Manifestazione di Interesse Regione Lombardia e Uniocamere

The regional initiative Manifestazione di Interesse per lo sviluppo di filiere produttivi ed ecosistemi industriali in lombardia will support projects aimed at:

• enhancing and consolidating the productive chains, services and industrial, productive, and economic ecosystems existing in Lombardy
• identify new supply chains and new ecosystems emerging in the region
• stimulating business combinations and synergies by encouraging the exchange of skills and the achievement of common objectives for consolidation and development of industrial ecosystems and supply chains
• innovate and improve the quality of the production process of the supply chain and increase the competitiveness and attractiveness of industrial, productive, and economic sectors and ecosystems on national and international markets

Priority areas for project proposals where CEUP2030 CAMI4.0 topics could be involved are sustainability and circularity, innovation and technology transfer, digitisation, research and intellectual property and training.

PNRR
The Italian national COVID-19 recovery plan is called Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza (PNRR) and it is aligned with the European Next Generation EU (NGEU) programme to facilitate Recovery and Resilience after pandemic. The plan consists in a set of actions on three main strategic axes: digitisation and innovation, ecological transition, and social inclusion. The short-term objective is to address the economic and social disruption caused by the pandemic crisis. In the medium-long term, the Plan intends to remove structural weaknesses of the Italian economy, namely innovation, territorial, generational and gender gaps. Finally, PNRR will lead the country along a path of ecological and environmental transition.

The Plan has six specific missions. The most connected to Advanced manufacturing are:

Mission 1 “Digitalisation, Innovation, Competitiveness, Culture” (à IPS, AI and A&R flagship and related activities) aimed at relaunching the competitiveness and productivity of the country through a digital revolution, with a total budget of €40,29 billion. In particular, Component 2 “Digitalisation, Innovation, Competitiveness in production systems” supports technological innovation and digitalization of SMEs and large enterprises on international market for made in Italy products with different investments:

• Transition 4.0 recognizes three funding lines, namely tangible and intangible assets for digital transition of production processes, training activities and investments in research and innovation.
• High-tech investments for the purchase of machines, equipment and systems for Advanced Manufacturing.
• Industrial value-chain policies and internationalization, mainly addressed to SMEs, to decrease value-chain fragmentation and to support industrial competitiveness on international markets through feasibility studies, participation to fairs, consultancy services, etc.

Mission 2 “Green Revolution and Ecological Transition” (à SM flagship and related activities) allocates a total of €68.6 billion to improve the sustainability and resilience of economic system and to ensure a fair and inclusive environmental transition.

Mission 3 “Education and Research” (à all CEUP CAMI4.0 topics) aimed at strengthening the educational system, the digital and techno-economic skills, the research, and the technological transfer with a total budget of €30,88 billion. In particular, Component 2 “From research to Enterprises” supports the dissemination of innovative models for the applied research in synergy between universities and industrial stakeholders, favours processes for the innovation and technological transfer and strengthens the research infrastructures and the competences boosting innovation.

The Plan also includes an ambitious programme of reforms to facilitate the implementation phase, contributing to the modernisation of the country and making the economic environment more favourable to the development of business activities.

S3 Strategy
The Smart Specialization Strategy (S3) of Lombardy Region for the period 2021-2027 continues the path taken with the previous 2014-2020 of declination of an “integrated trajectory” of development of its territory. The objective is the identification of areas of competences and innovative potential priorities in terms of industrial transformation and resilience of the Lombardy economic and productive system, as well as emerging technological areas to focus regional investment over the next seven years. In particular, the priorities of Lombardy identified on
Advanced Manufacturing area are:

• Integration and development of AI technologies for Manufacturing à AI flagship and related activities
• Sensorization of machines and processes, collection and management of big data and IT security interventions, development of hybrid production processes, collaborative robotics, control and automation technologies of machines, systems, and production processes à A&R
  flagship and related activities
• Development of innovative technologies and methods for product dynamic management, process, systems and environmental monitoring, from the design phase to the production
• Development of industrial systems and solutions for the Circular Economy (e.g. eco-design, recycling, remanufacturing, sorting, disassembly testing, Reverse logistics, Valorisation of industrial waste, etc.)
• Support for the development of innovative production processes and technologies (e.g., direct energy deposition, bio-manufacturing) à IPS flagship and related activities
• Developing production technologies and validating advanced materials/ smart materialsà SM flagship and related activities
• Technologies and methods for flexible, proactive, resilient, and robust management of supply chains and production systemsà IPS flagship and related activities
• Developing innovative technologies for human inclusion and enhancement in the factory
• Developing virtual reality and augmented reality technologies to foster virtual mentoring pathsà A&R flagship and related activities
• Developing digital platforms for Advanced Manufacturing
• New tools and technologies for industrial design, co-design, and end customer interaction.