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BOREALIS | The 3A energy class Flexible Machine for the new Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing on next generation of complex 3D metal parts.

01-01-2015

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31-12-2017

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Description Borealis project aims to develop a completely new concept of additive manufacturing machine: the solution is conceived as integration of a new architecture, a new manufacturing processes, a specific monitoring
Comments (in %) Additional KPIs Contribution to the reduction of energy use and CO2 emissions thanks to the optimized design of a product and its manufacturing with absolute minimum material Reduction of waste
 Periodic Reporting for period 2 - BOREALIS (Borealis – the 3A energy class Flexible Machine for the new Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing on next generation of complex 3D metal parts.) Result title Periodic Reporting for period 2 - BOREALIS (Borealis – the 3A energy class Flexible Machine for the new Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing on next generation of complex 3D metal parts.)
 BOREALIS final demonstration Result description Two demonstrators have been assembled: a “large-scale” demonstrator aimed at the manufacturing of large parts, with high throughput, and a “small-scale” demonstrator, focused on
 Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %) Taxon title Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %)
 RP 1.6 Material efficient Manufacturing processes Taxon description This has two key approaches, firstly how to save materials through new manufacturing approaches and secondly how to minimise energy consumption during manufacturing.

CREMA | Cloud-based Rapid Elastic MAnufacturing

01-01-2015

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01-01-2018

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Description Manufacturing based on SaaS and Cloud model
Comments Manufacturing performance characteristics Environmental sustainability Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes Manufacturing performance characteristics Environmental sustainability Material efficiency
 Elastic Manufacturing Process Landscapes Result title Elastic Manufacturing Process Landscapes
 Automotive Use Case Result description These features are incorporated in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and the Cloud Manufacturing Services that CREMA will bring to the shop floor.
 Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes Taxon title Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes
 Domain 5: Human-centric manufacturing Taxon description • How people add value to manufacturing.

ProRegio | Customer-driven design of product-services and production networks to adapt to regional market requirements

01-01-2015

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01-01-2018

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Description The ProRegio project aims at developing a manufacturing intelligence based product-service that will rigorously change the current way how customer requirements are addressed by manufacturing companies
Comments Texxmo: VCI: reduction of travel-related energy consumption Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %) Additional KPIs Contribution to the reduction of energy use and CO2 emissions Gizelis Robotics: expected reduction
 Evaluation of global manufacturing networks - a matter of perspective Result title Evaluation of global manufacturing networks - a matter of perspective Result description .; Lanza, G.Journal title: Proceeedings of the 19th Cambridge International Manufacturing Symposium: International Manufacturing - revisited: embracing new technologies, capabilities and marketsJournal
 Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %) Taxon title Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %)
 Digital manufacturing platforms - data platforms Taxon description See https://www.effra.eu/digital-manufacturing-platforms

MEMAN | Integral Material and Energy flow MANagement in MANufacturing metal mechanic sector

01-01-2015

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01-07-2018

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Description Present approaches to increasing resource efficiency in manufacturing companies are mainly focused on single process optimisation.
Comments Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %) Additional KPIs Contribution to the reduction of energy use and CO2 emissions Energy consumption and CO2 emission reduction for the final product between 20-30% from cradle
 Increasing Resource Efficiency of Manufacturing Systems using a Knowledge-Based System Result title Increasing Resource Efficiency of Manufacturing Systems using a Knowledge-Based System
 Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %) Taxon title Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %)
 RP 1.6 Material efficient Manufacturing processes Taxon description This has two key approaches, firstly how to save materials through new manufacturing approaches and secondly how to minimise energy consumption during manufacturing.

ambliFibre | adaptive model-based Control for laser-assisted Fibre-reinforced tape winding

01-09-2015

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31-08-2018

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Comments Manufacturing performance characteristics Environmental sustainability Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes Manufacturing performance characteristics Environmental sustainability Material efficiency
 Periodic Reporting for period 2 - ambliFibre (adaptive model-based Control for laser-assisted Fibre-reinforced tape winding) Result description Worldwide there is a steadily increasing demand for components made of fibre-reinforced plastic composites (FRP) to be used for the manufacturing of a broad range of industrial goods.
 Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes Taxon title Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes
 RP 1.6 Material efficient Manufacturing processes Taxon description This has two key approaches, firstly how to save materials through new manufacturing approaches and secondly how to minimise energy consumption during manufacturing.

CAxMan | Computer Aided Technologies for Additive Manufacturing

09-01-2015

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31-08-2018

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Description and process planning for additive manufacturing.
Comments Manufacturing performance characteristics Environmental sustainability Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes Manufacturing performance characteristics Environmental sustainability Material efficiency
 D4.7 Manufacturing Chain Result title D4.7 Manufacturing Chain Result description Manufacturing Chain (CIMNE)
 Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes Taxon title Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes
 RP 1.6 Material efficient Manufacturing processes Taxon description This has two key approaches, firstly how to save materials through new manufacturing approaches and secondly how to minimise energy consumption during manufacturing.

Eco-Solar | Eco-Solar Factory - 40%plus eco-efficiency gains in the photovoltaic value chain with minimised resource and energy consumption by closed loop systems

10-01-2015

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30-09-2018

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Description In WP2 Garbo will recover Si-kerf-loss during wafering, and with SINTEF work on potential reuse applications, like as Si-feedstock in crystallisation processes, or as resource in crucible manufacturing
Comments Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %) Additional KPIs Contribution to the reduction of energy use and CO2 emissions Reduction of CO2 through argon gas recycling and reusable crucibles.
 Utilisation of Kerf-Loss from Silicon Wafer Sawing for the Manufacturing of Silicon Nitride Crucibles Result title Utilisation of Kerf-Loss from Silicon Wafer Sawing for the Manufacturing of Silicon Nitride Crucibles
 Modules from recovered components Result description Two stages: (i) after manufacturing, (ii) after degradation tests
 Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %) Taxon title Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %)
 Measurement, sensing, condition and performance monitoring technologies Taxon description Continuous monitoring of the condition and performance of the manufacturing system on component and machine level, enables sustainable and competive manufacturing, also by introducing autonomous diagnosis

IMPROVE | Innovative Modeling Approaches for Production Systems to raise validatable efficiency

09-01-2015

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31-08-2018

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Description Consequently, the resource consumption, especially the energy consumption in manufacturing activities, can be reduced.
Comments Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %) Additional KPIs Contribution to the reduction of energy use and CO2 emissions Reduction of waste (in %) Additional KPIs Contribution to the reduction of waste Reduction
 Pick and Place Unit (PPU) Result description Because of its versatility, the PPU is able to support various production scenarios of the manufacturing domain.
 Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %) Taxon title Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %)
 Digital manufacturing platforms - data platforms Taxon description See https://www.effra.eu/digital-manufacturing-platforms

PERFoRM | Production harmonizEd Reconfiguration of Flexible Robots and Machinery

10-01-2015

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30-09-2018

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Description harmonizEd Reconfiguration of Flexible Robots and Machinery aims to the conceptual transformation of existing Production Systems towards plug&produce production systems in order to achieve a flexible manufacturing
Organisation THE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY CENTRE LIMITED LBG
Comments to the reduction of energy use and CO2 emissions Exact contribution not available Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %) Additional KPIs Contribution to the reduction of energy use and CO2 emissions Exact
 Selection of a data exchange format for industry 4.0 manufacturing systems Result title Selection of a data exchange format for industry 4.0 manufacturing systems
 Report on decentralized control & Distributed Manufacturing Operation Systems for Flexible and Reconfigurable production environments Result description Increasing uncertainties and rapidly -changing conditions in the market are challenging the Manufacturing sector.
 Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %) Taxon title Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %)
 Digital manufacturing platforms - data platforms Taxon description See https://www.effra.eu/digital-manufacturing-platforms

sustainablySMART | Sustainable Smart Mobile Devices Lifecycles through Advanced Re-design, Reliability, and Re-use and Remanufacturing Technologies

01-09-2015

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31-10-2019

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Description aspects; i.e. implementing “Design for a Circular Economy”) for smartphones and tablet computers on the product and printed circuit board level, and by new re-/de-manufacturing processes with
Comments Additional KPIs Number of participating SMEs Additional KPIs Reduction of energy consumption (in %) Additional KPIs Contribution to the reduction of energy use and CO2 emissions Reduction of CO2 emissions
 Lifetime Extension by Design and a Fab Lab Level Digital Manufacturing Strategy: Tablet Case Study Result title Lifetime Extension by Design and a Fab Lab Level Digital Manufacturing Strategy: Tablet Case Study
 Recyclability of Tungsten, Tantalum and Neodymium from Smartphones Result description Nissen, Julia Reinhold, Karsten Schischke, Klaus-Dieter-LangJournal title: Proceedings of 11th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing (EcoDesign2019)Journal
 Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %) Taxon title Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %)
 Domain 4: Collaborative and mobile enterprises Taxon description The trend of collaboration between multiple manufacturing enterprises is becoming essential for day-to-day operations of any manufacturing enterprise irrespective of its size.

ReCaM | Rapid Reconfiguration of Flexible Production Systems through Capability-based Adaptation, Auto-configuration and Integrated tools for Production Planning

11-01-2015

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31-10-2018

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Comments   Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %) Additional KPIs Contribution to the reduction of energy use and CO2 emissions The reduction of CO2 can only be achieved through a reduction
 Formal Resource and Capability Models supporting Re-use of Manufacturing Resources Result title Formal Resource and Capability Models supporting Re-use of Manufacturing Resources
 Utilizing SPIN rules to infer the parameters for combined capabilities of aggregated manufacturing resources Result description . & Lanz, M.Journal title: 16th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in ManufacturingJournal publisher: ElsevierPublished year: 2018
 An Executable Capability Concept in Formal Resource Descriptions Result description . & Lanz, M.Journal title: 16th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in ManufacturingJournal publisher: ElsevierPublished year: 2018
 Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %) Taxon title Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %)
 RP 2.6 Mechatronics and new machine architectures for high performance and resource-efficient manufacturing equipment Taxon description With the aim of ensuring competitiveness of manufacturing companies in a sustainable manner, the goal of high performance and reliability of manufacturing equipment must be achieved with a minimum of environmental

Symbionica | SYMBIONICA - Reconfigurable Machine for the new Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing of next generation fully personalized bionics and smart prosthetics

10-01-2015

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30-09-2018

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Description and the manufacturing strategy, with an advanced closed loop control methodology for product and process quality monitoring.
Comments of CO2 emissions (in %) Additional KPIs Contribution to the reduction of energy use and CO2 emissions 1) Use of raw material: Reduction inCO2 emissions >7.3 tCO2/year 2) Manufacturing process: energy
 Continuous and pulsed laser high power beam combiner for additive manufacturing applications Result title Continuous and pulsed laser high power beam combiner for additive manufacturing applications
 Development and Optimization of an Innovative Double Chamber Nozzle for Highly Efficient DLD Result description can try the pre-formated search via the search engines listed on this page.Authors: Marchetti A, Mazzucato F, Valente AJournal title: Progress in Additive ManufacturingJournal
 Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %) Taxon title Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %)

TWIN-CONTROL | Twin-model based virtual manufacturing for machine tool-process simulation and control

10-01-2015

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30-09-2018

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Description European machine tool builders, part manufacturers and other agents have to work together to increase the competitiveness of European manufacturing industry.
Comments Project in early stage Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %) Additional KPIs Contribution to the reduction of energy use and CO2 emissions Project in early stage Reduction of waste (in %) Additional KPIs
 Periodic Reporting for period 2 - TWIN-CONTROL (Twin-model based virtual manufacturing for machine tool-process simulation and control) Result title Periodic Reporting for period 2 - TWIN-CONTROL (Twin-model based virtual manufacturing for machine tool-process simulation and control)
 Machine Tool Digital Twin with Life Cycle features Result description Indeed, a new feature called Stability Roadmap has been developed that analyses stability conditions for complete manufacturing operations.
 Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %) Taxon title Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %)
 AAA - Access, Authorisation and Authentication Taxon description In Digital Manufacturing Platforms this means the systems could be accessible only on premise, in the factory or for instance in the (private or public) cloud.

MATFLEX | Material Flexible production, development of physical and virtual test bed

01-10-2013

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Description The project aimed to create a sustainable test bed that strengthens Swedish industry by providing facilities and tools to physically and virtually test and evaluate different manufacturing concepts.
Comments Manufacturing performance characteristics Environmental sustainability Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes Manufacturing performance characteristics Environmental sustainability Material efficiency
 Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes Taxon title Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes
 Domain 5: Human-centric manufacturing Taxon description • How people add value to manufacturing.

From Waste to Gold | From Waste to Gold , in Swedish: Från spill till guld

01-09-2014

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17-11-2016

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Comments Manufacturing performance characteristics Environmental sustainability Especially relevant for textiles Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes Manufacturing performance characteristics Environmental
 Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes Taxon title Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes
 Digital manufacturing platforms - data platforms Taxon description See https://www.effra.eu/digital-manufacturing-platforms

STREAM-0D | Simulation in Real Time for Manufacturing with Zero Defects

01-10-2016

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31-03-2020

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Description development cycles, with high production line re-configurability Lower manufacturing costs
Comments Specific Cluster - FOCUS - Zero Defect Manufacturing Impact Workshop Specific Cluster - FOCUS Specific Clusters Number of participating SMEs Additional KPIs Number of developed systems and technologies
 Towards a digital twin for manufacturing processes: applicability on laser welding Result title Towards a digital twin for manufacturing processes: applicability on laser welding
 Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %) Taxon title Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %)

Z-Fact0r | Zero-defect manufacturing strategies towards on-line production management for European factories

01-10-2016

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31-03-2020

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Description European manufacturing is also a dominant element in international trade, leading the world in areas such as automotive, machinery and agricultural engineering.
Comments Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %) Manufacturing performance characteristics Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes Environmental sustainability The reduction of the defective rate in the
 A Scheduling Tool for Achieving Zero Defect Manufacturing (ZDM): A Conceptual Framework Result title A Scheduling Tool for Achieving Zero Defect Manufacturing (ZDM): A Conceptual Framework
 Report on NECO demo activities (M42) Result description The Z-Fact0r concept and methodologies will be integrated in the tap manufacturing process of NECO.
 Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %) Taxon title Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %)
 Digital manufacturing platforms - data platforms Taxon description See https://www.effra.eu/digital-manufacturing-platforms

QU4LITY | Digital Reality in Zero Defect Manufacturing

01-01-2019

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31-07-2022

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Organisation SINTEF MANUFACTURING AS (SINTEF)
Comments Process Optimisation on factory level Pathways Off-line optimisation Autonomous Smart Factories Pathway Off-line Digital Manufacturing Process Optimisation on machine level Pathways Off-line optimisation
 Journal of Manufacturing System Result title Journal of Manufacturing System
 Pilot - GHI Real-time cognitive hot stamping furnace 4.0 Result description One of the challenges of the automotive industry in recent years is to meet the demand to reduce fuel consumption, assuming a reduction in CO2 emissions into the atmosphere.
 Digital manufacturing platforms - data platforms Taxon title Digital manufacturing platforms - data platforms

CloudiFacturing | Cloudification of Production Engineering for Predictive Digital Manufacturing

01-10-2017

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31-03-2021

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Description Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is essential for the digitalization of the manufacturing sector; notwithstanding, less than 25% of the manufacturing companies in Europe profit from ICT-enabled
Organisation Institute for Advanced Manufacturing - University of Nottingham
Comments Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %) Additional KPIs Contribution to the reduction of energy use and CO2 emissions The cloud-based optimisation of lamination oven’s configuration will lead
 A Cloud/HPC Platform and Marketplace for Manufacturing SMEs Result title A Cloud/HPC Platform and Marketplace for Manufacturing SMEs
 Optimizing efficiency of truck components manufacturing processes by data analytics Result description process steps / units during the manufacturing process.
 Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %) Taxon title Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %)

KYKLOS 4.0 | An Advanced Circular and Agile Manufacturing Ecosystem based on rapid reconfigurable manufacturing process and individualized consumer preferences

01-01-2020

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31-12-2023

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Description products with extended life cycle and promoting energy efficient and low material consumption intra-factory production processes, resulting reduced greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants.
 D6.4-Advanced Additive Manufacturing Component Result title D6.4-Advanced Additive Manufacturing Component
 Periodic Reporting for period 2 - KYKLOS 4.0 (An Advanced Circular and Agile Manufacturing Ecosystem based on rapid reconfigurable manufacturing process and individualized consumer preferences) Result description The manufacturing industry is facing new challenges that imply both social and ecological changes dealing with the urge needed worldwide to reduce the emissions as well as facing a raw material scarce

ENEPLAN | ENergy Efficient Process pLAnning system

17-10-2011

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16-10-2014

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Description Today’s manufacturing plants provide a number of different processing possibilities for manufacturing a specific product.
Comments Manufacturing performance characteristics Environmental sustainability Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes Manufacturing performance characteristics Environmental sustainability Material efficiency
 Demand and weather forecasting module Result description The module will use weather forecast combined with demand forecast to produce a daily production plan along with predicted CO2 emissions per consumed kWh.
 Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes Taxon title Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes

REFORM | Resource-Efficient Factory Of Recyclable Manufacturing composite Components

01-12-2011

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30-11-2015

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Description applications, weight reductions leads to energy savings during the service-life of the product - there is an oft-quoted statistic that every kilogram of weight saved in the manufacture of a plane reduces emissions
Comments Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %) Additional KPIs Contribution to the reduction of energy use and CO2 emissions Hard to estimate as a percentage.
 Final Report Summary - REFORM (Resource-Efficient Factory Of Recyclable Manufacturing composite components) Result title Final Report Summary - REFORM (Resource-Efficient Factory Of Recyclable Manufacturing composite components)
 Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %) Taxon title Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %)
 RP 1.6 Material efficient Manufacturing processes Taxon description This has two key approaches, firstly how to save materials through new manufacturing approaches and secondly how to minimise energy consumption during manufacturing.

REEMAIN | Resource and Energy Efficient Manufacturing

01-10-2013

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30-09-2017

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Description Through these factories, REEMAIN will demonstrate to industries which account for more than 50% of CO2 emissions and more than 20% consumption of electricity in industry.
Comments Manufacturing performance characteristics Environmental sustainability Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes Manufacturing performance characteristics Environmental sustainability REEMAIN seeks
 Final Report Summary - REEMAIN (Resource and Energy Efficient Manufacturing) Result title Final Report Summary - REEMAIN (Resource and Energy Efficient Manufacturing)
 BOSSA Denim Factory Result description Bossa, established in 1951, is one of the largest integrated textile corporations of Turkey with three manufacturing facilities located on 650,000 m² of land and its 2,500 personnel.
 Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes Taxon title Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes
 Domain 5: Human-centric manufacturing Taxon description • How people add value to manufacturing.
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