Project description
Transforming local manufacturing for a sustainable future
LAUDS Factories is an EU-funded project dedicated to embodying the principles of open, circular and distributed manufacturing. The mission is to create a realistic, measurable and replicable demonstration of an approach underpinned by a bottom-up, standardised and unified techno-social manufacturing framework. The framework will pioneer small, versatile factories in local and urban areas, fostering user-centric, agile co-creation throughout the manufacturing chain: the LAUDS factories. The goal is to reduce carbon footprints, enhance customer satisfaction and invigorate the job market by enabling creatives and entrepreneurs to co-create and produce custom products locally. With sustainability at its core, LAUDS represents a paradigm shift towards a green, circular and digitally regenerated future of EU-based production.
Objective
COVID-19 pandemic manifested the vulnerability of industries, the unpredictability of external shocks and evidenced that traditional solutions do not suffice. Societal transformation and appropriate innovation models along with new technical solutions are seen as important pillars in solving environmental problems. Today, seeds of this societal and industrial transformation exist. Digital communities gather around open-source innovative projects, makers create collectives of professionals, artists and tinkerers in tier-places co-create solutions. SMEs, looking for more sustainable new business models, are inventing circular and sense-making businesses in various territories. User-centric, agile co-creation is a very well known development practice that can be expanded to the whole manufacturing chain. The transition to a low carbon, resource efficient, circular and sustainable bioeconomy, with its technological potentials and proven applications and initiatives like the New European Bauhaus offers solutions to the challenges society is facing today. LAUDS factories is an innovative concept aiming to create small, versatile factories in local and urban areas to co-create and produce customised products in small series. It seeks to incorporate innovative and active resiliency capabilities at production and supply chain levels to support a green, circular, and digital transformation. It can enable artists, creatives, and entrepreneurs to test new ideas and products, and reduce the carbon footprint by cutting transportation costs and time. It also aims to create a more personalised experience for customers, enhance their satisfaction, loyalty, and dynamize the job market. The key exploitable results include a sustainable model for local manufacturing, an updated digital product passport for transparency, and innovation services for makerspaces SMEs and creatives.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- engineering and technology mechanical engineering manufacturing engineering
- social sciences economics and business business and management entrepreneurship
- social sciences economics and business business and management business models
- social sciences economics and business economics bioeconomy
- social sciences economics and business business and management employment
Keywords
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Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
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HORIZON.2.4 - Digital, Industry and Space
MAIN PROGRAMME
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HORIZON.2.4.1 - Manufacturing Technologies
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Topic(s)
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Funding Scheme
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Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions
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Call for proposal
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
(opens in new window) HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01
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10623 Berlin
Germany
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