Our Ambition

EIT Manufacturing is an Innovation Community within the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) – that connects the leading manufacturing actors in Europe. Fueled by a strong interdisciplinary and trusted community, we will add unique value to European products, processes, services – and inspire the creation of globally competitive and sustainable manufacturing.

Our Approach

EIT Manufacturing’s approach is designed to immediately and forcefully address specific economic and societal challenges, leveraging opportunities to maximise the impact for a successful European manufacturing.

Our mission

Our mission is to bring manufacturing actors of Europe together in innovation ecosystems that add unique value to European products, processes, services – and inspire creation of globally competitive and sustainable manufacturing.

To tackle main challenges of European manufacturing, EIT Manufacturing has defined six strategic objectives:

1. Excellent manufacturing skills and talents: adding value through an upskilled workforce and engaged students.
2. Efficient manufacturing innovation ecosystems: adding value through creating ecosystems for innovation, entrepreneurship and business transformation focused on innovation hotspots.
3. Full digitalisation of manufacturing: adding value through digital solutions and platforms that connect value networks globally.
4. Customer-driven manufacturing: adding value through agile and flexible manufacturing that meets global personalised demand.
5. Socially sustainable manufacturing: adding value through safe, healthy, ethical and socially sustainable production and products.
6. Environmentally sustainable manufacturing: adding value by making industry greener and cleaner.

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Our Programmes

We are currently experiencing the fourth industrial revolution, which brings us new challenges and opportunities. EIT Manufacturing’s aim is not only to adapt to this global revolution, but to lead it. To do so, it will deliver nine powerful programmes that cover the Knowledge Triangle — Education, Innovation and Business Creation — for Added-Value Manufacturing:

• Education: “Empower”, “Connect” and“Engage” talents and workforce
• Innovation: “Launch”, “Develop” and “Grow” innovations
• Business Creation: “Create”, “Accelerate” and “Transform” businesses

The programmes will address these challenges in a unique way:

1. Adapt to exponential technological progress. Success is no longer determined by a narrow technology focus, but by a clear vision and the capacity to adapt.
2. Make manufacturing a powerhouse for social impact.
3. Overcome value network fragmentation in Europe.
4. Transform knowledge into value more efficiently.

For more information please contact us: matiss@buildit.lv