Supporting Initiatives

MODAPTO is a European project focused on enhancing industrial adaptability through modular manufacturing and distributed intelligence. By leveraging interoperable Digital Twins (DTs), MODAPTO fosters collective intelligence within modular production setups, enabling efficient design, reconfiguration, and decision support for production modules and lines.

The project’s primary objective is to develop a versatile framework for modular manufacturing that can be customized to meet the specific needs of any production module, process, or manufacturer. This framework supports high-level design, reconfiguration, and optimization, while enabling distributed intelligence and control across production modules through interoperable DTs.

MODUL4R is a European project aimed at enhancing manufacturing through modular production lines and resilient supply chains. By integrating advanced digital and physical solutions, MODUL4R ensures cost-efficient low-volume production and adaptability to disruptions in supply chains.

The project focuses on improving resilience, enabling flexible manufacturing, and incorporating human-centered technologies to support workforce adaptation. MODUL4R also integrates simulation and interfaces to the Industrial Metaverse, enhancing process visualization and optimization.

Through these innovations, MODUL4R drives competitive, high-performance manufacturing while promoting sustainable and circular practices.

DATA4CIRC (Data-driven AI-assisted digital framework for enhancing circularity in manufacturing) is a Horizon Europe project promoting circular value chains in the manufacturing sector with the aim of improving data exchange and product traceability, and thereby reducing environmental impact. The project coordinators, Idener.ai, based in Sevilla, Spain lead the development and validation of the project’s digital tools and platform. The project’s 12 European partners, plus the University of Osaka, Japan, as associated partner, are working to develop a platform for the secure and trustworthy pooling and sharing of data across manufacturing data spaces, alongside a set of digital tools to enable enhanced modelling and monitoring along the entire value chain. Furthermore, the project will formulate circular business models which prioritise the needs, expectations, and experiences of end-users. An upskilling and reskilling training programme will be designed and conducted to facilitate the uptake of digital tools in the manufacturing workforce.

Validation and demonstration of the DATA4CIRC platform will be achieved via its application in three use cases (establishing a new circular value chain for the recycling of agricultural plastics; expanding an existing circular value chain for the reuse and refurbishment of Waste Electronics & Electrical Equipment (WEEE); and, exploitation of an existing circular value chain for the recovery of platinum group metals from automotive catalytic converters).

DMaaST is a European project designed to strengthen the resilience, efficiency, and sustainability of manufacturing ecosystems. By driving the transition to Manufacturing as a Service (MaaS), DMaaST enables industries to optimize value chains, improve production flexibility, and enhance their response to external challenges.

The project integrates AI, Digital Twins, automation, and decentralized knowledge management to foster a human-centered approach and circular economy practices. By leveraging these technologies, DMaaST empowers manufacturers to streamline operations, enhance adaptability, and create more efficient and sustainable production environments.

MARS is a European project dedicated to transforming the manufacturing industry by introducing extreme flexibility while maintaining product quality, requirements, and sustainability. To achieve this, MARS leverages cutting-edge technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and cloud and edge computing, creating a highly adaptable and intelligent manufacturing ecosystem.

By integrating these technologies, MARS enables seamless interaction with supply chains, allowing real-time monitoring and control. This ensures that manufacturers can quickly and efficiently respond to changes in demand and supply, fostering a more resilient and dynamic production environment.

The EuropeaN diGital Innovation Network (ENGINE) is an initiative aiming at maximising the impact of European R&D projects working in the domain of digitalisation of products and processes, towards an innovative, greener, and resilient EU Industry.

The venture connects projects with the common perspective of fostering the sharing, dissemination and exploitation of up-to-date information about results and research driven initiatives, in order to mutually extend dissemination channels, find connection points, and promoting networking and cross-fertilisation in the EU based digital innovation domain. The initiative, delivering a Newsletter three times per year, is managed by the Universitry of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) and accounts today for 20+ projects involved.