EU research funding agencies are improving on an established framework for long-lasting cooperation on manufacturing in Europe. An EU initiative is helping to promote and fund transnational research and development projects in manufacturing.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are of the utmost importance for the European manufacturing sector. The EU-funded MANUNET II (Supporting SMEs towards a new phase to European Research Area on new processes, adaptive manufacturing systems and the factory of the future) project is supporting SMEs funding manufacturing excellence.
Further details: Boosting SME competitiveness by funding manufacturing research projects