We are joining the European Manufacturing Survey consortia

The European Manufacturing Survey (EMS) is a network of European research institutions and universities in currently 21 European countries. It was initiated by the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI) from Germany.

The aim is to conduct research on current trends in technological and organizational modernization in the manufacturing industry in Europe. This provides an excellent and relevant database on aspects of manufacturing firms that have not been surveyed so far (highly recognized by the scientific community) and the joint acquisition of research projects.

The network has been growing since 2001 due to mentoring relationships and specific national interest. Previous surveys were conducted in 2001, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 and 2022.

The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering joins renowned European institutions such as:

• AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Department of Technology Policy, Vienna, Austria
• University of Zagreb, Economic Faculty; Shipyard Institute Ltd. (Member of DIV Group), Croatia
• University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic
• University of Southern Denmark, Mads Clausen Institute and Institute for Marketing & Management, Denmark
• University of Turku, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Finland
• Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Karlsruhe, Germany
• Corvinus University Budapest, Department of Supply Chain Management, Budapest, Hungary
• Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Faculty of Science and Technology; University of Udine, Northeast Italy
• Riga Technical University, Faculty of Engineering Economics and Management, Latvia
• Kaunas University of Technology I School of Economics and Business, Lithuania
• SINTEF. The Foundation for scientific and industrial research at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, Department of Industrial Management, Trondheim, Norway
• Rzeszów University of Technology, Faculty of Management, Department of Enterprise Management, Poland
• UNIDEMI, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, NOVA School of Sciences and Technology, University Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
• University of Novi Sad, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Serbia
• Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Technical University of Košice, Slovakia
• Maribor University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slovenia
• University of Girona, Polytechnics School, Department of Business Administration and Product Design, Spain
• Dep. of Industrial Engineering and Management, University of Gävle, Gävle, Sweden
• Lucerne School of Business, of Management and Regional Economics, Switzerland
• Radboud University, Nijmegen School of Management, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

The research will cover manufacturing companies with a minimum of 20 employees and will focus on topics such as technologies, organizational concepts, product portfolio, digitalization, sustainability, globalization, product information and performance indicators.

The project implementation team is Prof. Dr. Bojan Jovanoski, Prof. Dr. Robert Minovski and Ass. Msc. Aleksandar Argilovski.