The European manufacturing sector is facing increasing pressure to strengthen competitiveness, resilience, resource efficiency and strategic autonomy. This topic aims to accelerate the deployment of advanced manufacturing technologies for the production of key industrial products, contributing to Europe's green and digital transition while reinforcing industrial leadership.

Within the scope of mentioned call, expected outcomes focus on:

• Competitive Manufacturing: Develop and demonstrate advanced manufacturing solutions that improve productivity, flexibility, quality and cost-effectiveness of industrial production.

• Sustainable Industrial Production: Reduce energy consumption, material losses, waste generation and environmental impacts throughout manufacturing value chains.

• Strategic Industrial Resilience: Strengthen European manufacturing capabilities for key products and critical industrial value chains.

• Faster Industrial Deployment: Accelerate the uptake of innovative manufacturing technologies through demonstration in realistic industrial environments.

Key Scope Elements (Innovation Action Focus):

• Development and demonstration of advanced manufacturing technologies applicable to key industrial products and strategic value chains.

• Integration of digital technologies such as AI, digital twins, automation, robotics, advanced process monitoring and data-driven manufacturing systems.

• Validation of innovative production concepts under industrial conditions, supporting future large-scale deployment.

• Strong emphasis on industrial implementation, exploitation, scalability and market uptake.

• Proposals are expected to include a robust business case and exploitation strategy demonstrating the pathway towards industrial deployment and commercialisation.

IMMIB's Strategic Contribution

IMMIB is strategically positioned to support the industrial deployment, market uptake and ecosystem-building activities required for successful implementation of advanced manufacturing innovations.

• IMMIB represents a large industrial ecosystem covering steel, ferrous and non-ferrous metals (including aluminium), minerals, chemicals and manufacturing industries, which are among the key target sectors addressed by this call.

• Through its extensive network of SMEs, industrial enterprises and exporters, IMMIB can facilitate industrial validation, stakeholder engagement and replication activities across multiple manufacturing value chains.

• IMMIB has significant experience in Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation activities, helping innovative manufacturing solutions reach industrial users and international markets through sectoral events, international fairs, B2B matchmaking activities and business networks.

• IMMIB supports SME competitiveness through innovation support services, mentoring activities, innovation management tools and sector-specific needs assessments, helping SMEs adopt advanced manufacturing technologies.

• The R&D and Innovation Center for Steel provides sector-specific expertise, industrial benchmarking capabilities and direct connections with manufacturing stakeholders, supporting the dissemination and validation of project outcomes.

• IMMIB maintains strong cooperation with public institutions, universities, technology providers, industrial clusters and business support organisations, enabling efficient stakeholder mobilisation and ecosystem development.

• IMMIB's experienced project management team can support consortium activities related to dissemination, exploitation, stakeholder engagement, reporting, deliverable monitoring and communication tasks.

We are interested in joining strong European consortia preparing proposals for this topic and are particularly interested in collaborating with:

• Manufacturing technology providers

• Research and technology organisations (RTOs)

• Universities and research centres

• Industrial end-users

• Digital manufacturing and AI solution providers

• Industrial clusters and innovation ecosystems

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