Digital Innovation Hub Emilia-Romagna

Italy: Emilia-Romagna

Overview

Digital Innovation Hub Emilia-Romagna is a no profit entity performing information and awareness services, tutoring and coaching, personalized consultancy, matchmaking with innovation ecosystem. In addition DIH-ER cooperates with other national and European Digital Innovation Hubs, with Competence Centers, and Enterprise Europe Network.

The aim of DIH-ER is to help companies, especially SMEs, to become more competitive by improving their business/production processes/organization as well as products, services and business models exploting digital technologies. Furthermore, DIH-ER deals with the promotion of digital manufactoring trasformation towards Industry 4.0 approach and the Value Chain processes overall.

In particular the main activities are:

Information and Awareness on use cases and benefits deriving from 4.0 technologies and digital transformation
Mentoring and coaching
Support in digital transformation projects and continuous training
Personalized consulting
Analysis of the digital maturity of the company and of the supply chains through specific assessments
Definition of action plans for innovation management, digital transformation, access to financing and possible partnerships
Matchmaking with Innovation Ecosystem
Identification of technological partners, access to Competence Centers 4.0 and Digital Innovation Hub, collaboration with universities, research centers, other companies, support for network contracts
Coordination activities for implementing I4.0-based factories
Design and delivery of training initiatives
Digital technologies.

Sectors
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products - Manufacture of electrical equipment - Manufacture of leather and related products - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. - Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials - Other manufacturing - Real estate activities - Professional, scientific and technical activities - Legal and accounting activities - Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities - Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis - Scientific research and development - Advertising and market research - Other professional, scientific and technical activities - Veterinary activities - Administrative and support service activities - Rental and leasing activities - Employment activities - Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities - Security and investigation activities - Services to buildings and landscape activities - Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
Technology
Micro/nano electronics - Sensory systems - Photonics and imaging technologies - Cyber physical systems - Robotics - Internet of things - Artificial intelligence - Cyber security - Advanced, or high performance computing - Big data, data analytics, data handling - Virtual, augmented and extended reality - Simulation, modelling and digital twins - Software as a service and service architectures - Cloud computing - Additive manufacturing - Logistics - Internet services
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