Post on 29-Jul-2020
Dr Max Lemke
Head of Unit DG CONNECT – A3
European Commission
ICT Innovation for Manufacturing SMEs
CloudFlow Conference 28 May 2015 Portorož, Slovenia
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I4MS in the political context
Speech of Commissioner Oettinger
at Hannover Fair 14 April 2015
Europe's future is digital:
Digitising European Industry:
Proposal of four key lines of action
complementing our efforts on a Digital Single Market
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-15-4772_en.htm
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Objectives
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Key objective: Enhancing digital transformation in manufacturing SMEs and mid-caps
I4MS is part of the Factories of the Future PPP
Focused innovation initiatives
I4MS: FOSTERING DIGITAL INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION IN EUROPE
Robotics
HPC Cloud Modelling, Simulation, Analytics
Cyber-physical systems
Laser-based manufacturing
Focus: Fast adoption of a strategic selection of ICT technologies
expected to have particularly high impact on the target sectors
Example:
a Horizon 2020
initiative started in
FP7 supported
under the
Factories of the
Future PPP
Application experiments – an example
I4MS: FOSTERING DIGITAL INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION IN EUROPE
HPC-Cloud based Simulation Services for SMEs
SME first-time users of simulation codes
Commercial cloud providers
Cloud and parallelisation experts
Application experts
Established simulation code providers
HPC resource providers
Innovation centres/clusters
Actors
Users: One-stop- shopping
access to simulation
services including expertise
and cloud resources
Innovation
SW Suppliers: SW porting
on the cloud, experimenting
new business models
HPC resource providers:
Establish a commercially
sustainable European cloud
of HPC resources
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Innovation Scheme - Characteristics
Built around pan-EU networks of competence centres / innovation hubs (normally RTOs or universities)
Provide expertise and skills Broker/facilitator across value chains Technology Transfer Dissemination / Multiplier
Critical mass of experiments
Industrial – focus: SMEs/mid-caps Cross value chain Flexible partnerships (50-250M€) Share lessons learnt – not IPRs
Flexible and light implementation
Coping with speed of market forces Add new experiments during proejcts
FP7: Open Calls for new partners H2020: Cascading funds to third parties
Typical project structure: IP/large IA
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in a nutshell: Phase 1 - 2013 - 2016
Status: • ~77 M€ public funding • 7 innovation projects • 1 innovation multiplier project • 60 competence centres • 143 experiments
Four areas: • HPC Cloud simulation • Laser technologies • Smart sensors • Robotics
Expansion through open calls for experiments
• 20 M€ in Open Calls
• 9 Calls in 7 projects
• Open Call Statistics
300 proposals
500 industry partners
Success rate: 28%
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Phase 1: 2013 - 2016
Phase 1 - facts and figures
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• Financial support structure:
• Strong industrial participation
• 275 of 330 contractors are industrial
• 75% of them are SMEs and mid-caps (210)
• 120 of them are totally new to EU R&I programmes
• Good SME balance between users and suppliers (50/50)
• Collaboration across Europe and industrial sectors
• >70% of experiments are x-border: strong EU-dimension
• From classical (auto, aero, energy) to new sectors: food, textile, media, pharma, health, …
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Application Experiments: A successful example
Cloud-based simulation of aerodynamics of light aircraft
Motivation • So far used Computational Fluid
Dynamics (CFD) simulation was limited and did not provide the required level of fidelity in a timely and efficient manner
• In-house computing power was insufficient to do full CFD simulation
BENEFITS • Full simulation available at
affordable cost (30k€ per design) • No in-house capacity necessary
(300k€) • Time for simulation shrank from 20-
30 days down to 2-3 days • Better designs and faster time to
market
Partnership -End User: Pipistrel d.o.o. -HPC expert: XLAB d.o.o. -HPC Provider: Arctur d.o.o.
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Equipment Assessment: a successful example
FLAT - Plug in laser diode module for warm sheet metal forming
“Cold” forming: break Laser assisted forming: success
Partnership Supplier: MONOCROM User: Johnson Controls Research centre: AIMEN (ES)
Motivation • Development of solderless clamping
method of higher power • Design of special optical design to
deliver focused line • Novel packaging concept adapted to
specific needs (e.g. harsh environment)
BENEFITS • Serving demand for ever higher
quality products becomes possible • Accelerated product development
and time to market • Readiness for industrial deployment
at reduced risk
Phase2: 2015 - 2018
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Three areas: • HPC Cloud simulation & analytics • CPS and IoT • Robotics
Statistics • 85 new experiments (25 defined) • Total 33 competence centres • Innovation hubs in less developed regions • 33.5 M€ out of which 13 for open calls
evolution
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2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Phase 1 – FP7 WP2013 Start-up the I4MS Ecosystem
Phase 2 – H2020 WP 2014/15 Organically grow the I4MS Ecosystem
Phase 3 – H2020 WP 2016/17 Nurture the ecosystem:
Concentrate on EU added value
Organically grow the I4MS ecosystem
Regions/MSs with Digitising Industry initiatives
Establish a catalogue of initiatives EU-wide
Reinforce roots/links to national/regional initiatives
Further concentrate EU funding on cross-border experiments
Other regions, in particular less developed regions
Launch a Mentoring & Sponsorship programme for new hubs
Co-fund innovation hubs thru EFSI, ESIF, innovation vouchers
Identify international collaboration opportunities
Discuss at World Manufacturing Forum 2016
Overview of Digital Manufacturing Initiatives across Europe
Germany Industrie 4,0 Smart Service World Autonomik fur Industrie 4.0 It's OWL (Ostwestfalen-Lippe) Allianz Industrie 4.0 (Baden-
Württemberg)
NetherlandsSmart Industry
France Usine du Futur FoF Ile-de-France
United Kingdom High Value Manufacturing Innovate UK Action Plan for Manufacturing (Scotland)
SpainEstrategia Fabricacion Avanzada(Basque region)
Italy Fabbrica Intelligente Ass. Fabbr. Intell. Lombardia
SwedenProduktion 2030
Belgium Made Different Flanders Make/iMinds (Flanders)
EU-level Initiatives Application PPPs: FoF, SPIRE I4MS Smart Anything Everywhere ICT PPPs
Multi-region Initiatives Vanguard
AustriaProduktion der Zukunft
PortugalProdutech
European CommissionDG CONNECT, Unit A3, ML
European initiatives are in redNational initiatives are in blueRegional initiatives are in green
Finland FIMECC PPP Programmes
(MANU, S-STEP, SIMP, S4FLeet)
Industrial Internet Business Revolution
IoT pilot Factory (IoT PFF)
GreeceOperational Programme in Region Western Greece
Poland INNOMOTO INNOLOT Digital manufacturing for the SME
(Mazovia)
Mentoring & Sponsorship Programme for new Innovation Hubs
Bootstrap ~25 innovation hubs in "non-I4MS regions"
RTOs, academia
Investment shared by phase 2 I4MS projects: +- 1.5 M€
Largely foreseen in phase 2 proposals
Mechanisms:
1. Call for expression of interest (EoI) for new hubs (Q4 2015)
2. I4MS competence centres as mentors each launch 5 sponsoring subcontracts (6 months in Q2 + Q3 2016, 30-50k€)
Role of Mentoring & Sponsorship actions
Investigate digital needs of regional smart specialisation
Link needs to I4MS projects and competences
3 feasibility studies for Best Practice experiments
Establish links with local funding bodies 15
THANK YOU
Commissioner Oettinger's speech at Hannover Fair 2015: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-15-4772_en.htm Digital Agenda for Europe – Components and Systems: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/science-and-technology/components-systems DG CONNECT (Communications Networks, Content and Technology): http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/connect/index_en.htm Horizon 2020 on the web: http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm ICT Innovation for Manufacturing SMEs: i4ms.eu Structural Funds 2014-2020 and Smart Specialisation: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index_en.cfm
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Also refer to speeches and discussions at I4MS 2015: Enhancing digital
transformation in manufacturing SMEs 22 May 2015, Brussels, i4ms.eu