This is also known as Public Private Participations (PPP), universities working with industries with the benefit of the companies delivering good business cases, and the universities delivering cutting-edge research results and access to specialized equipment.Ī strategic choice: developing the micro-manufacturing industry in Europe How to develop and engineer machine parts, tools and processes is one of the focus areas of MICROMAN, in close collaboration with European companies. There is a high added value in machines, machine components, and tools,” the Project Leader relates. European machines and tools are sold in many countries in order to make products. “A large part of the European manufacturing industry is dedicated to building machines and tools. The only way for Europe is to compete by making products of a better quality and develop new products, manufactured with a decrease in material and energy consumption and this includes both business to consumer and business-to-business companies.” Guido Tosello says: “It’s not possible to obtain a better competitiveness in Europe through low wages or by simply lowering the price of products or elements. So the ambition is to change that trend.”
“But the amount of people employed in the manufacturing industry has been decreasing year after year,” says Project Coordinator Guido Tosello and continues: “And this is critical because if the work force within a specific field shrinks too much, companies cannot be among the best in developing new products.
The manufacturing industry has been an important source of export from Europe for many years, and also a source of many high-quality products. Funding MICROMAN is part of the strategy for supporting and developing the manufacturing industry.ĭeveloping the manufacturing industry in Europe The overall target of EU’s Horizon 2020 is to create jobs and a sustainable economy in Europe. MICROMAN is funded by the Horizon 2020 framework programme for research and innovation, making it part of a very extensive effort within the research and development area in the EU, with a total budget of EUR 74.8 billion in the period between 20, the largest total budget of its kind in European history.
Associate Professor Guido Tosello from DTU Mechanical Engineering is project coordinator. The project includes research-based training for 13 early-stage researchers (ESR) in this specific field of manufacturing, and it is a collaboration between DTU and seven other European universities, IPU, and 13 European companies.
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