Initiated in 2019 by 12 founding members from research and industry, the European Factory Foundation is a non-profit organisation. As a legally independent body, it provides shared resources to help maintain, manage and grow the EFPF digital platform and federated ecosystem. Its activities focus on the development and nurturing of EFF community and empowering the association members as well as its customers and partners with relevant tools, services and also business opportunities.
Membership is open to all organisations of different types, and individuals can join the European Factory Foundation.
Goals and Objectives
The main objective of EFF is to support the creation of an ecosystem of different stakeholders in the digital manufacturing domain. EFF achieves this objective by federating the existing platforms, tools and services to enable the interconnections and interactions not only between technology offerings but also between different associated stakeholders and user communities.
What EFF can do for You?
The EFF ecosystem allows users to access and utilise a wide range of solutions from ecosystem partners. This includes Industry4.0 solutions such as shop-floor connectivity, production monitoring and data analytics, to more advanced solutions such as agile collaboration between supply chain partners and blockchain-based smart-contracting. The European Factory Foundation offerings can easily be tuned to user needs and are backed up by support from relevant ecosystem partners.
Our Approach
We work with our members, customers and partners to transform systems and processes, particularly addressing the challenges concerning digitalisation through innovative and interoperable ICT solutions. By bringing together and offering different platforms, tools and services in an interoperable approach, the EFF ecosystem enables users to access and utilise a wide range of digital solutions that address the most commonly faced digital manufacturing scenarios.
Our Capabilities
The European Factory Foundation brings together the strengths of research and industry in one open federation model. The wealth of experience in EFF allows each scenario to be investigated through multiple perspectives – augmenting research findings with proven industrial solutions. The EFF ecosystem offerings are made easily accessible to the users so that European companies can take advantage of smart manufacturing solutions and gain a competitive edge.
Meet the Team
Gash Bhullar – C2K – Management of the overall operations and resources, acting as the main point of communication and corporate operations.
Ingo Martens – Hanse-Aerospace – Management of the financial planning, financial risks, record-keeping, administrative processes and financial reporting.