BOWI project distributes M 1,44€ between 24 companies to support their digital solution refinement

11 December 2020

The EU Horizon 2020 BOWI project has chosen SMEs from 6 different EU regions to take part in 10 month-long technology transfer experiments.

Aim of these experiments and the project is to even out the distribution of digital technologies by strengthening the collaboration and experience exchange between different regions of Europe.

Manufacturing SMEs and mid-caps could submit their experiment application from 8th of June until 15th of September 2020. This call was launched in Latvia, Trøndelag region in Norway, Małopolskie in Poland, Nord Vest in Romania, Jihozápad in Czezch Republic and Yugozapaden region in Bulgaria while the next BOWI project’s call for experiments in 2022 will be addressing new regions.

Out of 79 submitted proposals 24 were chosen to receive tech support from BOWI’s digital innovation hubs (DIHs) and up to € 60 000 of funding each. The aim of the experiments is to refine new digital solutions that afterwards will help the companies to reach new market potential and scale and increase their region’s digital innovation level. Companies will receive 10-month long mentoring and business support from BOWI’s DIHs and gain access to specific facilities and infrastructure available provided by the hubs. The companies and hubs will be working together to find best solutions for the technological challenges they are facing and create new, better solutions for everyone.

The applicants needed to address the following technology areas: low energy computing powering CPS, cyber-physical and embedded systems, internet of things, flexible and wearable electronics, organic and large area electronics, man/machine interfaces, advanced or high-performance computing, robotics for manufacturing, additive manufacturing technologies, modelling and simulation or CPS for manufacturing.

In Poland’s Małopolskie region, the following applicants and experiment topics were chosen:
- Transmission Dynamics Poland, SmartStep® - intelligent monitoring of escalators, using 4.0 technology, IIoT and AI.
- Findair spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością, AI asthma monitoring documentation system.
- Spectator, Satellite monitoring system for construction industry.Techmo spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością,
- Techmo VoiceBox for industry - voice operated solution for automatization of quality control in manufacturing.

Now the chosen applicants will start their proposed technological refinement with the support of their local DIH – hub4industry – and further backing from partner DIH located in digitally mature regions of Europe such as Netherlands, Germany, and Finland.

The BOWI project is part of European Commission’s Smart Anything Everywhere initiative that aims to boost innovation uptake across Europe through widening and knowledge transfer between different regions and innovation hubs. The objective of the project is to support the collaboration between Digital Innovation Hubs (DIHs) across Europe to increase their capacity in supporting SMEs with digital technologies and thus strengthen regional economy and the competitiveness of the European SMEs. The BOWI project has received funding under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no 873155. For further information about the BOWI project and upcoming Open Calls, please visit the website www.bowi-network.eu

hub4industry is a coordinated group of organisations with complementary expertise and a not-for-profit objective, offering companies a set of services to support their digital transformation. hub4industry was launched by Krakow Technology Park and consortium partners: technology companies T-Mobile and ASTOR; AGH University of Science and Technology and the Krakow University of Technology; and specialists from the Construction Information Technology Cluster (BIM Klaster) as well as the Kosciuszko Institute. Together, we create a one-stop-shop; a point of integration and standardisation of multiple competencies in the industry of the future. Carried out with support of Polish Ministry of Development, hub4industry aims at educating, supporting, and providing tools that will prepare businesses for the implementation of the latest Industry 4.0 solutions. More: www.hub4industry.pl

The Kraków Technology Park (KPT) is the most complete one-stop-shop for business operating in Poland. We have a full toolbox to let our clients develop better and faster at our disposal. The system we have developed consists of ca. 350 enterprises, whom we help to build the best conditions for business development and sales increase in our daily practice. We don’t pretend we run businesses instead of our clients. All we do is we help them where the growth potential is the greatest. More: www.kpt.krakow.pl/en/