The main objective of the ECOS4IN project is the improvement of regional innovation capacity by close transnational cooperation among RIS3 stakeholders on Industry 4.0 implementation. After three years of partner cooperation, we are closing project activities granted from Interreg Central Europe program and we are looking for ideas and tools for further ecosystem development. From our personal point of view, we see three main points, lessons learned from pro- ject implementation important for innovation ecosystem development.

The ECOS4IN project will end on 31 March. During the 3 years of the project, the partnership has learned a lot and met a lot of good practice.

On March 18, two events will take place online. On the one hand, a study will take place in the Western Transdanubia region, where we will get a glimpse into the local industry 4.0 ecosystem, and from 11 a.m. we will publish the most significant results and good practices of the project within the framework of the closing event.

The International Engineering Fair (IEF) is the most important industrial fair in Central Europe. 

The majority of visitors are professionals. Attendance is highly professional, almost eighty percent of visitors influence investment decisions, a third belong to top management.

On November 26, the ECOS4IN project partnership and stakeholders virtually visited USTI region to learn about the industry 4.0. services, good practices and projects.

The partners working on the ECOS4IN project held a TEG meeting on 17 November to discuss their current state of preparation of their action plans.

After introductory words and a comprehensive overview by the Lead Partner, the partners described their own status focusing the already drafted measures.   The action plans should be completed by February 2022. 

First test proved attractiveness, functionality and customer benefit of the "Digital Check - Starter.Kit" package

The "DIGITAL CHECK - STARTER.KIT" is intended to serve as an attractive offer for a first-time consulting at companies and to increase the application of the I4.0 maturity model at companies.

When the ECOS4IN project was launched, no one thought that a pandemic would break out during the project and hinder the partnership’s face-to-face meetings. Unfortunately, our short project meeting held this week was again implemented online, although all partners are very much in need of personal meetings and ...

Industry 4.0 is now a widely used term that students can come across in many places.

Our workshop, held as part of our ECOS4IN project, provided an excellent opportunity for senior students to learn about the industry 4.0 concept and the processes behind it, ...

Project ECOS4IN was invited by the Joint Secretariat of Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE to participate in the thematic roundtable meeting of projects addressing topics related to Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 as well as Digitalization to share ... 

Upper Austria kindly invites you to the 2^nd ECOS4IN study visit, taking place on March 2^nd 2021. The study visit will give you a good overview of the Upper Austrian I4.0 Ecosystem. With virtual walkthroughs and other multimedia support you’ll get to know best practices in context to Industry 4.0 application. Of course, there will also be enough time for Q&A and Networking parts. For taking part please send a mail to Ingrid.linhartova@biz-up.at

Implementation of the ECOS4IN international project (Cross-border Ecosystem for Industry 4.0) with 7 partners started in April 2019 and will be completed in March 2022.