— Promotion of your products and services in a scaled production environment.

— Increased visibility of your company in the academic circle.

— Synergies for experimenting with different technologies and use cases.

— Hands-on experience with your products.

— Developing case studies.

— Recruiting potential employees.

— Joint efforts in developing training materials.

— Cooperation in future international project consortiums.

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTOR — EIT Manufacturing was established in 2019 with a vision that global manufacturing will continue to be led by Europe, and contributing to make Europe and its manufacturing sector more competitive and sustainable.

EIT Manufacturing brings together a growing network of top-tier industrial partners, leading academic and research institutions from across the region and innovative startups, scaleups and SMEs.

A key way of transforming knowledge into value is by overcoming the fragmented nature of many innovation networks. In order to ensure that innovations reach the market, industry has the right talent and entrepreneurs can thrive; EIT Manufacturing connects and integrates the areas of education, innovation and business creation.

Ultimately, EIT Manufacturing strives to accelerate faster innovation with the potential to improve everyday life globally, help meet Europe’s ambitious climate goals, and ensure that its workforce is ready for tomorrow’s challenges.

LINKS — www.eitmanufacturing.eu

FILES — EITM Stakeholder Brochure, EITM Stakeholder cards

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTOR — USAID is the world’s premier international development agency and a catalytic actor driving development results. USAID’s work advances U.S. national security and economic prosperity, demonstrates American generosity, and promotes a path to recipient self-reliance and resilience.

USAID is an independent agency of the United States government that is primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance. With a budget of over $27 billion, USAID is one of the largest official aid agencies in the world and accounts for more than half of all U.S. foreign assistance—the highest in the world in absolute dollar terms.

USAID’s decentralized network of resident field missions is drawn on to manage U.S. Government (USG) programs in low-income countries for a range of purposes, including disaster relief, poverty relief, Technical cooperation on global issues, including the environment, U.S. bilateral interests and socioeconomic development.

LINKS — www.usaid.gov

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTOR — The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FME) of Ss. Cyril and Methodius University (UKIM) in Skopje has grown and flourished for over six decades. From its beginnings in 1959 as a department under the former Technical Faculty combined with Electrical Engineering to the present day as a separate Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, FME continues to develop its own unique characteristics based on the visions of its founders, yet also reflecting the lessons of experience and the opportunities of the future.

The Faculty has six institutes and one departmental unit: Institute of Production Engineering and Management with five laboratories; the Institute of Engineering Design, Mechanization and Motor Vehicles with three laboratories; the Institute of Thermal Engineering with five laboratories, the Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Automatics with two laboratories; the Institute of Welding and Welded Structures with four laboratories; the Institute of Mechanics with one laboratory and the Department of Mathematics and Information Sciences.

Apart from its educational role, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering undertakes research activities in the field of Mechanical Engineering. With its staff specialties and talents, FME has become a center for the development of science, scientific thought and the application of science in the economy. As a result of the extensive research activity of the Faculty, staff frequently take part in international conferences, symposia and seminars in Macedonia and abroad: scientific and specialist papers and articles are published in domestic and foreign journals, collections and books.

LINKS — www.mf.ukim.edu.mk

ABOUT THE COMPANY — TREETECH is founded by owners of Mechatronic, Software, IT and Production companies. We developed software for digitalization and monitoring of the production process.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE — Software monitoring systems for production factory.

LINKS — www.treetech.ai

ABOUT THE COMPANY — SMART ENERGY SOLUTIONS is a company that provides an innovative and pragmatic approach to energy management via implementation of Energy Monitoring and Management Systems. We provide our clients with tailor-made solutions and services applicable to every industry and scale.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE — Energy monitoring and management systems.

LINKS — www.ses.mk

ABOUT THE COMPANY — For more than 25 years we’ve strived to simplify and improve business processes. Achieving top results and business digitalization is only possible with the support of a reliable and high-quality information system. We’re developing PANTHEON with the goal to tailor it to your individual needs, the needs of your industry while keeping up with general technological progress, changes in legislation, and other improvements. Our mission is to use constant innovation to ensure that quality business IT is available to everyone, even the smallest companies. Today, PANTHEON is the No. 1 ERP system in its segment in the region. Datalab and its partners provide services for the sale, support, training, and maintenance of the PANTHEON software. They also form one of the largest IT consultation groups in the region.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE — Enterprise Resource Planning software (ERP) designed for manufacturing

LINKS — www.datalab.eu