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.

The key objective of EFFRA is to promote pre-competitive research on production technologies within the European Research Area by engaging in a public-private partnership with the European Union entitled 'Factories of the Future'.

The partnership aims to bring together private and public resources to create an industry-led programme in research and innovation with the aim of launching hundreds of market-oriented cross-border projects throughout the European Union. Such projects will produce demonstrators and models to be applied in a wide range of manufacturing sectors.

Read more about EFFRA's strategic objectives here.