the companies DIFMAQ, TAI Smart Factory and Masia Vallformosa, members of the Packaging Cluster and the Catalan wine cluster INNOVI, also...

On March 11, the call for grants to Agrupaciones Empresariales Innovadoras of the Ministerio de Industria, Comercio y Turismo for 2021 was published In anticipation of this publication, the Packaging Cluster held a workshop with its associates to prepare proposals for pilot projects for the call. On...

V4's important role as a fast-growing market within the European Union Closer cooperation of entities in the region V4 and Industry 4.0 were the main topics of the 1st Congress of Visegrad Clusters. Over 40 experts from 7 countries - representatives of business, public administration and academic...

The 2018 Digital Transformation Scoreboard shows that the uptake of digital technologies by businesses is increasing. Equally, more EU countries perform above the average in the integration of digital technology. The United Kingdom, Spain, Denmark and Luxembourg are the most digitally-aware European...

The wonders of digital production Digitalisation and product key saves material and energy costs Good example of 'just-in-time' manufacturing and customised production using digital solutions Schmalz, a mid-sized mechanical engineering company in southern Germany, has a simple ethos: only use and...