Smart Sensor Systems for Food safety, quality control and resource efficiency in the food processing industry (S3FOOD) will facilitate the modernisation and digitalisation of the food processing industry. S3FOOD will stimulate the integration of IoT and related technologies via the implementation of smart sensor systems in the food production processes in order to improve quality control, resource efficiency and the follow-up of food safety in the food production process. S3FOOD brings together clusters with a background in food processing industry, IoT, ICT and sensor technology. It will strengthen current and develop new cross-sectoral industrial value chains within the food production and processing industries through a combination of direct and indirect innovation actions, as well as support and capacity building measures. S3FOOD sets up a network of living labs, organize cross-sectoral, cross-border matchmaking/business/investment events, demonstrations and study visits for SMEs across geographical borders, sectors and with different innovation actors. An innovation voucher scheme will support the realisation of high-TRL, large scale, demonstration and commercialisation projects across Europe. Besides the consortium network, associated clusters from the S3 platform on Smart Sensor Systems 4 agri-food and other networks will support the outreach to SMEs across the EU. More than 2000 SMEs will be reached. More than 200 SME will participate in matchmaking events. A turnover growth rate of 30% is targeted in the SMEs having participated in support cases one year after the end of the project, preserving / creating more than 1000 jobs after the end of the project and by 2025. S3FOOD will operate for 3 years and has a total budget of € 5.046.050, €3.993.000 of which will directly benefit SMEs (79%). € 2.875.000 of the budget is targeted to provide innovation vouchers, and catalyse large-scale demonstration with commercialisation projects with 62 beneficiaries.

The overall objective of "3 InDustrial Ecosystems tAckLing supply chain dISrupTions and driving the adoption of advanced technologies" (IDEALIST) is to support SMEs in industrial ecosystems 1/ Energy-intensive industries, 2/ Aerospace and Defence, 3/ Mobility, Transport & Automotive in their ability to understand and adapt to changes brought about by rapid and unexpected developments in the world such as the COVID-19 crisis or the Russia-led war in Ukraine. These 3 sectors are of capital importance for the European economy and despite their specificity, have common challenges that the project will help to address: transition to more sustainable practices, competitiveness issues in a context of scarcer raw materials and more expensive energy, change in consumption habits. Being more resilient means giving SMEs the opportunity to be a player in these changes and no longer just a spectator or follower. To do this, the project will evolve around three pillars 1/ Strategic Foresight to establish relevant tools and behaviors to anticipate and better prepare for change in an orderly and systematic way, 2/ Technology Uptake to overcome obstacles related to the implementation work of Advanced Technologies and lay the foundations of alliances between tech-savvy and traditional SMEs and 3/ Supply chains to identify critical dependencies and weaknesses in order to limit the impacts of disruptions on value chains. This work will lead to the realization of Pilot Projects promoting the meeting between ecosystems, facilitated by the use of the Hack&Match method. The mobilization of the AGORA platform led by EIT Manufacturing will support this objective of matchmaking and community building. The project is carried by a relevant consortium of 14 partners from 6 European countries and Ukraine representing several thousand manufacturing companies. The project will take place over 3 years (36 months).

<< Background >>DigiFoF consortium is made of: 5 HEIs, 3 training institutions, 3 large enterprises, 4 multiplier organizations & 2 associated partners. The focus was placed on selecting professionals with excellent academic research skills that have extensive experience both on national & international level.Based on OMiLAB4FoF we set an innovation laboratory for digital services in each HEI. The innovation within OMiLABs refers to engineering of new domain-specific modelling methods for Factory of the Future<< Objectives >>This DigiFoF project objective was to create an organizational platform where HEIs, enterprises, and training institutions come together to develop skill profiles, trainings and teaching concepts as well as materials for different FoF-design aspects. The platform is completed by laboratories equipped with a variety of open source tools, which provide educational and experimental environments, where aspects of the FoF can be taught practically and experimented by the employees of the companies.<< Implementation >>Create & use a digital library with different learning materials: case studies, lectures, tutorials, tools & webinarsEnsuring exchanges between academia&industry by lecturing, tutorials & experiments for students in order to apply the scientific results on real-world problems4 HEI set up physical modelling laboratories and 1 HEI a virtual one targeting FoF aspectsDevelop a new modelling method&software tool that integrates FoF characteristicsCreate 30 teaching materials&teacher’s netwowork<< Results >>Implementation of 4 physical & one virtual OMiLAB laboratories in Romania, Italy, France, Poland&Finland equipped with FoF tools&functionalities for ICT-based learningAll results obtained within the DigiFoF projecta are available on the project`s website, at the follwing link: https://www.digifof.eu/results and on Erasmus Plus Results Platform at the following link: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/projects/eplus-project-details/#project/601089-EPP-1-2018-1-RO-EPPKA2-KA