KLEEMANN HELLAS SA

Their core work

KLEEMANN is a major Greek elevator and escalator manufacturer based in Kilkis, one of the largest lift producers in Europe. In H2020, they serve as an industrial end-user and pilot site, testing advanced manufacturing technologies — from connected factory platforms to AI-driven quality control — within their real production lines. Their participation brings a large-scale discrete manufacturing environment where digital tools like digital twins, augmented reality, and AI-based instrumentation are validated under actual factory conditions.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

KLEEMANN's H2020 journey shows a clear progression from foundational factory connectivity toward intelligent manufacturing. Their earliest project (COMPOSITION, 2016) addressed basic inter- and intra-factory integration and collaborative manufacturing processes. By their most recent project (OPTIMAI, 2021), the focus had shifted decisively to AI, digital twins, and augmented reality applied directly to production optimization — a significant leap in technological ambition.

KLEEMANN is moving from connecting their factory systems to making them intelligent — expect continued interest in AI, digital twins, and predictive quality assurance for discrete manufacturing.

How they like to work

KLEEMANN participates exclusively as a partner, never as coordinator — consistent with their role as an industrial end-user providing real manufacturing environments for technology validation. With 52 unique partners across just 3 projects, they operate in large consortia (averaging 17+ partners per project), which suggests comfort working in complex, multi-partner EU projects. Their value to consortia is as the factory floor where innovations get tested, not as the technology developer.

KLEEMANN has built a broad network of 52 partners across 15 countries through just three projects, reflecting their participation in large pan-European manufacturing consortia. Their network spans a wide geographic range well beyond Southern Europe.

What sets them apart

KLEEMANN offers something rare in EU manufacturing projects: a large-scale, real-world elevator production facility willing to serve as a testbed for emerging digital technologies. Unlike technology providers or research labs, they bring actual production lines with complex assembly processes, supply chains, and quality requirements. For consortium builders, they are an ideal industrial pilot partner — large enough to provide meaningful validation, engaged enough to have done it three times already.

Highlights from their portfolio

• OPTIMAI
  Their most recent and technically ambitious project, combining AI, digital twins, and augmented reality for manufacturing — signals their current strategic direction.
• COMPOSITION
  Their largest funded project (EUR 373,750) and first H2020 entry, establishing their role as an industrial pilot site for smart manufacturing.