Looking for a Better Factory in Ars Electronica! From 7 to 11 September, the great festival of art, technology and society, Ars Electronica, took place in the Austrian city of Linz. Better Factory was present in the programme of this edition, highlighting the value and benefits of collaboration between artists, […]

On Friday 7th October, from 10:00-12:00, Better Factory will hold a matchmaking event for the applicants on of its Second Open Call, to make up the required teams of one manufacturing SME, one artist and one technology provider. Prioritised sectors for applicants to this Open Call are plastic and rubber, […]

💡 Did you miss our webinar? Don’t worry!  On Friday 16 September, we held our second webinar to explain in more detail what the Better Factory project is, how it can benefit you (as a manufacturing SME, artist or technology provider), the ins and outs of our Open Call and how to apply successfully. The webinar […]

Calling all manufacturing SMEs, technology providers and artists! If you work in plastic and rubber, furniture and wood, food and agriculture, construction, metal and machinery, and textile and leather, then this could be for you. The Second Open Call, which launched on the 1st September and closes on 15th November, […]

The Better Factory initiative, funded under the European Commission H2020 programme, aims to help European manufacturers become more competitive in the global market by providing up to 200K EUR in equity-free funding to develop and deploy collaborative intra-factory experiments.   Manufacturing Companies will discover new business models and digitise their factories […]

Need to boost your knowledge on the Cloud Computing sector? Then check out this webinar! On 20 July 2022, we helped to organise and participate in a webinar called the ‘Cloud Computing (CC) Skill Development in Europe Webinar‘. This online event was part of a series co-organised by our project […]

Welcome to our interview series with the partners running Better Factory. Today we are lucky to be joined by one of our all-star team, Piotr Wojciechowski, to learn more about Bydgoszcz Industrial Cluster Tool Valley (BIC) and their role in the project! Thank you for joining us today! Please could […]

How does €200K funding for your manufacturing SME sound? On 1 September, 2022, Better Factory will open its Second Open Call for applications from teams of one manufacturing SME, one artist and one technology provider. Prioritised sectors are plastic and rubber, furniture and wood, food and agriculture, construction, metal and […]

Welcome to our interview series with the partners running Better Factory. Today we are lucky to be joined by two of our all-star team, Tânia Moreira and Marco Duarte, to learn more about Inova+ and their role in the project! Thank you for joining us today! Please could you give […]

From the 7th to the 9th of June 2022 we were participating at SCALE UP event organized by ICT Cluster Bulgaria in Sofia. During those days, Bulgarian public authorities, European clusters, our project and other I4MS Innovation Actions joint together to discuss on how this community could support and give […]

From 4 – 8 July, our partner GLUON, a Belgium-based non-profit art and research organisation that is raising awareness of global challenges, held a Virtual Reality workshop for young people interested in coding and new technologies, supported by Better Factory. The aim of the event was to help young people […]

On the 7 June, 2022, I4MS held their next Regional Workshop in Sofia, on the topic of “Scale UP 2022: Opportunities for SMEs”. The ‘SCALE UP 2022’ event brought together companies, technology providers, manufacturers, business support organisations and organisations managing funding for innovations from a large number of European countries. […]