Funded Projects 2014-2020
Project TARGET
| Project Acronym | TARGET |
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| Project Title | Making Regional Manufacturing Globally Competitive and Innovative |
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Summary
This project will develop tools to enhance capacity of manufacturing companies in the NPA region to adapt and embrace new technologies and innovation. The toolbox developed will consist of subsets such as digital manufacturing (robotics and simulation). New ideas and thinking (human centred and environmental thinking, competitiveness), business models, and, modern Product innovation.
Objectives
The project objective is to reduce the competitive and knowledge gap of manufacturers in the NPA Region by implement and refine a suite of innovation supports across manufacturing SME’s in the NPA Region.
Impacts
Tangible
| Improved competitiveness: | Through the project, manufacturing SMEs received technology support and engaged with research institutes in their own regions and across the NPA. Newly acquired technical skills such as robotics, automation, virtual reality or 3D printing enhance SMEs´ production processes, save resources and increase their regional and global competitiveness. |
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Intangible
| Building institutional capacity: | Partners pooled their expertise and resources in key technology areas and together with manufacturers´ engagement developed an innovation support toolkit for SMEs. Colleges and universities involved in the project integrated the expertise gained through the project into newly developed curriculums, training materials and practical workshops focused on service design, environmental sustainability and product development processes, among others. |
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Lead Partner
- South West College
Northern Ireland
Edel McCusker
phone +44 (1)845 603 1881
e-mail: Edel.McCusker@swc.ac.uk
Partners
- CENTRIA University of Applied Sciences
Finland - Cavan Innovation and Technology Centre & Cavan LEO
Ireland - Luleå University of Technology
Sweden - Narvik University College
Norway - Sligo Local Enterprise Office
Ireland - University of Iceland
Iceland
Project Info
| Theme Business development, trade, marketing |
| Priority 1 Innovation |
| Objective 1.1 Increased innovation and transfer of R&D |
| Project duration 30-04-15 to 29-04-18 |
| Total budget 2 027 882 EUR |
| NPA co-financing 1 246 282 EUR |
| Target groups higher education and research sectoral agency enterprise, including SME business support organisation |
| Joint Secretariat Desk Officer Christopher Parker |