Meet our partners: Interview with GLUON
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, Nicolas Wierinck, to learn more about Gluon Art & Research and their role in the project! Thank you for joining us today! Please could you give us a short introduction to […]
New Better Factory scientific paper: Three-Dimensional Printing of Cylindrical Nozzle Elements of Bernoulli Gripping Devices for Industrial Robots
The paper Three-Dimensional Printing of Cylindrical Nozzle Elements of Bernoulli Gripping Devices for Industrial Robots presents a comprehensive study of the prototype of Bernoulli gripping devices with a cylindrical nozzle, manufactured by FDM 3D printing. This paper has been published as a collaboration between numerous professionals at different organisations, across for example the US, Ukraine, […]
Better Factory at the I4MS Stakeholders Event in Budapest
The largest European initiative to digitalise the manufacturing industry, I4MS (ICT for Manufacturing SMEs), celebrated its Stakeholders Event European leadership and digital game-changers of the manufacturing industry in Budapest, Hungary, on 19 October 2022, by bringing together the ecosystem and exchanging success stories, lessons learnt and know-how, leading the debate about a resilient, sustainable and human-centric manufacturing industry. Better Factory attended […]
Better Factory publishes a paper about the Open Platform for Innovation in Logistics
The paper Open Platform for Innovation in Logistics – Agent Optimization is devoted to design a new module for the Open Platform for Innovation in Logistics (OPIL) library, which is a part of the European Union Horizon 2020 project “Grow your manufacturing business“, known under the acronym Better Factory. The goal of the new module […]
Better Factory experiment FOLD replacing polluting alternatives with stone paper is the winner of the I4MS Disruptors Awards
FOLD introduces modular cobots in the manufacturing process of their innovative products A Bulgarian manufacturing company, Europack Bulgaria M EOOD, a Dutch artist, Isaac Monte B.V., and a Romanian technology supplier, Oviso Robotics SRL, are the team behind FOLD, the Better Factory Knowledge Transfer Experiment (KTE) that creates stone paper innovative products with modular cobots, winner of the I4MS Disruptors Awards. Europack has developed […]
Better Factory at Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria)!
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, industry and technology. On 8 […]
Better Factory at INNOFORM, Poland, September 2022!
Poland’s trade fair brought together bidders and decision-makers responsible for the development of the tool and processing industry in Poland. As many as 193 exhibitors and 2079 visitors attended! First Day Summary This year’s tooling and processing conference was aimed at people who wanted to deepen their knowledge in the area of Industry 4.0 in […]
Applying for our Open Call? Our matchmaking event will be on Friday 7 October!
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, furniture and wood, food and […]
Missed our webinar? Watch it here and apply for Better Factory’s Open Call (by 15 November)
💡 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 was opened by Antonio Montalvo, […]
Applying to our Open Call? Join our webinar on Friday 16 Sept!
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, is looking for consortiums of […]