Objectives

The consortium estimates that the outcome of the project should increase the size of the market open to SMEs.

The main goals of the project are to:

• Bullet Develop a new Integrated Design and Engineering Environment (IDEE) for SMEs supplying the automotive sector to support the 5-day car concept that will facilitate the integration of functions, processes and materials in a single industrial process.
• Bullet Integrate knowledge from within the new supply chain concept allowing SMEs to co-operate and provide a quick, high-tech and customisable service directly to OEMs at a lower cost.
• Bullet Make use of nano-particles in colouring technology, disassembly on command components and local reinforcements to improve the components performance.