The Fez Smart Factory Competitions, launched as a part of the FSF Ecosystem led by EuroMed University of Fes (UEMF), Morocco, is a contest for firms to change into a part of an all-in-one support zone for progressive activities, aimed toward developing a competitive industry by improving its productivity or developing latest factories for progressive products. By implementing the principles and methods of industry 4.0, the competition goals to create a singular and integrated industrial ecosystem to:
- Arrange a core of smart factories by supporting project leaders and startups benefiting from FSF’s engineering and R&D services, in addition to a pilot model factory, to develop their 4.0 factories on the demonstration scale.
- Reap the benefits of the FSF ecosystem to support existing industrial units within the Fez-Meknes Region and Morocco to optimize their industrial, environmental, and social performance by benefiting from Industry 4.0 concepts.
Explore All Components of the Fez Smart Factory Ecosystem
The Fez Smart Factory Competitions seeks applications from progressive firms to affix one in all the next 4 components of the FSF Ecosystem:
- The Fez Smart Factory Accelerator (for startups): A reception area for startups with development projects for intelligent industrial units for top value-added and competitive products.
- R&D services for Industry 4.0 (for R&D entities): The Fez Smart Factory Competitions goals to pick five R&D entities, to be domiciled within the spaces dedicated to R&D services of the FSF ecosystem. A single entity might be chosen per industrial sector amongst those covered by the FSF Ecosystem. (find the list of focus areas below)
- Engineering services for Industry 4.0 (for engineering firms): The Fez Smart Factory Competitions goals to pick ten engineering firms, to be domiciled within the spaces dedicated to the engineering services of the FSF ecosystem. They might be chosen on the idea of technology and use cases, starting from predictive maintenance to optimal energy management and cloud solutions, amongst others. (find the list of focus areas below)
- Business Center 4.0 (for SME & Large industrial firms): This component of the FSF Ecosystem offers domiciliation spaces for SME & large firms and industrial units wishing to take a position in Morocco in the sphere of industry 4.0.
As well as, the FSF Ecosystem comprises the next components, which successful applicants will gain access to or interact with during a later stage:
- The 4.0 Incubator is accountable for carrying out missions related to incubating development projects for intelligent industrial units for top value-added and competitive products.
- Spaces dedicated to organising progressive industrial 4.0 units on an illustration scale developed by startups.
- The Rapid Prototyping Center (Additive Manufacturing Lab):
- Access to additive manufacturing machines in metallic, plastic, ceramic, and concrete materials.
- This center, owned by the UEMF, will provide prototyping services to the project leaders of the 4.0 Incubator, startups of the Accelerator 4.0, engineering firms, and R&D entities.
- Pilot Model Factory 4.0: This factory school, run by the Digital Development Agency in partnership with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the UEMF, and the FSF Consortium, has as its fundamental mission training within the technologies and ideas of industry 4.0. and contributing to supporting FSF beneficiaries within the alternative and implementation of technologies for smart factories.
Discover All of the Advantages for Firms Chosen Into the FSF Ecosystem
Firms chosen for the subsequent stage inside the FSF Ecosystem will sign a domiciliation contract with “FSF INDUSTRY” defining the commitments of every party, which may be present in the relevant terms and conditions document (check the website). As well as, successful applicants receive the next advantages:
Advantages for Startups
- Access to a 20 m2 office equipped with office furniture, a 20m2 workshop, a conference auditorium, and an exhibition hall hosting as much as 300 people
- A workshop space of 20m2
- One-stop-shop services
- Social services: catering and cafeteria; medical, health and safety services, and crèche services
- Support services for industrial property, business plans, and industrial development
- Gain access to experts, donors, investors, manufacturers, etc. based in Morocco
- Services of the rapid prototyping center shared with the UEMF
- Services of the Pilot Model Factory 4.0
- Facilitation of access to other technological or other services which may be provided by the assorted components of the UEMF
Advantages for R&D Entities
- Access to a 20 m2 office equipped with office furniture, meeting rooms, a conference auditorium, and an exhibition hall hosting each as much as 300 people
- A workstation in an open office space
- A laboratory space of 20m2
- One-stop-shop services
- Social services: catering and cafeteria; medical, health and safety services, and crèche services
- Support services for industrial property, business plans, and industrial development
- Gain access to experts, donors, investors, manufacturers, etc. based in Morocco
- Services of the rapid prototyping center shared with the UEMF
- Services of the Pilot Model Factory 4.0
- Facilitation of access to other technological or other services which may be provided by the assorted components of the UEMF
- Support services for the management of services provided as a part of the transformation of existing industrial units, or for the good thing about Business Center firms, startups, and project leaders domiciled at FSF
- Help discover the transformation needs of existing industries with support from the CGEM (General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises)
Advantages for Engineering Firms
- Access to a 20 m2 office equipped with office furniture, meeting rooms, a conference auditorium, and an exhibition hall hosting each as much as 300 people
- Five workstations in an open office space
- One-stop-shop services
- Social services: catering and cafeteria; medical, health and safety services, and crèche services
- Support services for industrial property, business plans, and industrial development
- Gain access to experts, donors, investors, manufacturers, etc. based in Morocco
- Services of the rapid prototyping center shared with the UEMF
- Services of the Pilot Model Factory 4.0
- Facilitation of access to other technological or other services which may be provided by the assorted components of the UEMF
- Support services for the management of services provided as a part of the transformation of existing industrial units, or for the good thing about Business Center firms, startups, and project leaders domiciled at FSF
- Help discover the transformation needs of existing industries with support from the CGEM (General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises)
Advantages for Industrial Firms (Large & SMEs)
- Access to a 20 m2 office equipped with office furniture, meeting rooms, a conference auditorium, and an exhibition hall hosting each as much as 300 people
- One-stop-shop services
- Social services: catering and cafeteria; medical, health and safety services, and crèche services
- Support services for industrial property, business plans, and industrial development
- Gain access to experts, donors, investors, manufacturers, etc. based in Morocco
- Services of the rapid prototyping center shared with the UEMF
- Services of the Pilot Model Factory 4.0
- Facilitation of access to other technological or other services which may be provided by the assorted components of the UEMF
Key Focus Areas of the Fez Smart Factory Competitions
This competition is open to any progressive company or startup, Moroccan or foreign, with an eligible project aimed toward developing a latest progressive industrial unit for top value-added and competitive product(s). The competitions seek concepts and technologies using industry 4.0 in the next sectors and technologies:
Industrial sectors of interest for the Fez Smart Factory Competitions
- Food
- Chemical and Para-Chemical
- Biomedical and Pharmaceutical
- Metal, Metallurgical, and Electromechanical
- Renewable Energy
- Textile and Leather
- Digital Tech
Technological areas of interest for Engineering Firms within the Fez Smart Factory Competitions
- Predictive Maintenance
- Optimal Energy Management
- Industrial Supply Chain Management
- IoT and Sensors
- Connectivity and Cloud
- Virtual and Augmented Reality
- Industrial Automation (Robotics & Cobotics)
- Mechanical Manufacturing Processes
- Chemical and/or Biological Transformation Processes
- Data Analytics and AI
Each Engineering company specializing in a single industry 4.0 technology will use it to develop use cases for industrial sectors covered by the Fez Smart Factory Ecosystem.
Check the Fez Smart Factory Competitions website to get all the main points, including the timeline and evaluation criteria, and make certain to apply by sixteenth April 2023.
Apply now for the Fez Smart Factory Competitions to build or scale your business in Morocco!
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