The 2011 call has now been published

BRUSSELS, 20 July 2010.  The European Commission published the second call for proposals under the "Factories of the Future" public-private partnership. This second call has a total EU budget of €160 million and was inspired by EFFRA's Strategic Multi-annual Roadmap.

The official publication of the call is available via this link.   You can also download the official work programme documents which include the Factories of the Future call topics by clicking here.

Also available: presentations from the brokerage event, including video streaming.

On 9 July 2010, the European Commission organised an Information Day and brokerage event related to the second call for proposals under the "Factories of the Future" public-private partnership. Please find below the proposal ideas that were presented at the brokerage event.  (Since the video-recordings of the presentations can also be streamed from the Commission's webpages, the beginning of the presentation within the streaming is indicated between brackets).

You can also download all of the presentations at once (zip-file). All other information regarding the event can be found here.

• FoF.NMP.2011-1 The eco-factory: cleaner and more resource-efficient production in manufacturing
  • BASF (1h 30')
  • IESD (45'30'')
  • TU Braunschweig - KU Leuven (57'50'')
  • RURobots (1h 2')
  • SINTEF (EcoFactory) (1h 22')

• FoF.NMP.2011-2 Cooperative machines and open-architecture control systems
  • Nimbus (25'50'')
  • Fraunhofer IPA (Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems) (34'30'')

• FoF.NMP.2011-3 Robots for automation of post-production and other auxiliary processes
  • Fraunhofer IPA (Maintenance-Dissassembly) (31')

• FoF.NMP.2011-4 High tech solutions in the production processes for customised green, safe and healthy consumer products
  • BASF (1h 30')

• FoF.NMP.2011-5 Towards zero-defect manufacturing
  • CARTIF (17')
  • Fraunhofer IPA (Zero defect) (38')
  • Fraunhofer IPT (Zero defect) (42'30'')
  • SINTEF (Zero Defect) (1h 20')

• FoF.NMP.2011-6 Manufacturing chains for nano-phased components and coatings
  • BASF (1h 30')

• FoF.ICT.2011.7.3 Virtual Factories and enterprises
  • Berenschot (11')
  • Nimbus (25'50'')
  • SAP (Research FoF) (1h 7')
  • SAP (ComVantage) (1h 14')
  • SAP (S3) (1h 17')
  • SINTEF (Innovation Clouds) (1h 24')
  • SINTEF (Virtual Factory) (1h 20')

• FoF.ICT.2011.7.4 Digital factories: Manufacturing design and product lifecycle management
  • CECIMO (20'50'')
  • SAMTECH (1h 27')

• Various
  • Inertia (48'30'')
  • INPRO (54'30'')
  • SINTEF (Smart Factory) (1h 20')

If you have any questions or I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Chris Decubber - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Research Programme Manager