Applications for Industry 4.0 Vouchers are open from 9 August to 29 September, and with them your company may benefit from support to define a technology strategy aimed at improving competitiveness. Openlimits has already obtained the accreditation that allows it to provide diagnostic services in this area, and we now want to help you take another step in modernising your business.

Support under this measure is 75% (Non-Repayable Incentive, INR) up to a limit of EUR 7,500. All SMEs of any nature and in any legal form are covered by this measure, provided they meet the following criteria.

Beneficiary eligibility criteria

• Not having projects approved under the same investment priority;
• In the case of the Innovation/Industry 4.0 Voucher, not having projects approved under the SME Qualification investment priority.

Objective

The Industry 4.0 Vouchers will allow us to carry out a diagnostic with recommendations that enable your company to define an action plan leading to the digitalisation of processes, the interconnectivity of products and the adjustment of the organisational model, so as to remove geographical barriers using new technologies.

Eligible Expenses

Consultancy services aimed at identifying a strategy leading to the adoption of technologies and processes associated with Industry 4.0 are eligible for support, within the following scope:

1. Implementation of processes associated with e-commerce, for example: implementation of Campaign Management, Customer Relationship Management and E-Commerce platforms;
2. Implementation of other processes associated with Industry 4.0, such as: interconnection systems; sensors (smart sensors and sensing enterprise); e-commerce; big data; augmented reality; additive manufacturing (3D printing), cloud (information in the cloud), artificial intelligence, cyber-physical systems (information and communication technologies, sensing and mechatronic systems to monitor and control processes and the entire value chain), mechatronics; robotics; cybersecurity; Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Human-to-Machine interfaces; tools for Manufacturing as a Service (MaaS) and Apps for manufacturing; Systems for Intelligent and Flexible Production.
3. Third-party services, including technical and scientific assistance and consultancy in related areas of knowledge that go beyond the beneficiaries' expertise.

Read the official notice of the opening of the incentive scheme here.  

Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0 means digital transformation, based on the development of technologies that enable disruptive changes in business models, processes and products. It brings together a set of smart technologies for materials, connectivity and the electronic processing and storage of large volumes of information. It is characterised by the introduction of a set of digital technologies into production processes, making it possible to follow in real time everything that is happening on the production lines, or to substantially eliminate waste, and changing the relationship between the various players in the value chain, with the customer, with workers or even in the business model.

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