"CONDITIONS FOR A SUCCESSFUL AND COMMERCIAL BENEFIT DELIVERING BUSINESS VS. SCIENCE COOPERATION" - THE BELGIUM/ FLANDERS CASE

DR.IR. DIRK TORFS, CEO FLANDERS MAKE

4TH ANNUAL ECONOMIC FORUM, VILNIUS NOV 6TH, 2018

OUR DESTINY

AGENDA

1. Flanders Status & Smart Specialization2. Ecosystem innovation3. Flanders Make ecosystem innovation4. Instruments for Innovation5. Results of Ecosystem innovation6. Conclusion

FLANDERS STATUS & SMART SPECIALISATION

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The share of the manufacturing industry in the GDP of the top-15 manufacturing nations ranges between 10 and 33 %

China

South Korea

Indonesia

Japan

Germany

Mexico

Italy

Russia

Brazil

India

Spain

United States

Canada

France

United Kingdom10

10

11

12

12

13

13

15

14

17

19

20

25

28

33

BE (13.5%) EU-27 (15.7%)

Belgium lost 5.9% points from 2000 to 2012

SOURCE: United Nations Statistics Division; US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA); McKinsey Global Institute Analysis

Today Belgium 2018+/-16-17%

BE

BEBelgium Target> 20%

Today Flanders 2018+/-20%

Flanders Target> 23%

FL

FL

TOWARDS A EUROPE WITH MORE MANUFACTURING

Industry 4.0 Readiness Index (=manufacturing excellence + value network)

Manufacturing share (% of GDP; index)

Source: Roland Berger, 2015

LowLow

High

High

SWITZERLAND

ND

>500

ECOSYSTEM INNOVATION

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TYPES OF INNOVATION

PlantUsage

1

3

2

4

5

Product

Product Systems

Smarter Products

Eco Systems

Eco System

Traffic System

Production System

Product System

Transport System

WeatherForecast

TrafficInterruption

Route Planning

Traffic Condition

Supply Chain

Performance Database

Field Sensors

Vision

Autonomy

EcoSystem

Operator Aftermarket

Add on systems

CLOUD

Smarter ConnectedProducts

PRODUCTS & DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

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Innovation potential

FLANDERS MAKE ECOSYSTEMINNOVATION

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Flanders Make’s Ecosystem for collaboration on innovation

Knowledge actors

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Flanders Make’s Ecosystem for collaboration on innovation

Companies

Knowledge actors

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Flanders Make’s Ecosystem for collaboration on innovation

Companies

Local innovationcollaborations

Mechatronics Alliance Automotive Cluster Austria

SIM

Euka

VIL

International innovationcollaborations

Fraunhofer

VIL

Knowledge actors

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Flanders Make’s Ecosystem for collaboration on innovation

Companies

Local innovationcollaborations

Mechatronics Alliance Automotive Cluster Austria

SIM

Euka

International innovationcollaborations

Fraunhofer

VIL

EWI

VLAIO

Local/Flemishgovernment

International actors (e.g. EU)

Team bedrijfstrajecten

DIMECC

VTT

Knowledge actors

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Large companies and SME’s (> 130)

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY

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Our role

Anticipate, (help) formulate and tackle challenges and opportunities

Create and transfer knowledge

Strenghten companies’ competences through a dynamic, collaborative ecosystem

To provide an answer to the 3 driving market forces of Industry 4.0

1. Smart, interconnected products and production systems

2. Customized products at the cost of series production

3. Human centered & sustainable manufacturing

INSTRUMENTS FORINNOVATION

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Innovation through collaboration

OUR SERVICES TO COMPANIES

SMEs

Large Companies

STATE-OF-THE-ART INFRASTRUCTUREFLANDERS MAKE : 3 CO-CREATION COMPETENCE SITES

Competence centerVehicle developments

Lommel

4000 m2

Competence center Machine development

Leuven

4000 m2

Compentence center Ind. 4.0, Lotsize 1-production

Kortrijk

6000 m2

OUR RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE

Durability & characterisation testing Battery testing

Functional & durability testing

Environmental & vibration testing

Durability & characterizationtesting

Battery tester

Environment & vibrationtesting, with climate

chamber

Universal test rig

Durability & characterisation testing

Functional & durability testing

Environmental & vibration testing

Chassis Dynamometer

Battery pack tester, with climate chamber

Complete virtual tophysical e-motor testing

environment

Joining techniques formulti-materials lab

Mobile trailer

Durability & characterisation testing

Functional & durability testing

Chassis DynamometerModular drivetrain test cell

Open off-highway equipment

Small modular drivetrain

Durability & characterisation testingChassis Dynamometer

Next-gen additive manufacturing

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STATE OF ART MOBILE MAKE LAB

Paperless Work instructions

By projection on work space, tablet, smart glasses

Orderpicking by AR

Operator training by VR

Collaborative workcell robot – operator

Assembly of a screw compressor from Atlas Copco

Assembly of various wireless NIKO switches

STRATEGIC BASIC RESEARCH (SBR)

X

Small validation cases from companies

Y Z

W

…

• 4 year project, • pre-competitive long term research• IP owned by knowledge actors

Strategic Basic research

INDUSTRIAL COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH (ICON)

StrategicBasic research

Industrial research

INDUSTRIAL COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH (ICON)

Company Y

Company Z

Company W

Company R

Company exclusive

IP, application related

Flanders Make Owned IP –

access rights for companies

Strategic

Basic Research

(IP = background)

ICON project

Common

cases

Flanders Make Owned IPCompany X

RESULTS OF ECOSYSTEMINNOVATION

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Our ecosystem and region results from member companies

Size of budget = revenue of region

Most active regions

2017 Revenues (mln) Employees

Limburg 2237 5125

Antwerp 4482 6503

East-Flanders 7962 9718

Flemish- Brabant 27655 10741

West-Flanders 6970 14934

Flanders 49306 47021

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Our ecosystem and company results (SME, LC)

Size of budget = revenue of region

2017 Revenues (mln) Employees

SME 517 939

Large companies 48792 46089

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Predictive maintenance with vibration monitoring system

Building blocks

MEMS accelerometer

Smart algorithms Flexible platform

ALGORITHMDIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE

490µm

Fault size

Healthy 145µm 195µm 245µm 320µm 1.6×1mm 3×2mm 5×5mm 6×10mm

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Classicalstate-of-art

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Flanders Make method

Fault detected when above threshold

inner ring

VIBMON PROJECT

CONCLUSION

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Conclusion

• The Discrete Manufacturing Industry in Flanders Is reporting strong results

• Innovation pays of

• Internal and external collaboration is key

• Government support enables innovation, derisksdigital transformation and stimulates collaboration

Let’s MAKE it happen

November 27th, Antwerp, Belgium