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Horizon Europe project Flex4Res successfully concludes
After three years of research, collaboration and innovation, the Horizon Europe project Flex4Res will formally conclude on 31 December 2025.
CircPlastX
CircPlastX – Circularity Data Space for the plastics industry aims to develop a data space dedicated to help the plastics industry in increasing circularity through data sharing along the value chain.
Smart manufacturing & sustainability lab
Over the past months, the Smart Manufacturing & Sustainability Lab webinar series has brought together six European projects to explore the future of reconfigurable, collaborative and sustainable manufacturing.
Flex4Res joins the ai4manufacturing community to strengthen collaboration on intelligent and resilient production
The European research and innovation project Flex4Res has joined the AI4manufacturing community, a collaborative European initiative dedicated to driving the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across the manufacturing sector.
When microns matter: how modelling misalignment strengthens cup production
The European research and innovation project Flex4Res has joined the AI4manufacturing community, a collaborative European initiative dedicated to driving the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across the manufacturing sector.
When robots need intuition: how trajectory-based latent spaces bring natural movement to human-robot collaboration
The European research and innovation project Flex4Res has joined the AI4manufacturing community, a collaborative European initiative dedicated to driving the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across the manufacturing sector.
Flex4Res publishes digital tools to boost supply chain resilience and flexible production across Europe
The Flex4Res project released two innovative digital toolboxes designed to strengthen resilience and adaptability in European manufacturing and supply chains.
Achieving resilience through reconfigurability
Resilience has become one of the defining challenges and at the same time opportunities of the European manufacturing industry. In an era marked by global disruptions, supply chain vulnerabilities…
Project meeting in Siegen, Germany
Hosted by University of Siegen, a young and dynamic research university known for its interdisciplinary orientation in both research and instruction, the meeting brought together project partners from across Europe.
Boosting shopfloor resilience with real-time data and service ecosystems
The European research and innovation project Flex4Res has joined the AI4manufacturing community, a collaborative European initiative dedicated to driving the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across the manufacturing sector.
Embedding electronics inside metal: tackling heat sensitivity in additive manufacturing
The European research and innovation project Flex4Res has joined the AI4manufacturing community, a collaborative European initiative dedicated to driving the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across the manufacturing sector.
Meet our project partner Hans Berg
Hans Berg is a company active in metal processing and component production, specialising in sheet and tube metal forming (e.g., stamping, bending, cutting) as well as welding operations, especially resistance welding.
From disruption to recovery: assessing shop floor resilience with Severity of Failure
The European research and innovation project Flex4Res has joined the AI4manufacturing community, a collaborative European initiative dedicated to driving the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across the manufacturing sector.
Advancing collaboration in manufacturing networks through AAS and data spaces
The European research and innovation project Flex4Res has joined the AI4manufacturing community, a collaborative European initiative dedicated to driving the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across the manufacturing sector.
Flex4Res at Automatica 2025
Automatica 2025 once again proved to be one of the leading international stages for robotics, automation and smart manufacturing. This year, Flex4Res joined forces with our sister project R3GROUP to highlight the important role of resilience and reconfigurability in manufacturing.
Capturing coordination: A new experimental setup for joint human motion
The European research and innovation project Flex4Res has joined the AI4manufacturing community, a collaborative European initiative dedicated to driving the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across the manufacturing sector.
Flex4Res featured in latest Gaia-X Magazine
One of three lighthouse projects, Flex4Res is featured in the latest Gaia-X Magazine. “Why Trust Matters” gives insights into recent develepments of the framework that is setting guidelines for secure data exchange.
Training machine vision without the factory downtime: how digital twins are reshaping inspection
The European research and innovation project Flex4Res has joined the AI4manufacturing community, a collaborative European initiative dedicated to driving the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across the manufacturing sector.
Project meeting in Bremen, Germany
Bremen set the tone for the two-day Flex4Res meeting: a city where advanced manufacturing, logistics and trade meet a vibrant digital ecosystem and a strong research base.
Flex4Res recognised as a Gaia-X lighthouse project
Flex4Res is designated as a Gaia-X lighthouse project, emphasising its commitment to enhancing the resilience of European manufacturing and supply chains through secure and interoperable data-sharing frameworks.
ACCURATE
The ACCURATE project aims to boost the resilience of EU manufacturers in our current so-called Brittle, Anxious, Non-linear, and Incomprehensible (BANI) world with the focus on the aerospace, automotive and electronics industries.
Meet our project partner IDEKO
IDEKO is a research centre specialised in advanced manufacturing. The main research lines are artificial intelligence applied to manufacturing, precision machines and processes, simulation and digital twins, active and intelligent components, processes for parts and strategic sectors, robotics and additive manufacturing.
Identifying risks in value streams: a new step towards resilient production
The European research and innovation project Flex4Res has joined the AI4manufacturing community, a collaborative European initiative dedicated to driving the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across the manufacturing sector.
Flex4Res, RaRe² and R3GROUP join forces to drive innovation in reconfigurable manufacturing
In response to urgent challenges facing Europe’s manufacturing sector, the three innovative projects Flex4Res, RaRe² and R3GROUP have joined forces.
Capturing human expertise: predicting action sequences for machine tool reconfiguration
The European research and innovation project Flex4Res has joined the AI4manufacturing community, a collaborative European initiative dedicated to driving the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across the manufacturing sector.
Project meeting in Vienna, Austria
The Institute for Production Engineering and Photonic Technologies (IFT) at Technische Universität Wien hosted the fourth Flex4Res Project General Assembly, which took place in Vienna, Austria
EuProGigant Open House Day 2024
Approximately 200 participants joined the EuProGigant Open House Day 2024, which highlighted the crucial role data spaces play in transforming the European manufacturing industry.
Towards an adaptive industry: Digital twins and data spaces as the new engine of manufacturing resilience
The European research and innovation project Flex4Res has joined the AI4manufacturing community, a collaborative European initiative dedicated to driving the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across the manufacturing sector.
Meet our project partner CONTACT Software
CONTACT Software GmbH is a leading vendor of open standard software and an open-source pioneer for the product development process and digital transformation.
Embedding optical fibres with laser metal deposition: enabling smarter metal components
The European research and innovation project Flex4Res has joined the AI4manufacturing community, a collaborative European initiative dedicated to driving the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across the manufacturing sector.
Flex4Res successfully passes mid-term review
The European research project Flex4Res has successfully passed its mid-term review, held in early July in Brussels. This milestone reflects the project’s progress in strengthening resilience of the European manufacturing industry.
Meet our project partner Sidenor
Sidenor Group is a leading steel producer in south-eastern Europe with production units in Greece, Bulgaria and Northern Macedonia. The group’s products are available in more than 50 countries with a significant contribution to the economic growth.
Flex4Res and deltaDAO join forces to build a data ecosystem for European manufacturing
The European research project Flex4Res has joined forces with the data ecosystem technology provider deltaDAO.
Project meeting in Athens, Greece
The Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems & Automation (LMS) hosted the fourth Flex4Res Project General Assembly, which took place in Athens, Greece.
Data ecosystems are becoming real – Gaia-X community presents solutions for the future across industry boundaries
Industry and business are in the midst of radical change: sustainability, resilience and securing competitiveness […]
Meet our project partner GOIMEK
GOIMEK are specialised in high-accuracy part machining with the highest standards of quality and service.
Bridging IDS and Industry 4.0: lessons learned and a path forward
The European research and innovation project Flex4Res has joined the AI4manufacturing community, a collaborative European initiative dedicated to driving the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across the manufacturing sector.
Meet our project partner LMS
The Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems & Automation (LMS) focus on cutting-edge scientific and technological fields for research and development.
Five innovative research projects, one pioneering ecosystem
The research project Flex4Res is part of the project ecosystem around EuProGigant, which focuses on data spaces to exchange and use data from production securely and sovereignly.
EuProGigant Open House Day 2023
Insights into data sharing, discussions about data ecosystems and effective networking: On October 10 and 11, representatives from politics, industry and research met to discuss the sovereign, Gaia-X-compliant use of data based on the EuProGigant project ecosystem.
Project meeting in Darmstadt, Germany
The Institute for Production Management, Technology and Machine Tools (PTW) of TU Darmstadt hosted the third Flex4Res Project General Assembly, which took place in Darmstadt, Germany.
Industry-oriented research for resilient supply chains
The Horizon Europe research project Flex4Res aims to strengthen the European manufacturing industry by boosting supply chain resilience. Its four use cases are challenges that can be translated to the majority of production companies.
Building resilience through data: how industrial data spaces are re-shaping manufacturing
The European research and innovation project Flex4Res has joined the AI4manufacturing community, a collaborative European initiative dedicated to driving the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across the manufacturing sector.
Meet our project partner A1
A cloud platform made for Europe – with Exoscale, A1 Digital offers a 100 percent GDPR-compliant cloud solution that enables companies to use their data in the platform in a secure, scalable and easy way.
Project meeting in Elgoibar, Spain
IDEKO hosted the second Flex4Res Project General Assembly, which took place in Elgoibar, Spain, on 16 and 17 May 2023. Besides discussions on the latest developments, site visits of Goimek S. Coop and IDEKO were on the agenda.
Boosting supply chain resilience
The new Horizon Europe project Flex4Res supports the European manufacturing industry in the flexible reconfiguration of production processes. 17 partners from six countries have started working on the project.
