Dig-I-Hub Kecskemét

Overview

Dig-I-Hub is committed to open innovation which brings together innovation organisations from various parts of Hungary. The quadruple helix approach is implemented this way not only regionally (in the agglomeration area of Kecskemét) but covers also the national level. Dig-I-Hub is located physically at IQ Kecskemét Industrial Research Kft which is a regional competence centre for construction and manufacturing of metals

 

Regional partners with headquarters Kecskemét include the John von Neumann University (JNU) as regional centre for higher education with specialization in automation and robotics), EU-Mentor Nonprofit Kft  as economic development organisation with regional focus (coordinator of Dig-I-Hub) and Hungarian member of the European Association of Development Agencies. The core team of partners represents this way the research community (JNU), civil society (EU-Mentor) and the industry (IQ Kecskemét).

 

Dig-I-Hub in Kecskemét offers “one-stop-shop” service - in cooperation with partner organisations in Hungary and abroad - for companies that are looking for practical solutions for their problems when new innovative methods and modern (often digital) technologies can increase the efficiency and/or reduce the environmental impact of industrial production.

 

Dig-I-Hub partnership brings together the main players for industrial innovation in Kecskemét with extensive cooperation links to other knowledge centers in Hungary. Objective for next years is to establish an innovation hub for manufacturing and construction on the basis of IQ Kecskemét which is a physical location for open innovation in architecture and construction industry offering prototyping facilities (CNC machines, 3D scanners and printers), vocational training site and technology development services.

 

The medium term vision of Dig-I-Hub is to become the acknowledged regional center for entrepreneurial support in digital transformation of the industry which can provide practical advice and support to the SMEs in the region for their activities in digital technology development. It shall lead to the development of an eco-system for innovation that can promote the innovation culture in the central region of Hungary because knowledge based economic development should not be constrained to the capital region of Budapest. The long term objective is to play an active role in transnational cooperation for innovation in Central Europe as regional center for industrial digitalization and open innovation in selected industrial sectors and also to foster cooperation and open innovation transnationally on European level. Digital technologies.