ELVEZ, PROIZVODNJA KABELSKE KONFEKCIJE IN PREDELAVA PLASTICNIH MAS DOO

Their core work

ELVEZ is a Slovenian SME specializing in cable harness production and plastics processing (injection moulding), serving as an industrial end-user and testbed in robotics research projects. They bring real manufacturing challenges — particularly around assembling flexible, deformable components like cables and wires — to EU research consortia. Their factory floor experience with cable assemblies and plastic moulding makes them a valuable partner for validating robotic automation solutions in actual production settings. During the COVID-19 period, they also demonstrated manufacturing agility by participating in a project repurposing injection moulding for medical supply production.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

ELVEZ began with foundational work on reconfigurable robotic workcells for automated assembly in SMEs (ReconCell, 2015-2019), focusing on robot programming, simulation, and business modelling for automation adoption. By 2019-2023, their focus shifted toward more advanced robotic challenges — specifically the manipulation and tracking of deformable linear objects (REMODEL), which maps directly onto their cable harness production. In parallel, their imPURE participation (2020-2022) shows a pivot toward manufacturing flexibility and crisis response, repurposing their plastics expertise for medical applications.

ELVEZ is moving from general factory automation toward solving the specific hard problem of robotically handling flexible components like cables and wires — one of the remaining unsolved challenges in manufacturing automation.

How they like to work

ELVEZ participates exclusively as a partner, never as coordinator — consistent with their role as an industrial end-user providing real manufacturing use cases to research-driven consortia. With 38 unique partners across 15 countries from just 3 projects, they operate in large, diverse consortia (averaging ~13 partners per project). This pattern suggests they serve as a testbed company: researchers develop the technology, ELVEZ validates it on their production lines.

Despite only 3 projects, ELVEZ has built a broad network of 38 partners across 15 countries, indicating participation in large pan-European consortia. Their connections span robotics research labs, technology integrators, and fellow manufacturers across Western and Southern Europe.

What sets them apart

ELVEZ occupies a niche that few organizations can fill: they are a real-world manufacturer of cable harnesses and plastic components who actively participates in robotics R&D. This combination of hands-on production experience with deformable linear objects (cables, wires, hoses) and willingness to serve as a validation site makes them an ideal industrial partner for any project tackling flexible object automation. Their demonstrated ability to pivot production capabilities (injection moulding to medical supplies) also signals operational adaptability.

Highlights from their portfolio

• REMODEL
  Largest budget (EUR 512K) and directly targets the core unsolved problem of robotic manipulation of deformable objects like cables — perfectly aligned with ELVEZ's cable harness business.
• imPURE
  Demonstrates manufacturing agility — repurposing injection moulding for medical supplies during COVID-19, combining additive manufacturing with existing plastics expertise.
• ReconCell
  Their entry into H2020 robotics research, establishing ELVEZ as an SME testbed for reconfigurable automated assembly systems.