In early 2015, a European consortium of researchers and industrialists launched the SatisFactory project, aiming to transform traditional industrial environments, using cutting-edge technologies in ways that are both productive and appealing to workers, as well as stimulate team interactions and continuous training.

Solutions will be demonstrated in pilot factories in Italy and Greece. The SatisFactory project is coordinated by the Information Technologies Institute of the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas/CERTH (Greece), while its consortium brings together researchers from Chemical Process Engineering Research Institute-CPERI of the CERTH (Greece), research centres from Germany, Switzerland, Italy, as well as four SMEs - Sigma Orionis (France), Atlantis Engineering SA (Greece), Regola srl (Italy), GlassUp (Italy), and two large industry partners, Comau SPA (Italy) and Systems Sunight SA (Greece).

According to Dr. Dimitrios Tzovaras, Coordinator of SatisFactory and Director of the Information Technologies Institute (CERTH/ITI), manufacturing could only realize its full potential if it embraces ongoing changes in global economy and technology, and incorporates human-centric technologies in parallel to increasing competitiveness, so as to offer a working environment that is knowledge-driven and attractive to employees.

The three-year SatisFactory project is an EU Horizon 2020 funded project, which began January 1st, 2015.

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