GALician manufACTuring Innovation ConsortiA (GALACTICA)

Spain: Galicia

Overview

The mission of our Hub is to help the Galician manufacturing industry and specifically the SMEs in their digital transformation to realise an intelligent manufacturing environment. Support provided comprises different services from R&D to market uptake and business development, including training and access to intelligent and reconfigurable manufacturing facilities including Fab Labs, pilot lines and test beds where technologies are showcased and companies can experiment, test and validate intelligent manufacturing technologies. This ecosystem also enables the interaction between users and suppliers of the technologies, as well as between technologies experts and companies. Besides, GALACTICA will provide the necessary support to finance and nurture the technological developments to a level that the company can become more competitive. This will include access to finance, training and mentoring services, start-up support and innovation scout. The Hub will act as a one-stop-shop assembling all these services, required to face the Industry 4.0 challenges, and more specifically those that concern intelligent manufacturing paradigm.

The structure of the DIH for Intelligent manufacturing comprises competence centres with expertise in advanced manufacturing and digital technologies, combining photonics (sensors, laser-based manufacturing), simulation and modelling, cyber-physical systems, IoT, robotics, data analytics, machine learning, cloud computing and artificial intelligence for end-to-end digital manufacturing. Industry is also involved in the Hub, start-ups and SMEs as technology suppliers and mid-caps and large enterprises to lead the digital transformation and collaborate in test-beds. The involvement of industry associations, university and innovation agencies in the region bring into the Hub key services like incubator/accelerator schemes, access to finance and investors, training and mentoring programmes. The commitment of the regional government, both through the regional agencies and directly supporting the Hub truss the sustainability of this initiative.

The business model of GALACTICA DIH is based on a blended financing strategy combining public (European, national, regional grants) and private sources of financing (fees, in-kind contributions, own resources, sponsoring, etc.) to generate a sustainable and scalable structure accounting the operating and structure costs and the services providing costs. Therefore, any funds or income is dedicated to maintain and upgrade the DIH structure, as well as to support service providing with special focus on SMEs and mid-caps. Moreover, members of GALACTICA providing the structural resources (R&D&I facilities, mentoring and training programmes, access to finance schemes,..) for service providing are non-profit entities or public interest bodies that is the case of the involved competence centres, regional government agencies, industrial associations, etc. Digital technologies.

Sectors
Education - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply - Water supply; sewerage; waste managment and remediation activities - Water collection, treatment and supply - Sewerage - Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery - Remediation activities and other waste management services - Accommodation and food service activities - Accommodation - Food and beverage service activities - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products - Manufacture of electrical equipment - Manufacture of food products - Manufacture of beverages - Manufacture of tobacco products - Manufacture of leather and related products - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. - Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products - Manufacture of paper and paper products - Printing and reproduction of recorded media - Manufacture of rubber and plastic products - Manufacture of textiles - Manufacture of other transport equipment - Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials - Mining and quarrying - Mining of coal and lignite - Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas - Mining of metal ores - Other mining and quarrying - Mining support service activities - Other services activities - Activities of membership organisations - Repair of computers and personal and household goods - Other personal service activities - Other manufacturing - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security - 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
Sensory systems - Photonics and imaging technologies - Cyber physical systems - Robotics - Internet of things - Artificial intelligence - Mobility & Location based technologies - Interaction technologies - Cyber security - Advanced, or high performance computing - Big data, data analytics, data handling - Virtual, augmented and extended reality - Simulation, modelling and digital twins - Gamification - Software as a service and service architectures - Cloud computing - Additive manufacturing - Laser based manufacturing - Logistics - Internet services
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