Quick facts

• Programme: Horizon / Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)
• Project number: 101083472
• Start date: 1 November 2022
• End date: 31 October 2025
• Duration: 36 months
• Total budget: 4,357,422 EUR

About the project

The European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) AI5production is located in the north-east of Austria and mainly addresses manufacturing SMEs and midcaps
in Vienna, Upper Austria and Lower Austria. The overall objective of the EDIH AI5production is to consolidate the Industry 4.0 maturity of SMEs and mid-caps in the Region and transfer them to Industry 5.0 companies by providing all four foreseen service pillars of an EDIH.

This will be achieved by offering test before invest infrastructure and excellent services and support in the subject areas: Design, Digital Production, Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity. This is possible due to an experienced consortium. 2 pilot factories are at the front: (Pilot Factory 4.0 from TU Wien and LIT Factory of Johannes Kepler University Linz. The whole consortium consists of 5 Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies, 3 Non-university research organization, 3 Universities, 2 industrial partners, 1 Business incubator and the Platform Industry 4.0 Austria and EIT Manufacturing East.

This excellent consortium will within 3 years to support 150 SMEs and mid-caps with test before invest, to offer trainings to 400-500 companies and trigger private investments in 90 companies. AI5production will significantly increase the digital maturity of 150 Austrian SMEs and mid-caps.

Project partners

• Technische Universität Wien
• CDP Center for Digital Production
• Industrie 4.0 Österreich – Die Plattform für intelligente Produktion
• Universität Linz
• Linz Center of Mechatronics
• Profactor
• Software Competence Center Hagenberg
• VRVIS Zentrum für Virtual Reality und Visualisierung Forschungs-GmbH
• EIT Manufacturing East
• Fill
• AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
• LKR Leichtmetall Kompetenzzentrum Ranshofer
• RIC (Regionales Innovations Centrum)
• Universität Wien
• SBA Research Gemeinnützige GmbH
• INITS Universitäres Gründerservice Wien
• ARS Electronica Linz