EUROPE

DISRUPT primarly targets manufacturing enterprises across Europe, operating in the consumer durables and electronics and in the automotive industry. These could be either independent, large industrial sites or various sites scattered throughout Europe... Industry 4.0 is the next developmental stage in the organisation of the manufacturing value chain. ICT-based systems will play a major role, mainly by creating a virtual copy of the physical world and facilitating decentralised structures through Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). DISRUPT aims to spearhead the transition to the next-generation manufacturing by facilitating the vision of a "Smart Factory". The new era of manufacturing requires flexible factories that can be quickly reprogrammed to provide faster time-to-market responding to global consumer demand, address mass-customisation needs and bring life to innovative products... Further to them, DISRUPT aims to address the challenges in industrial sites of other manufacturing..