Imagine a digital map that tracks every part of a product from the factory to the trash and back again. It uses smart sensors and AI to figure out how to turn waste into new raw materials automatically. It's like having a GPS for your materials to ensure nothing ever truly becomes garbage.
Manufacturers struggle to track materials once they leave the factory, leading to waste and inefficient recycling. There is a lack of secure, shared data between partners to coordinate the return and reuse of materials.
A Circular Manufacturing Reference Architecture (CMRA) and an integrated platform featuring 3D Digital Twins, AI-driven supply chain optimization, and CV-based material detection.
If you are a recycling plant dealing with unpredictable waste streams — this project developed a CV-based system for composition detection that helps identify materials automatically to improve sorting efficiency.
If you are a leather manufacturer dealing with high material scrap rates — this project developed a 3D Digital Twin of production that allows you to optimize cutting and reuse waste leather in new product lines.
If you are a wood manufacturer dealing with complex supplier networks — this project developed a Supply Chain Orchestrator that connects planning and execution to reduce wood waste across the entire chain.
Based on available project data, specific pricing for the platform is not mentioned, though a 3.6 million Euro budget was allocated to fund circular teams for SMEs to design use cases.
The project is currently in the pilot phase with 3 Pilot Demonstrators being developed for plastics, leather, and wood industries to prove scalability.
Based on available project data, the project focuses on an open and reusable reference architecture (CMRA) to accelerate the development of circular solutions.
It uses FIWARE components and Digital Twins to create a data space for seamless data flow across supply chain partners.
The project runs from September 2023 to February 2027, with final versions of the integrated platform and pilot demonstrators expected toward the end of the period.
The consortium is heavily industry-driven with 15 industrial partners (65% ratio), including 11 SMEs. This strong commercial presence, spread across 10 countries, suggests the tools are being built for real-world application rather than theoretical research, with a high likelihood of immediate market adoption among the participating SMEs.
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