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The EU Industry Days is Europe’s flagship annual event for industrial policy discussions, bringing together...
11.02.2025
A recent study offers a comprehensive overview of the current state and recent advancements in...
21.01.2025
Ensuring European Leadership: The Role of Partnerships in FP10 Have a look at the opinion...
20.01.2025
The EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard has been a benchmark for industrial R&D performance since...
Promoted content The RENÉE project, funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and...
15.01.2025
EFFRA Magazine We are thrilled to present a special publication celebrating the 15th anniversary of...
07.01.2025
As we close the year, EFFRA is thrilled to present a special December edition of...
17.12.2024
We could not be happier with the progress of the Made in Europe programme. To...
16.12.2024
Closing of the Call [EXTENDED]: 14 January 2025, 17:00 CET The second edition of the Innovate...
08.12.2024
The European Factories of the Future Research Association (EFFRA) is proud to have participated in...
06.12.2024
The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) latest analysis highlights the intricate interplay between energy, industrial, and...
26.11.2024
EUIndTech2025 will take place from 2 to 4 June 2025 in Kraków, Poland. Organised under the...
25.11.2024
On November 7, EFFRA held its Board of Directors meeting in Lisbon to address the...
12.11.2024
The European Factories of the Future Research Association (EFFRA) celebrates the appointment of Ekaterina Zaharieva...
In an increasingly competitive global landscape, research and innovation (R&I) have become crucial for bolstering...
29.10.2024
The report outlines several recommendations, including establishing two independent councils to oversee research and innovation...
17.10.2024
The 2024 WMF Report outlines the key forces shaping global manufacturing by 2030. It highlights...
As the European Commission prepares for parliamentary hearings, the European Factories of the Future Research...
02.10.2024
The European Manufacturing Conference (EMC) 2024, hosted in Brussels, proved to be a landmark event,...
01.10.2024
The Draghi Report outlines the three key transformations that Europe must undergo to maintain its...
Welcome to this special edition of the Manufacturing Partnership Community Newsletter! 2024 has already been...
21.08.2024
In a decisive vote of confidence, Ursula von der Leyen has been re-elected as the...
22.07.2024
Joined by more than 100 European associations, EFFRA is urging the EU Institutions to significantly...
04.07.2024
SIGN THE PETITION The Manufacturing Research and Innovation Petition urges policymakers to give more political...
02.07.2024
EFFRA is structuring its work on high-priority research and innovation topics in Working Groups (WGs)....
27.06.2024
What does the future hold for Europe’s manufacturing industry landscape? We invite you to save...
29.05.2024
We are excited to announce the launch of the Projects Magazine! Produced in partnership with...
23.05.2024
Building on the resounding success of the first edition, EFFRA organised The Manufacturing Partnership Day in...
15.05.2024
Securing the wood supply chain within 5G-TIMBER! 5G-TIMBER, a project coordinated by TALTECH, aims to...
05.03.2024
At the heart of a value-driven quest for a sustainable, human-centric and resilient economy, is...
(Originally on ScienceBusiness) Robots are using technologies developed by the H2020 MERGING project to automate...
21.12.2023
(Originally published in ScienceBusiness) More than 400 stakeholders attended the first edition of the European Factories...
The presentations and recording of the most recent EFFRA webinar, Bridging the gap: Widening countries...
14.12.2023
On the 26th of September, EFFRA organised the first edition of The Manufacturing Partnership Day...
21.11.2023
EFFRA has launched a public consultation on the priorities for the MiE Work Programme 2025-27...
07.10.2023
On the 27th of June, EFFRA organised a member exclusive Brokerage and Pitching online session covering...
29.06.2023
Sharework and SHERLOCK are two projects funded through Factories of the Future, EFFRA’s partnership with...
23.03.2023
The 8th of March, International Women’s Day, is a celebration counting more than 100 years. In...
17.03.2023
On the 6th December 2022, the European Commission officially adopted the main Horizon Europe Work...
23.12.2022
On the 7th of December, EFFRA, together with the European Commission, hosted a webinar on dataspaces...
07.12.2022
As the ConnectedFactories project has come to an end in November 2022, we are pleased...
24.11.2022
On the 23rd of November, EFFRA had the pleasure of organising and hosting the final...
23.11.2022
EFFRA, Manufuture and the European Commission are launching the first Industry 5.0 Award dedicated to EU-funded projects whose...
01.10.2022
START the SURVEY We are kindly ask you to fill in this questionnaire to share your thoughts...
16.12.2021
EFFRA & the Vanguard Initiative signed a Cooperation Agreement on the 25th of November, during the Vanguard Initiative Annual...
25.11.2021
EFFRA & EIT Manufacturing have signed the Cooperation Agreement on the 27th of October! The distinct and...
03.11.2021
Deadline for submissions: 29th October 2021 at 17:00 CEST (Brussels time) The first Deployment Voucher open...
30.09.2021
European Factories of the Future Research Association (EFFRA) and EIT Manufacturing are working together for the future of...
28.09.2021
Deadline: 1st of October 5 pm CET, 2021 The Zero Defects Manufacturing Platform (ZDMP) project team invites you...
21.09.2021
The two organisations will sign a formal collaboration agreement on the 27th of October at...
NEW Submission Deadline: October 25, 2021 (14:00, CEST) i4Trust is looking for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises...
30.06.2021
Today, 23rd of June 2021, EFFRA has officially signed the Memorandum of Understanding with the...
23.06.2021
QU4LITY project aims to reach the Zero Defects Manufacturing (ZDM) stage through an orchestrated open...
01.06.2021
SHOP4CF OFFERS €600,000 FOR INNOVATIVE MANUFACTURING PROJECTS SHOP4CF (Smart Human Oriented Platform for Connected Factories) is...
18.05.2021
The ConnectedFactories2 event Digitalisation of manufacturing: pathways, key enablers and skills aimed in particular at the...
28.04.2021
The Zero Defects Manufacturing Platform (ZDMP) project team invites you to apply for your share of a €3.2million...
22.03.2021
We are currently looking for a R&D Manager. Overall tasks of the EFFRA R&D Manager Contributing...
10.03.2021
The Future of manufacturing is Made in Europe European manufacturing is world-leading and the backbone...
The EFPF (European Connected Factory Platform for Agile Manufacturing) project in conjunction with the European Commission launched...
18.11.2020
On 20 October, EFFRA, in association with the ConnectedFactories CSA, organised “the standards for digital...
21.10.2020
STREAM-0D is a project that received funding from the EU’s Horizon 2020 under the public-private...
02.10.2020
Currently, EFFRA carries out a consultation consisting of two main tracks. One track aims at...
19.06.2020
The Digitalisation and digital platforms webinar which took place on 11th March, was a success. We had...
14.05.2020
The AR for Enterprise Alliance (AREA) is the global membership-funded alliance helping to accelerate the...
25.11.2019
ACE Factories White Paper With the advent of the fourth industrial revolution called Industry 4.0,...
07.11.2019
The Factories of the Future 2020 calls, the last calls under Horizon 2020, are now...
04.09.2019
You are invited to share your experiences and corresponding cases of artificial intelligence in manufacturing....
20.05.2019
All information, including the application manual and presentations introducing the call, is available at www.interreg-central.eu/apply. There...
19.04.2019
The fundamental importance of cybersecurity challenges in manufacturing environments were the subject of the first...
22.10.2018
The World Manufacturing Forum has published its first report presenting its recommendations for the future...
28.09.2018
For EFFRA the Horizon Europe proposal, published today by the European Commission, represents both ambition...
07.06.2018
In preparation for Horizon Europe (the official name for FP9), EFFRA has launched an online...
28.05.2018
EFFRA and the Big Data Value Association have today agreed to closer cooperation by signing...
27.03.2018
EFFRA, in cooperation with ERTRAC and EGVIA, co-hosted a project results-centred workshop for the automotive...
01.03.2018
In his speech at the EU Industry Day, Commissioner Carlos Moedas (Commissioner for Research, Science...
23.02.2018
Industry 4.0 success stories from the Factories of the Future partnership were on show in...
22.02.2018
EFFRA and 23 leading European industrial research and innovation stakeholder organisations have today published a second...
21.02.2018
A report containing the findings of the Digital Manufacturing Platforms for Connected Smart Factories workshop...
07.11.2017
The Factories of the Future 2018 call for proposals is now open. Project proposals are...
31.10.2017
The Factories of the Future partnership received a positive review within the broader EU mid-term...
12.10.2017
The European Commission has published draft Factories of the Future call topics for 2018, 2019...
06.10.2017
The annul Public-Private Partnerships Impact Workshop report has been published online. This year’s Impact Workshop...
25.08.2017
The outcome of the recent Horizon 2020 mid-term evaluation has been very positive for the...
31.05.2017
EFFRA is pleased to announce that it has deployed a new Innovation Portal online. This...
29.05.2017
On 17 May representatives of Factories of the Future projects and projects from the SPIRE...
17.05.2017
Over 160 representatives of industry, research and academia assembled for the first Factories of the...
16.05.2017
The European Commission’s stakeholder consultation on Horizon 2020, part of the ongoing mid-term assessment of...
27.04.2017
Following on from the success of its first conference, EFFRA has been shortlisted for the...
08.12.2016
On 22 & 23 November EFFRA (supported through the FoF-Impact coordination action) and Aerospace Valley...
23.11.2016
The inaugural Factories of the Future Conference, which took place on 15 and 16 September,...
16.09.2016
EFFRA is pleased to announce that Günther H. Oettinger, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and...
20.07.2016
Registration is open for the 2016 Factories of the Future partnership (PPP) Info Day which...
11.07.2016
EFFRA is pleased to announce that registration for the Factories of the Future Conference 2016:...
31.05.2016
The ‘Factories of the Future’ public-private partnership (PPP) has today (19 April) been endorsed at...
19.04.2016