Applications now open! Better Factory launches its 2nd Expression of Interest Call
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 EUR 200,000 funding to develop and deploy collaborative intra-factory experiments. Manufacturing Companies will discover new business models and digitise their factories to match the production of new or […]
Meet MiniRoboFab: Behind the scenes of Better Factory
Over the next couple of weeks we’ll be running a series of 1:1 interviews with the KTE (Knowledge Transfer Experiment) teams that joined Better Factory through our first open call. These incredible teams are each made up of a SME, artist and technology provider, working together to develop new and personalized products, become cyber-physical systems, […]
Meet our partners: Interview with the Slovakian National Centre of Robotics
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, František Duchoň, to learn more about the Slovakian National Centre of Robotics and their role in the project! František was also part of the team that won the price for technology […]
Meet BCF: Behind the scenes of Better Factory
Over the next couple of weeks we’ll be running a series of 1:1 interviews with the KTE (Knowledge Transfer Experiment) teams that joined Better Factory through our first open call. These incredible teams are each made up of a SME, artist and technology provider, working together to develop new and personalized products, become cyber-physical systems, […]
Meet our partners: Interview with Waag
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, Miha Turšič, to learn more about Waag and their role in the project! Miha Turšič is an artist, designer, and researcher dedicated to developing arts and humanities in outer space. He designed […]
Better Factory First Open Call: Meet the winning teams
The Better Factory initiative selected the 7 best international teams from its 1st Open Call. During the Jury Day that took place the past 1st of September, the best proposals for experiments were selected to start the Better Factory Programme. The selected teams, composed by one manufacturing SME, one artist and one technology supplier, will […]
The forthcoming plans for the European Construction industry: Sustainability and Innovation
The economic crisis in 2008 had a big impact on the construction sector. Although it has tried to recover, the Covid-19 pandemic has hit again severely the European industry. Resiliency has proven fundamental, but more than ever investments in digitalisation are fundamental for a sector that generates more than 18 million jobs in Europe. Nature and construction It is truly fascinating to […]
Better Factory First Open Call officially closed!
8 Knowledge Transfer Experiments will receive support and will be financed with up to €200,000 in equity free funding. The consortiums composed by a manufacturing company, an artist and a technology supplier participating in Better Factory will begin their digitalisation journey, as part of the framework of the Horizon 2020 programme of the European Commission. […]
Video: First open call for full proposals webinar
💡 Did you lose the webinar? Don’t worry! You can get back to it here! 📢 Speakers: Antonio Montalvo from FundingBox Anca Marin from FundingBox Ali Muhammad from European Dynamics The 1st Open Call Full Proposals from Better Factory Webinar held on June 3rd, 2021, started with a brief introduction on our initiative. Followed by a description of our value proposition for the manufacturing ecosystem and the challenges that we aim to tackle in order to bring up innovation […]
Food and Agriculture industry: time for awareness is up, the future is now
The next decades, technologies will have a fundamental role in the transformation of the agriculture and food sector, yet it will be important not be too timorous with policymaking decisions. Today, Agriculture and food-related industries and services make possible the employment of over 44 million people in the European Union. This data includes also 20 million workers within the agricultural […]