BOOSTING SMES COMPETITIVENESS IN MANUFACTURING Programme Committee NMBP, 01-12-2015 Brussels
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BOOSTING SMES COMPETITIVENESS IN MANUFACTURING
Programme Committee NMBP, 01-12-2015 Brussels
MANUNET definition
MANUNET is a network of regional and national agencies that use their
own funding programmes to fund transnational research and
development projects performed by companies-preferably SMEs, research
centres and universities in the field of Manufacturing.
MANUNET in figures
Created in 2006
Supported by the EC
launched 9 calls for proposals
coordinated successfully an average of 20 national/regional funding programmes
MANUNET I
(2006-2010)
MANUNET II
(2011-2016*)
EC support (m€) 2,7 1,5
R&D expenditure mobilized (m€) 145 66 **
Funding by regions/countries (m€)
81 40**
* Manunet II has an extension of 18 months
** Still pending Call 2016 call data
Figure 1.Number of pre-proposals, full proposals & recommended projects per call
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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016*
Pre proposals
Full proposals
Recommended
As a result
874 proposals have been received
more than 2350 SMEs have been actively involved.
208 projects and 548 SMEs recommended for funding
MANUNET in figures
MANUNET impact assessment *
Company level:
Development of new products, process and methods:
75% of applicants have had innovative results (specially in products, process and
methods)
61% of respondents said that the results have been commercialized
47% of the project results commercialized have reached the market in a period
of 2 years time
83% of project results led into in-house application or generated a follow-up
project.
* Data based on the survey done by MANUNET to the participants on summer 2015. (1500
applicants- 464 respondents)
MANUNET impact assessment *
Company level:
R&D activities
65% of beneficiaries increased their R&D expenses
66% of beneficiaries increased their R&D personnel
46% of the cases allowed the non-permanent personnel recruited during
the project to get a permanent position
Economic benefits
41% of the respondent experimented an increase in turnover
73% of the cases resulted in business opportunities
* Data based on the survey done by MANUNET to the participants on summer 2015. (1500
applicants- 464 respondents)
MANUNET impact assessment *
Regional/national level
The increase of the international cooperation
87% of the respondents continue cooperating in different ways
The increase of their R&D activities (specially of the SMEs)
It allows the exchange of knowledge
92% of the cases resulted in access to know-how
* Data based on the survey done by MANUNET to the participants on summer 2015. (1500
applicants- 464 respondents)
Impact – Example (I)
Experts in 3D Vision , optics, electronics and software engineering , offers customers
innovative solutions based on non-contact sensors , high-speed virtual point cloud
processing , verification and real-time processes reverse engineering.
Has been recognized at
European level as optical
measuring expert. Opening
them new opportunities of
transnational collaborations.
Objective: to bridge the gap between product
development and automation control by means
of methods and software tools for implementing
complex sensor-guided handling and alignment
processes.
Participating partners:
Rohwedder (IND-GR)
INGENERIC (SME-GR)
Coherent (IND- GR)
Fraunhofer IPT(PUR-GR)
MMI Aachen (UNI-GR)
Datapixel (SME-BC)
Unimetrik (SME-BC)
RIF (associated,OTHER- GR)
Schunk (associated,IND- GR)
Project duration:
24 months
Total project cost
2,317,631 €
DeLAs project
Impact – Example (II)
Experts in the field of oil analysis, mostly dedicated to predictive maintenance and
quality control. Activities focus on mechanical damage prevention and hydraulic system
control, by integrating diagnostic systems, oil analysis and termography.
They have gained knowledge
and skills. A very valuable
result for the SME. (first
prototype)
First agreement with a big US
company for the on-line
monitoring, also interested in
the implementation of this
A.I.
Objective: to promote preventative maintenance
in manufacturing plants through the development
of a fully automated prototype for oil analysis and
fault prediction. The prototype is based on
Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) software and online
hardware.
Participating partners:
Mecoil Diagnosi Meccaniche srl (SME-Tuscany)
KKT srl (SME-Tuscany)
Resolvo srl (SME-Tuscany)
EMSIL TECHTR ANS srl, oradea (SME-RO)
Project duration:
24 months
Total project cost
435,000 €
MIDA project
Impact – Example (III)
Produces small and medium series of machined mechanical tools components. Their
process is supported by turning and milling machines and CNC five-axis machining centre.
By participating in the project,
they gained knowledge on the
machining of Titanium.
Consequently the number of
clients demanding machining of
Titanium has increased.
They are gaining presence in the
aeronautic sector, despite the size
of the company (30 employees)
Objective: The aims of the project are (I) the
definition of the working conditions for precision
manufacturing: the machining of complex 3D Ti-
parts made of Titanium and (II) the development
of a new family of tools for machining titanium
and titanium alloys with enhanced performance
and lifetime, made of PKD and coated cemented
carbides.
Participating partners:
OMS (SME-Piedmont)
PEGASO SISTEMI s.r.l.(SME-Piedmont)
Zubiola (SME-Basque Country)
Microlan (SME-Navarra)
AIN (PRC-Navarra)
Project duration:
24 months
Total project cost
1,450,124 €
TiMac project
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2011 2012
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2015 2016*
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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
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Pre committed
Funded
Despite the economical crisis, MANUNET has succeeded in launching calls every year
180 m€ of public funding pre-committed
MANUNET a strong network
Figure 3.A total Public funding pre-committed per call and a total real pubic funding per call.
Figure 2. Total number of countries & regions participating per call
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success rate from full proposal to recommended projects (%)
success rate from pre proposals to recommended projects (%)
Suitable initiative for SMEs & complementary to H2020 calls
It is an ideal complementary programme halfway between Horizon 2020 and the
national/regional funding programmes and it is tailor-made for SMEs:
Close to market projects.
Short term projects and small consortia.
High success ratio.
MANUNET a strong network
MANUNET a strong network
MANUNET success is mainly based on the following characteristics:
•Complementary: it covers broad topics.
•Decentralised: it has no centralised evaluation.
•Flexible: it is flexible in terms of call participation and budget allocation.
MANUNET an strong network
A unique opportunity for funding agencies to:
Participate in a mature and experienced platform with
equivalent organisations with the same interests &
complementary capacities.
Increase knowledge and cooperation with funding
agencies across Europe.
Create a forum to discuss about R&D Policy and priorities
in the field of manufacturing.
Identify and share best practices to develop and
implement research strategies.
Increase knowledge of industrial and scientific
communities across Europe.
Create a critical mass at European level to carry out
transnational R&D activities.
Future of MANUNET
The call on the WP 2016-2017 for a new ERA-NET Cofund on manufacturing brings
MANUNET the opportunity to:
propose for the next 5 years an effective solution for an integrated and sustainable
European manufacturing programme based on national and regional funds and able to
effectively complement other continental RTD support calls.
Constituting a Consortium with longer international
Extension
Improving cooperation and coordination among MANUNET
and other initiatives at European level (i.e. EFFRA, SPIRE)
Supporting technological as well as practice-based
innovation. Implementation of annual joint calls.
Monitoring of funded projects and promoting good practices
Increasing the SME participation
Future of MANUNET
21 countries/regions have already committed :
o Asturias (ES)
o Basque Country (ES)
o Castilla y León (ES)
o Catalonia (ES)
o Germany
o Israel
o Lower Austria (AT)
o Nord-Pas de Calais (FR)
o Norway
o Piedmont (IT)
o Province Gelderland (NL)
o Province of Overijssel (NL)
o Romania
o Russia
o Slovakia
o Switzerland
o The Neatherlands
o Turkey
o Tuscany
o Wallonia (BE)
o Western Greece (EL)
Regions participating in Vanguard initiative have been approached and invited
Coordinator: Cristina Ugarte
PO: Neophytos Neophytou
Thank you
for
your attention!
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