Meet SMARTVIEW: 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 second 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 SMARTENVELOPE: 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 second 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, […]

Watch our new video on the 9 new teams selected for Better Factory!

These 9 new teams chosen to take part in the second round of Better Factory will explore new markets using digital tools, test and develop new lean-agile production technologies, make deals through the Robotics and Automation MarketPlace (RAMP), access training to re-skill staff, receive business support and mentoring, and to get up to 200,000 EUR […]

Project meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria: Closing up year 3 of Better Factory

The recent consortium meeting held in Sofia, Bulgaria marked a significant milestone for the Better Factory project. This collaborative initiative brought together the Better Factory partners from multiple European countries, representing various domains within the Arts ecosystem, Technology competence centres, Industrial clusters, and Technology suppliers. As the project is in the final cycle of its […]

Better Factory at PLASTPOL 2023, KIELCE, POLAND

The Better Factory project was represented by the Bydgoszcz Industrial Cluster Tool Valley at the 27th International Fair of Plastics and Rubber Processing PLASTPOL, which took place on May 23-26, 2023 in Kielce, Poland.  The PLASTPOL Fair gathereth almost 600 companies from 26 countries and almost 14 thousand square meters of exhibition space. The Kielce […]

Better Factory at ICRA2023: Advancing Autonomous Task Planning

The 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), which was held in the vibrant city of London, recently brought together some of the brightest minds in the field. The Better Factory project, represented by Anatoli Tziola from our partner Cyprus University of Technology (CUT), took part in this event, presenting new research on […]

Come meet Better Factory at MediaFutures, 8-9 June, Hamburg!

Better Factory will be at this two-day celebration of innovative projects from all over Europe fighting misinformation and disinformation! MediaFutures is a three year European innovation project (supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme) which aims to contribute to high-quality media activities.MediaFutures has created a data-driven innovation hub to offer grant funding and […]

Better Factory partners and mentors visit the new round of KTE teams across Europe

The Better Factory project, an EU-funded initiative aimed at boosting manufacturing SMEs’ global competitiveness through art and technology expertise, has been making significant strides in fostering innovation. Over the past few weeks, Better Factory’s project partners and mentors have embarked on a series of visits to the new Knowledge Transfer Experiment (KTE) teams, providing an […]

Meet our partners: Interview with Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Pécs-Baranya

Thank you for joining us today! Please could you give us a short introduction to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Pécs-Baranya, and your main activities? And what is your role here? Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Pécs-Baranya (CCIPB) is one of the strongest economic chambers in Hungary and it is active coordinator […]

Meet our partners: Interview with CLUTEX, the Czech technical textile cluster

Thank you for joining us today! Please could you give us a short introduction to CLUTEX, based in Czechia, and explain your activities deepening the cooperation of manufacturing companies and research institutions? And what is your role here? Our cluster CLUTEX – cluster of technical textiles producers – was founded in 2016 and is the […]

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