Welcome

Welcome to EFFRA, the European Factories of the Future Research Association.

EFFRA was established by the MANUFUTURE Technology Platform to shape, promote and support the implementation of the ‘Factories of the Future’ public-private partnership.

EFFRA is a non-for-profit industry driven association, promoting the development of new and innovative production technologies.

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Project Information

Femtoprint will develop a printer for microsystems which can produce three dimensional patterns with nano-scale features in glass material using a low-power femtosecond laser beam. With increasingly efficient technologies, the scope of this project is foreseen to expand to the benefit of multiple commercial and industrial sectors.  More...

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Do you wish to take part in identifying key research topics and in international projects for ‘Factories of the Future’? Then you may consider joining our association and becoming part of the strongest network for production research in Europe. More…

 

Horizon 2020

The Horizon 2020 proposal has now been published!

An overall guide can be viewed here.

Key documents:

European Commission communication

Proposal for the the European Council (detailed information)

Proposal for the European Parliament & Council (includes budget information)

Rules for Participation in Horizon 2020

Read more about this from EFFRA's news article - available here.

 

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