Adaptation of the Industry 4.0 model to the shipbuilding sector

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Atlantic Area

Date of latest update: 2023-03-02

Description

Description (EN):

The naval sector occupies a central position in the growth of the economy, being deeply rooted in the Atlantic Area countries and presenting a common problem: the urgency of getting contracts in a very competitive market, mainly caused by very low labour costs in European countries such as Romania, Turkey, Poland or Croatia, or at worldwide level as Asians, competing with naval companies of the Atlantic Area countries. The IN 4.0 project aims to improve the competitiveness of naval sector companies through the adaptation of the traditional productive model towards the Industry 4.0, guaranteeing the sector’s endurance in an increasingly demanding market where technological innovation is a key factor of strategic advantage. To achieve this goal of competitiveness, the adaptation of the naval sector business model will be validated by: (i) determining the degree of maturation of existing technologies that could be implemented in naval SMEs; (ii) redefining work organization systems; (iii) qualifying naval sector workers in order to move towards 4.0 model; (iv) designing innovative strategies to save costs in the implementation of technologies, detecting new marketing methods, and (v) implementing the innovations designed under IN 4.0 in the selected SMEs of the participating regions in the project.

Achievements (EN):

IN 4.0 aims to enhance the competitiveness of companies of the naval sector through their adaptation to the production model of Industry 4.0. In this way, the sector is granted the participation in an increasingly demanding market, where innovation is a key factor for its strategic positioning. The project thus made a diagnosis of the main barriers that the sector faces in adapting their business to a 4.0 model and determined the level of maturity of the existing technologies likely to be implemented in SMEs of the sector of the regions involved. It also devised innovative strategies to reduce costs in the implementation of these technologies and identify new marketing methodologies for the naval sector. The activities carried out thus aimed to transform the organisation systems of work, knowledge, and commercialisation toward a 4.0 industry, being also necessary to provide training to the staff of the naval sector for new jobs and tasks towards a 4.0 model. As the main results, IN4.0 produced a catalogue with 20 existing potential technologies to be implemented, set up a web system for shipbuilding open knowledge, and developed a tool to match and map more than 100 business sectors in Europe. "IN4.0 also invested in the dissemination of the pilot projects, mentoring programmes, and business plans aimed at reaching the highest number of SMEs of the sector in the Atlantic Area, and increasing their interest in planning the change process. Finally, an external evaluation allowed the identification of 50 quantitative and qualitative indicators to measure the growth of the SMEs after adopting the Industry 4.0 "The shipbuilding sector is very traditional, but also global, so the only way for it to survive and stay competitive is to apply technologies that make the difference”. Cinthia Gómez Shipbuilding engineer at Ghenova Naval & Defensa.

Website: http://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Expected Results (EN):

Validation of the the main barriers which impede the adaptation of the naval sector business model; determining the degree of maturation of existing technologies that could be implemented in naval SMEs; redefining work organization systems; qualifying naval sector workers in order to move towards 4.0 model; designing innovative strategies to save costs in the implementation of technologies, detecting new marketing methods, and implementing the innovations designed under IN_4.0 in the selected SMEs of the participating regions in the project.

Expected Outputs (EN):

- Development of joint diagnosis of validation of the state of art, compiling the sector needs; - Study about the existing technologies with potential for implementation; - Report about the degree of maturation of the technologies identified; - Protocol for redefinition of the workers tasks; - Training program and training actions; - Labour insertions for young graduates; - Report about saving costs related to the acquisition of technologies; - Study of new commercialization tools; - Inter-sectorial forums among companies from other sectors for the valuation of these experiences and strengths identification; - Advice pilots to implement the innovations identified in the project; - Sustainability and transfer plan.

Thematic information

SME and entrepreneurship Knowledge and technology transfer

Specific Objective: Enhancing innovation capacity through cooperation to foster competitiveness

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 (10)

Lead Partner: Diputacion Provincial de Pontevedra

Address: Pontevedra, Spain

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 367 832.50

ERDF budget: EUR 275 874.38

Asociacion de Industriales Metalúrgicos de Galicia

Name: Asociacion de Industriales Metalúrgicos de Galicia

Address: Vigo, Spain

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 318 743.33

ERDF budget: EUR 239 057.50

Asociación Cluster del Naval Gallego

Name: Asociación Cluster del Naval Gallego

Address: Vigo, Spain

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 269 198.33

ERDF budget: EUR 201 898.75

Foro Marítimo Vasco

Name: Foro Marítimo Vasco

Address: BILBAO, Spain

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 251 833.33

ERDF budget: EUR 188 875.00

Cork Institute of Technology

Name: Cork Institute of Technology

Address: Cork, Ireland

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 270 693.33

ERDF budget: EUR 203 020.00

Pôle de Compétitivité EMC2

Name: Pôle de Compétitivité EMC2

Address: Nantes, France

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 176 509.13

ERDF budget: EUR 132 381.85

Bretagne Pôle Naval

Name: Bretagne Pôle Naval

Address: Lorient, France

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 292 587.20

ERDF budget: EUR 219 440.40

University of Strathclyde

Name: University of Strathclyde

Address: Glasgow, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 301 260.83

ERDF budget: EUR 225 945.62

High Speed Sustainable Manufacturing Institute Ltd.

Name: High Speed Sustainable Manufacturing Institute Ltd.

Address: Glasgow, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 150 833.33

ERDF budget: EUR 113 125.00

Fórum Oceano – Associação da Economia do Mar

Name: Fórum Oceano – Associação da Economia do Mar

Address: Matosinhos, Portugal

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 152 060.83

ERDF budget: EUR 114 045.62

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Asociacion de Industriales Metalúrgicos de Galicia

Adaptation of the Industry 4.0 model to the shipbuilding sector

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Asociación Cluster del Naval Gallego

Adaptation of the Industry 4.0 model to the shipbuilding sector

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Diputacion Provincial de Pontevedra

Adaptation of the Industry 4.0 model to the shipbuilding sector

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Foro Marítimo Vasco

Adaptation of the Industry 4.0 model to the shipbuilding sector

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Cork Institute of Technology

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EMC2 Competitiveness Cluster

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Bretagne Pôle Naval

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University of Strathclyde

Adaptation of the Industry 4.0 model to the shipbuilding sector

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High Speed Sustainable Manufacturing Institute Ltd.

Adaptation of the Industry 4.0 model to the shipbuilding sector

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Fórum Oceano – Associação da Economia do Mar

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Summary

Project name (EN): Adaptation of the Industry 4.0 model to the shipbuilding sector

Project name (ES): Adaptación del modelo Industria 4.0 al sector de la construcción naval

Project name (FR): Adaptation du modèle Industrie 4.0 au secteur de la construction navale

Project name (PT): Adaptação do modelo Industria 4.0 ao setor da construção naval

Project acronym: IN 4.0

Project start date: 2017-09-01

Project end date: 2020-08-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 551 552.14

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 913 664.12

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 913 664.12.

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.

Studies / surveys

DIGITALISATION IN THE UK MARITIME SECTOR: A STAKEHOLDERS’ PULSE CHECK

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-30

Document date: 2019-11-05

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Joint diagnosis of the current situation of the implementation of industry 4.0 in the naval sector in the Atlantic area

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-30

Document date: 2020-08-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Maturity level and impact analysis on the top 5 key enable technologies

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-30

Document date: 2020-08-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Reports

Report on the existence of technologies adapted to the particular needs of SMEs companies in the shipbuilding sector in each of the paradigms of industry 4.0

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-30

Document date: 2020-08-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Report on the redefinition of job positions in the shipbuilding and repair industry

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-30

Document date: 2020-08-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

COST SAVINGS AND BENEFITS OF THE ADOPTION OF INDUSTRY 4.0 TECHNOLOGIES FOR SHIPBUILDING SMEs

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-30

Document date: 2020-08-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Virtual worskhop minutes - “4.0 Connect and international best practices”

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-30

Document date: 2020-08-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Presentations

Main conclusions achieved through the deployment of WP4 “IN context"

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-30

Document date: 2020-08-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Videos / films

IN 4.0 Project_ video presentation

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-30

Document date: 2019-09-05

Languages: en

IN 4.0 Project_1st Video Newsletter

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-30

Document date: 2019-09-05

Languages: en, fr

IN 4.0 Project_2nd Video Newsletter

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-30

Document date: 2020-08-30

Languages: pt, en

Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Atlantic Area

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2021-08-01

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

71 / 71 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

718 / 718 (100%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.atlanticarea.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-12-03, 2023-02-02 and 2024 01 30. Fields project name and description (from 23 projects) translated from Spanish into English using the European Commission's eTranslation machine translation service.

The projects which fields include an eTranslation English text are the ones with the following acronyms: @BluePortS, 4H-CREAT, ACCESS2SEA, AGEO, AGRITOX, ALERTOX-NET, AtlanticFoodExport, ATLANTIC-KET-MED, AT-VIRTUAL, AYCH, CABFishMAN, CircularSeas, COCKLES, CONSORTEX, FAN-BEST, iFADO, IN 4.0, JONAS, MONITOOL, NANOCULTURE, PROTOATLANTIC, SIRMA and USER-FACTOR.

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