Partners
openZDM involves 20 partners from 7 EU countries (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Spain, The Netherlands, and Greece). The number of different countries in the project ensures a rounder approach to the problems that are met by different European countries.
The partners will ensure increased reachability and access to production equipment for SMEs and OEMs in many countries across Europe. The consortium members have been strategically selected to complement each other and cover the whole value chain from development to commercial exploitation.
Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems & Automation (LMS)
LMS has grown significantly over the last few years, remaining focused on research and development in cutting edge scientific and technological fields. LMS is involved in a number of EU funded projects.
Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP)
FEUP is one of the most prestigious Portuguese teaching and research institutions in engineering and related areas. Its reputation is justified by the wide range of high-quality training offered at various levels of education.
Sonae Arauco
Sonae Arauco is one of the largest wood-based solutions players in the world. They offer an attractive combination of industrial expertise, quality, design, and environmental credentials.
Volkswagen Autoeuropa
Volkswagen Autoeuropa is a part of the select group of European automotive production plants that have won one of the most important awards in the automotive industry – Automotive Lean Production Award in the “OEM” category.
MSI Group
Mondragón Sistemas de Información (MSI) belongs to the Engineering and Services division of Mondragón Corporation, one of the largest business groups in Spain with more than 80,000 employees around the world.
Comau
Comau is a leading company in the industrial automation field, at a global level that helps companies to leverage the full potential of digital manufacturing. Comau develops Industry 4.0-enabled systems, products and services.
APTIV
Aptiv’s success emanates from a strong, sustainable business and a portfolio of safe, green and connected solutions that are transforming the future of mobility and making the world a better place.
Marche Polytechnic University
Marche Polytechnic University is a public university in Ancona, Italy. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in Agriculture, Engineering, Economics, Medicine and Biology.
Induction
Induction’s main objective is the application and development of innovative solutions in medium and high frequency induction heating, allowing maximum system reliability together with high technological content.
TECNALIA
TECNALIA is the largest center of applied research and technological development in Spain, a benchmark in Europe and a member of the Basque Research and Technology Alliance.
F6S
F6S is the leading SME network and platform for application management for commercial, corporate, government, university and other accelerator programs, helping thousands of such initiatives worldwide.
Netcompany-Intrasoft
Netcompany-Intrasoft is a leading European IT Solutions and Services Group, offering innovative and added-value solutions of the highest quality to a wide range of international and national public and private organizations.
AIMEN Technology Center
AIMEN is an Innovation and Technology Centre highly specialized in materials and in advanced manufacturing technologies, especially joining technologies and laser technologies applied to materials processing, robotics and automation.
VDL Weweler
With approximately 180 employees VDL Weweler develops, produces, tests and sells air suspension systems, axle lift systems and parabolic springs.
U-SENSE.IT
U-SENSE.IT is an innovative Italian start-up, spin-off of the Polytechnic University of Marche, targeting the specific market of non-contact instrumentation for in-line quality control.
MC Sonae
With over 38 years of experience, MC is leading company in the food retail sector in Portugal. Through a portfolio of a multi-format business, MC offers a wide range of high quality products and services at competitive prices.
Habber Tec
Habber Tec is a Portugese company that creates solutions for the organizations of the future, based on three technological pillars related to digital transformation, analytics, and artificial intelligence.
Vidrala
Vidrala, a glass manufacturer based in Spain, produces more than 9 billion glass containers a year. Vidrala represents a team of people dedicated to making glass a greener, healthier, more economical and more attractive product.
Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
The Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB) is a Portuguese University of Applied Sciences with 8000 students and 500 teachers and researchers.
