Boosting Innovation in Factory Of the future value Chain in the Alps

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Alpine Space

Date of latest update: 2023-08-11

Description

Description (EN):

BIFOCAlps project is tackling a common challenge to many Alpine Space (AS) regions: due to globalisation, many enterprises in manufacturing sector are not as competitive as wished in global markets, resulting in increased levels of unemployment, abandoned facilities and remaining plants that need new products and new processes. On the other hand, AS has a strong R&D sector and specialisation on Industry 4.0 and Factory of the Future (FoF) technologies. BIFOCAlps main objective is to boost collaboration and synergies among main actors of the AS innovation system for a sustainable, smart and competitive development of the manufacturing value chain towards the FoF. The main outputs will be (1) a map of the sector at transnational level, to understand existing and potential good and best practices, technologies and competences along the value chain; (2) a validated methodology for enhancing FoF long-term sustainability through innovation and knowledge transfer among business, academic and policy actors, and (3) guidelines of strategic actions for influencing policy agenda based on an impact indicator system, to monitor and allow evaluation of performance in line with harmonisation of S3. PPs and target groups are relevant stakeholders in the field of Industry 4.0 and FoF, which are involved in the policy-making, in the FoF research field and directly in manufacturing value chain. They will mostly participate to and benefit from project activities and outputs. The innovative approach integrates a “bifocal” view (considering both up- and down-stream value chain) and the transversal competences of the business, research and policy actors at transnational level. It will allow to gather best case scenarios of the AS and to integrate and implement them in the validated methodology, which will build on previous results and will be transferable at cross-national and cross-sectoral level aiming to connect value chain and boost competitiveness of the whole AS in the long term.

Achievements (EN):

Due to globalisation, many small and medium enterprises in the manufacturing sectors have difficulties with their competitiveness and, in addition, are confronted with emerging Industry 4.0 and Factory of the Future technologies. BIFOCAlps worked to increase collaboration and synergies among the main actors of the Alpine region innovation system to boost innovation for a sustainable, smart and competitive development of the manufacturing value chain towards the Factory of the Future. Amongst others, the project created a map of the manufacturing sector at transnational level to understand existing and potential good and best practices, technologies and competences along the value chain. Moreover, BIFOCAlps established guidelines of strategic actions for influencing policy agenda based on an impact indicator system, to monitor and allow the evaluation of performance in line with harmonisation of Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3).

Website: http://www.alpine-space.eu/

Expected Results (EN): Level of maturity of framework conditions for innovation for generating innovation processes among business, academia and administration

Expected Outputs (EN):

Project’s main results are: (1) enhancing long-term sustainability of FoF practices and technologies and creating added value for competitiveness of manufacturing sector, thanks to a validated methodology that integrates good practices investigated at each level of the value chain and in each country involved in the AS; (2) establishing a standardised impact indicators system that allows to evaluate performance of FoF adoption and innovation patterns in line with smart specialisation strategies.

Thematic information

Innovation capacity and awareness-raising Knowledge and technology transfer

Specific Objective: Improve the framework conditions for innovation in the Alpine Space

Thematic Objective: (01) strengthening research, technological development and innovation by:

Investment Priority:

(01b) promoting business investment in R&I, developing links and synergies between enterprises, research and development centres and the higher education sector, in particular promoting investment in product and service development, technology transfer, social innovation, eco-innovation, public service applications, demand stimulation, networking, clusters and open innovation through smart specialisation, and supporting technological and applied research, pilot lines, early product validation actions, advanced manufacturing capabilities and first production, in particular in key enabling technologies and diffusion of general purpose technologies

Partners (11)

Lead Partner: Polo Tecnologico di Pordenone ScPA

Department: Technology Transfer

Address: Via Roveredo 20/b, 33170 Pordenone, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.polo.pn.it

Total budget: EUR 219 335.00

ERDF budget: EUR 186 434.75

ViaMéca

Name: ViaMéca

Address: Cours Fauriel 57, 42024 Saint-Etienne cedex 2, France

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.viameca.fr

Total budget: EUR 119 770.00

ERDF budget: EUR 101 804.50

Fachhochschule Vorarlberg GmbH

Name: Fachhochschule Vorarlberg GmbH

Department: Research Centre for Process- and Product-Engineering

Address: Hochschulstraße 1, AT-6850 Dornbirn, Austria

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.fhv.at

Total budget: EUR 132 400.00

ERDF budget: EUR 112 540.00

Tehnološki park Ljubljana d.o.o.

Name: Tehnološki park Ljubljana d.o.o.

Address: Tehnoloski park 19, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.tp-lj.si

Total budget: EUR 128 890.00

ERDF budget: EUR 109 556.50

Università di Udine - Dipartimento Politecnico di Ingegneria e Architettura

Name: Università di Udine - Dipartimento Politecnico di Ingegneria e Architettura

Department: DPIA - Department Polytechnic of Engineering and Architecture

Address: Via delle Scienze 206, 33100 Udine, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www2.diegm.uniud.it/diegm/index.php

Total budget: EUR 164 515.00

ERDF budget: EUR 139 837.75

Bwcon GmbH

Name: Bwcon GmbH

Address: Emmy-Noether-Straße 2, 79110 Freiburg, Germany

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.bwcon.de

Total budget: EUR 153 520.00

ERDF budget: EUR 130 492.00

Grenoble INP

Name: Grenoble INP

Department: G-SCOP laboratory

Address: Avenue Félix Viallet 46, 38000 Grenoble, France

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.grenoble-inp.fr/

Total budget: EUR 122 490.00

ERDF budget: EUR 104 116.50

Italienische Handelskammer München-Stuttgart

Name: Italienische Handelskammer München-Stuttgart

Department: Project Management

Address: Landaubogen 10, 81373 München, Germany

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.italcam.de/

Total budget: EUR 136 520.00

ERDF budget: EUR 116 042.00

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerca

Name: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerca

Department: Institute for Industrial Technology and Automation

Address: Via A. Corti 12, 20133 Milano, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.itia.cnr.it

Total budget: EUR 170 840.00

ERDF budget: EUR 145 214.00

Posoški razvojni center

Name: Posoški razvojni center

Department: Department for business and regional development

Address: Trg tigrovcev 1, 5220 Tolmin, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.prc.si

Total budget: EUR 146 610.00

ERDF budget: EUR 124 618.50

Fraunhofer Austria Research GmbH

Name: Fraunhofer Austria Research GmbH

Department: Division Production and Logistics Management

Address: Theresianumgasse 27, 1040 Wien, Austria

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.fraunhofer.at

Total budget: EUR 124 350.00

ERDF budget: EUR 105 697.50

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ViaMeca

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Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences

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Technology Park Ljubljana Ltd.

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University of Udine - Polytechnic Department of Engineering and Architecture

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Bwcon GmbH

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Grenoble Institute of Technology

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Italian-German Chamber of Commerce

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National Research Council

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Soča Valley Development Centre

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Fraunhofer Austria Research GmbH

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Pordenone Technology Center

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Summary

Project name (EN): Boosting Innovation in Factory Of the future value Chain in the Alps

Project acronym: BIFOCAlps

Project start date: 2016-11-01

Project end date: 2018-11-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 619 240.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 376 354.00

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 85.00%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 376 354.00.

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Reports

Set of guidelines to integrate impact indicators to innovation processes

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.alpine-space.eu/projects/bifocalps/en/home

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2018-06-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Brochures / magazines / manuals

Manufacturing sector map at transnational level

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://www.alpine-space.eu/projects/bifocalps/en/home

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2018-11-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

How to become a Factory of the Future - the way of BIFOCAlps

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://www.alpine-space.eu/projects/bifocalps/en/home

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2018-11-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Videos / films

BIFOCAlps - Project Output O.T3.1 & O.T3.2

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.alpine-space.eu/projects/bifocalps/en/home

Publication date: 2020-01-30

Document date: 2018-11-01

Languages: en

BIFOCAlps - Project Output O.T1.2

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.alpine-space.eu/projects/bifocalps/en/home

Publication date: 2020-01-30

Document date: 2018-11-01

Languages: en

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Alpine Space

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2023-08-11

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752 / 752 (100%)

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