Smart Factory Hub: a success story for the industry 4.0

A challenge: how to bring production-oriented SMEs and solution providers together

Small- and medium-sized manufacturers experience an increasing pressure as they are confronted with new technologies, principles and approaches. SMEs need to tackle the increased production capacity in low-cost economies and an increased level of sophistication of supply chains in high-cost economies. Skills required at future workplaces will significantly differ from those currently produced by the higher education institutions.

As smart, sustainable and inclusive growths are deeply intertwined, how to deal with the challenges of digital transformation? How can manufacturers, who generate R&D, innovation, growth and employment, digitize their production?

According to a survey of 261 SMEs taken under the aegis of the Interreg Danube programme, up to 50% of SMEs in the...

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