D3.2 Executive Report on State of Practice of UIC and Research Translation in Industry 4.0
This work package targets the issues and challenges that hinder effective Research Translation within the Industry 4.0 application setting, with the objective to neutralize them via the development, implementation and dissemination of suitably conceived, and empirically tested Research Translation tools. Specific emphasis is on the challenges and opportunities offered and triggered by digitalization, as well as on the industry access and use of disruptive technologies, such as additive manufacturing and 3D printing. Factories of the Future, the emergence of new value chains and constellations, as well as platforms are central to this WP. The report was composed of researchers’ knowledge about Industry 4.0, insights from the panel sessions and scientific articles that were published with acknowledgment to the project. The panel session had representatives from industry and academia, from Croatia, Australia, Finland, Italy and Denmark. We chose different industries to study the collaboration between academia and industry and to explore how are they using Industry 4.0 technologies. Additionally, the perspectives on Industry 4.0 from Croatia, Spain, Norway, Germany and Carlsberg were added.
