Factories of the Future (EU)
Speaker:
Željko Pazin
EFFRA Executive Director
Background
Manufacturing & Europe
 Despite the continued fall-out from crisis,
manufacturing means a lot for Europe:
 20 % Direct jobs
 67 % Exports
 65 % Business R&D Expenditure
 Manufacturing in Europe remains
diverse
 Progress needed to achieve competitiveness
 Importance of manufacturing now recognised
by EU and the member states
 Evolution of advanced manufacturing requires
horizontal & vertical approach in Europe
 Development of more competitive &
sustainable industry needs support = ‘Factories
of the Future’
(via @EU_Commission 14/01/2015)
EFFRA
Who we are
 Representing private side in ‘Factories of the
Future’ PPP
 156 members (Large, SME, RTO etc.)
 An experienced, enaged and motivated
community
 Actively promotes Factories of the Future PPP &
projects
 Collaborates closely with EC to develop strategic
research agenda (‘roadmap’)
 Supports members from across Europe
Factories of the Future 2020
Strategic Roadmap
 One document covering 2014-2020
 Developed by EFFRA & through broad
public consultation
 Identifies megatrends which drive structural
changes in manufacturing sectors
 Establishes research priorities which will
allow industry to meet these challenges
 Priorities focus on development, application
& integration of enablers & technologies
 ‘Factories of the Future’ call topics based
upon research priorities = industry relevant
 Not static: we are developing the Roadmap
further
Factories of the Future 2020
Strategic Roadmap
Factories of the Future
Digitalisation = Transformation of Manufacturing
 Selection of digital issues impacting on & being addressed in
‘Factories of the Future’
Complex Systems
Internet of Things
Cloud
Factories of the
Future
Cyber-Physical Systems
Big Data
Augmented Reality
Factories of the Future
Digitalisation = Transformation of Manufacturing
 ‘Digitalisation’ affects multiple aspects of manufacturing such as:
 Distributed manufacturing
 Mass customisation
 Process quality – monitoring and control
 Interconnectivity of machines
 Plant management
 Data processing
 Training, Apps for workers, etc
 Advanced manufacturing cannot evolve without digitalisation – IoT
fundamental for evolution of manufacturing
 Equally innovations in digitalisation will be driven by the needs of advanced
manufacturing
 Manufacturing companies becoming much more involved in developing
digital services & ICT-enabled tech. to meet their particular needs
Factories of the Future
Digitalisation in ‘Factories of the Future 2020’
Manufacturing for
custom-made parts
– 3D Printing
M2M Cloud connectivity
for future manufacturing
enterprises
Integrated highperformance computing
‘Plug-and-play’
interfaces for factory
workers in dynamic
work environments
ICT solutions for
energy-efficient product
life cycles
Collaborative demand
& supply planning,
traceability & execution
Factories of the Future PPP
Progress
 200+ projects
 1,300+ organisations participating
 60% industrial participation
 >30% of funding to SMEs
 77% of funding to non-EFFRA members
 Partnership is addressing all multiple
topics to transform manufacturing (from
CPS to zero-defect factories)
 Launch of dedicated Innovation Portal
 Successful implementation of strategic multiannual roadmap (FP7)
 Ongoing implementation of ‘Factories of the
Future 2020’ roadmap (Horizon 2020)
Factories of the Future PPP: Progress
Measuring Progress & Impact
 We monitor projects from the start until 3-5 years after finalisation,
which means we look at a time span of up to 7-8 years
 Takes time (in years) to realise impact. There is a time delay
 EFFRA & partners actively working to identify key parameters and
indicators
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
FoF-2010
FoF-2011
FoF-2012
FoF-2013
FoF-2014
FoF-2015
25 projects
post-project investments
36 projects
post-project investments
37 projects
post-project investments
53 projects
post-project investments
25 projects
28 projects
post-project investments
post-project investments
Nr of Cumulative
projects
total
25
25
36
61
37
98
53
151
29
180
28
208
Factories of the Future PPP: on-line resource
EFFRA Innovation Portal
One reference resource…
•
for progress monitoring
•
for on-line brokerage
•
for sharing information among projects
•
for promoting projects, results and
demonstrators to the wider community
•
for portfolio management and analysing
coverage of FoF 2020 roadmap
•
for supporting the further roadmapping
exercises
www.effra.eu/portal
Factories of the Future PPP
Progress and KPIs
• Exploitable Results & Demonstrators
 364 results have been reported by 53 projects, which is an average of 7
systems/technologies per project (2014 report)
 Results enable a broad range of gains in terms of quality, market
responsiveness, resource efficiency and time efficiency
 30 patent applications, 50 standardisation activities
 FoF project results contribute to large-scale demonstrators, investments
in equipment and pilot factories
 The continuous generation of results are mapped on the Innovation Portal
• Spin-offs/Start-Ups
 7 spin-offs/start-ups reported so far, illustrating a good balance between
technology push & technology pull within the FoF PPP
• Including: Sentio, FemtoPrint, Cognibotics & Lithoz
Factories of the Future: Recommendations
Horizon 2020 vs other programmes
Things to consider:‘Factories of the Future’ was highly successful under FP7 &
continues to be so under Horizon 2020. Links to new initiatives
1) Investment Plan for Europe: European Fund for Strategic Investments
 Clear information needed
 Horizon 2020 R,D &I funding must be secure & remain available to intended
programmes to ensure they can deliver
2) Smart Specialisation
 Complicated issue for manufacturing research & innovation
 Need to understand what should be addressed at what level
 A stronger emphasis on complementary actions is needed
We need realistic, fact-based discussion, not just promotion, marketing or feeding
unrealistic expectations for unlimited funding opportunities
Factories of the Future
EU – national level cooperation
 The overall goal should be a truly European approach
i.e. close cooperation between all levels
 FoF PPP and EFFRA embedded in national &
regional programmes including:
 Industrie 4.0, Industrie du futur
 Smart Industry, Factories del Futur
 Fabbrica Intelligente, etc
EU – National alignment important:
 Coherent approach
 Achieving greater impact
 Link knowledge & expertise (competences)
 Greater up-take of project results
 Facilitate best support for SMEs as they adapt
Beyond Europe: International dimension:
 PPP linked to IMS - Intelligent Manufacturing
Systems & World Manufacturing Forum (WMF)
More Information
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