BOOSTING SMES COMPETITIVENESS IN MANUFACTURING Programme Committee NMBP

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

MANUNET in figures 200 s: rie 180 160 cia efi 140 120 en %b 73 100 80 60 40 20 Es SM Pre proposals Full proposals Recommended 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016* Figure 1. Number of pre-proposals, full proposals & recommended projects per call 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 impact assessment * § Company level: q 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: q 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 q 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 q The increase of the international cooperation 87% of the respondents continue cooperating in different ways q The increase of their R&D activities (specially of the SMEs) q 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 3 D 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. De. LAs project 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: Has been recognized at European level as optical measuring expert. Opening them new opportunities of transnational collaborations. 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 €

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. MIDA project 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 €

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. Ti. Mac project 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 3 D Tiparts 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 €

MANUNET a strong network Despite the economical crisis, MANUNET has succeeded in launching calls every year 25 20 15 19 14 19 20 20 16 15 17 15 10 10 5 0 Figure 2. Total number of countries & regions participating per call 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016* 180 m€ of public funding pre-committed Figure 3. A total Public funding pre-committed per call and a total real pubic funding per call.

MANUNET a strong network Suitable initiative for SMEs & complementary to H 2020 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. 70 ate sr s 60 success rate from full proposal to recommended projects (%) 50 40 30 success rate from pre proposals to recommended projects (%) 20 10 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016* 45% cce su

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 Province Gelderland (NL) o Asturias (ES) o Province of Overijssel (NL) o Basque Country (ES) o Romania o Castilla y León (ES) o Russia o Catalonia (ES) o Slovakia o Germany o Switzerland o Israel o The Neatherlands o Lower Austria (AT) o Turkey o Nord-Pas de Calais (FR) o Tuscany o Norway o Wallonia (BE) o Piedmont (IT) o Western Greece (EL) Regions participating in Vanguard initiative have been approached and invited

Thank you for your attention! Coordinator: Cristina Ugarte cugarte@innobasque. com PO: Neophytos Neophytou Neophytos. NEOPHYTOU@ec. europa. eu