Objectives

  • Competitiveness in manufacturing industries

  • Leadership in manufacturing technologies

  • Eco-efficient products and manufacturing

  • Leadership in products and processes, as well as in cultural, ethical and social values

Role

 

To govern research, technological development and innovation (RTDI) efforts aimed at the transformation of the European manufacturing industry at two levels:

Policy level

A policy level, aimed at continuous development of the MANUFUTURE Vision and Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda and promotion of the Lisbon objectives

Operational level

An operational level, employing a technological approach exploiting all possible synergies arising from the converging nature of science and technologies.

A policy level, aimed at continuous development of the MANUFUTURE Vision and Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda and promotion of the Lisbon objectives

An operational level, employing a technological approach exploiting all possible synergies arising from the converging nature of science and technologies.

Structure

Overview

 

The governance of the MANUFUTURE platform is ensured by the following structure:

High Level Group

HLG

Implementation Support

ISG

Sub-Platforms

SPs

Working Groups

WGs

Initiatives

Initiatives

Achievements

  • Vision Document

  • Common Vision Towards 2020

  • Strategic Research Agenda

  • Start the implementation of MANUFUTURE Actions

  • Transectoral Technology Roadmaps with a “MANUFUTURE Workprogramme” for implementation

  • Set up of 27 National/Regional MANUFUTURE initiatives

  • Definition and proposal of Competitive Sustainable Manufacturing (CSM), as paradigm to be implemented, to pursue Sustainable Development

  • MANUFUTURE Conferences, to validate work done and define perspectives

  • Joint activities with other European Initiatives (i.e. EU-MECHA-PRO, Footwear P&P, MINAM, RM) and ETPs (i.e. ECTP, Industrial Safety, SusChem, Textile, WATERBORNE, Food for Life)

  • MANUFUTURE Porto Manifesto, the document containing the results of the MANUFUTURE 2007 Conference, held in Porto – Portugal, in December 2007, as answer of the stakeholders to the EC Recommendation “Integrated Guidelines for Growth and Jobs (2008-2010)”, which has been proposed for a Council Decision on the guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States

  • Studies for the launch of a JTI, concerning the Factories of the Future “ground and approach” for:

    • the launch, within the European Economy Recovery Plan, of the “Factories of the Future Initiative (FoF)”, involving an investment of 1.2 BEURO,
    • the definition of the RTD medium term PPP Initiative, concerned with the Enabling Technologies for the (FoF),
    • the definition and launch of the “European Factories of the Future Research Association”, Industry lead, to interact with the European Commission regarding the PPP Initiative and further
    • Promotion and support, within EUREKA, of the medium- short term Cluster “MANUFUTURE Industry”, oriented to the “Factory as a Product”