Objective Industry foresight for next 10 years are highlighting how the global economy will be fully globalized and competition for markets will become fiercer. New industrial players from emerging and newly emerged industrial economies will fight for market share with multi-nationals and companies from traditionally industrialized countries, including the EU. This will drive companies seeking for innovation to develop a competitive edge for new products and services, and to adopt operations that are more efficient. Europe is a global leader in supplying advanced manufacturing technologies, however notwithstanding the relevant investment in R&D to develop such technologies, the effective uptake is still weak and European companies are lagging behind in comparison to global competitors regarding demand and use of them. Despite the benefits AMTs offer, the majority of manufacturing SMEs in the EU are not yet using these technologies. One of the key obstacles to AMT adoption is represented by the general weakness of the support system supplying with adequate capacities in all areas of advanced manufacturing sector. The overall project objective of the project is to improve the Advanced Manufacturing Ecosystem for European SMEs by reinforcing the innovation infrastructures that should provide support to manufacturing SME. The aim is thus to collaboratively address a common innovation support challenge consisting in providing adequate support to SMEs in the adoption of AMT. The Peer Learning activity is expected to collect and identify a wide range of services that Innovation intermediary agencies may provide to SMEs to stimulate their transformation through the AMT uptake. The expected Design Options Paper will serve as a “guide” or a “handbook” to other agencies and business support centers to provide more focused support services and to set up “Regional Innovation Hubs” to improve a suitable ecosystem fostering AMT uptake. Fields of science social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementinnovation managementsocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness modelsnatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemssocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementemploymentengineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringadditive manufacturing Programme(s) H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs Main Programme H2020-EU.2.3.2.2. - Enhancing the innovation capacity of SMEs Topic(s) INNOSUP-05-2016-2017 - Peer learning of innovation agencies Call for proposal H2020-INNOSUP-2016-2017 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-INNOSUP-05-2016-2017 Funding Scheme CSA - Coordination and support action Coordinator FRIULI INNOVAZIONE - Societa' Consortile a Responsabilita' Limitata Net EU contribution € 50 000,00 Address Via jacopo linussio 51 33100 Udine Italy See on map Region Nord-Est Friuli-Venezia Giulia Udine Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Participants (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all TECHNOLOGIE- UND GRUNDERZENTRUM BAUTZEN GMBH Germany Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Preuschwitzer strasse 20 02625 Bautzen See on map Region Sachsen Dresden Bautzen Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 JOANNEUM RESEARCH FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH Austria Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Leonhardstrasse 59 8010 Graz See on map Region Südösterreich Steiermark Graz Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00
