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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PLM …

CFD …

Systems …

access

use

view

CAD

CAM CFD Systems

PLM

on HPC Cloud

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Systems CloudFlow

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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