Knowledge exchange posts

On April 15th 2021, the first of the 4 meetings of the Boost4BSO capacity building and knowledge transfer 2nd wave has been held. The objective of this round of meetings is to share methodologies, tools, best practices and a business support models aimed at encouraging investments in Industry 4.0 with the associated BSOs of the Central European area. The first meeting, co-organized by Friuli Innovazione and MESAP, was dedicated to the use of a Industry 4.0-Readiness tool,…

The InnoPeer Advanced Manufacturing (AVM) courses offer a practical introduction to the topic of Industrie 4.0. The transformation towards Industrie 4.0 is one of the key challenges for European companies. Traditional factories turn into “smart factories” by adding connectivity and self-intelligence. Components are printed instead of casted or forged, and profit drivers will be data instead of real products. However, technological changes are not the only challenges awaiting companies…

The EACN partners, among which was Silesia Automotive & Advanced Manufacturing Cluster, successfully collaborated in the ESCP-S3 project “EACN for Joint Industrial Modernisation Investments”, that had been co-funded by the COSME programme of the European Union and ended in January 2021. In 2019 EACN opened to other automotive clusters. EACN clusters joined forces to support their members during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 and to develop a joint vision for the European automotive…

In view of the upcoming European call for the preselected European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) candidates, the European Commission has been organizing the series of webinars. These on-line meetings targeted at the potential EDIHs are to answer the main themes and issues raised by DIH community during the “Gearing up towards EDIH” event in January 2021. For those, who haven’t yet been to those events, it is a great opportunity to clarify issues relevant to the European call as well as…

Despite large investments in innovative technologies, many industries still have a focus on conservative manufacturing. Competition from non-EU countries with low prices and the gradual commoditization of existing products call into question the competitiveness of European SMEs. The aim of the Service innovation methodology is to enable the expansion of the offer of small and medium-sized companies with additional services that will increase the value delivered to customers and improve their…