Industrial Technologies 2012 - Aarhus, 20 June

Manufacturing the Products of the Future

Željko PazinEFFRA Executive Director

EFFRA: Who we are and what we do

About EFFRA• industry-driven association

• partner of the European Commission for the Factories of the Future PPP

• created by ManuFuture ETP & industrial associations

• creates consensus oncommon R&D priorities

• strong network of SME’s, large industry & RTOs www.effra.eu

• 61 projects up and running

• € 250M of EU in 2010/11

• time-to-contract 1st call: 8.5 months

• statistics show industrial participation of more than 50% in FoF PPP (compared to some 20-30% for FP7)

• additional € 400M in 2012/13

• Ad-hoc Industry Advisory Group (AIAG) works well, ensures that roadmap reflects industrial needs

Manufacturing in Europe today

Factories of the Future PPP

Manufacturing in Europe today

Our challenges

• Global competition

• Reducing energy consumption

• Reducing waste generation

• Complying with legislation

• Materials scarcity

• Constant need for innovation

Challenges & opportunities

Technologies & enablers

• Economical

• Social sustainability

• Environmental

• Future products and markets

• Advanced manufacturing processes

• Mechatronics for advanced manufacturing systems

• ICT

• Modelling, simulation and forecasting 

• Manufacturing Strategies

• Knowledge Workers

Factories of the Future PPP: EFFRA Roadmap

‘Factories of the Future 2020’: Baselines

Factories of the Future PPP: EFFRA Roadmap

Impact through focus: The right technologies for the right challenges or opportunities = the right research priorities

+ Measuring the (potential) impact of technologies

Research &

innovation priorities

‘Factories of the Future’: EFFRA Roadmap

Research Priority Domains

Research & innovation priorities

Domain 1: Advanced Manufacturing processesInnovative processing for both new and current materials or products

Domain 2: Adaptive and smart manufacturing systemsInnovative manufacturing equipment at component and system level, including mechatronics, control and monitoring systems

Domain 3: Digital, virtual and resource-efficient factories

Factory design, data collection and management, operation and planning, from real-time to long term optimisation approaches

Domain 4: Collaborative and mobile enterprisesNetworked factories and dynamic supply chains

Domain 5: Human-centric manufacturingEnhancing the role of people in factories

Domain 6: Customer-focused manufacturingInvolving customers in manufacturing value chain, from product-process design to manufacturing associated innovative services