The Fez Smart Factory (FSF) Project Holders’ Competition 2024 organized by Euromed University of Fes (UEMF), Morocco, is now open for applications. The winners will join a program designed to help project holders to develop their Smart Factory at Pilot scale for innovative products. This year, the competition benefits from support and sponsorship of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) as part of a broader effort to support FSF and the whole Industry 4.0 ecosystem in Morocco.
The Fez Smart Factory Project Holders’ Competition 2024 seeks applications from innovative project holders to join the Fez Smart Factory Incubator 4.0, one of the components of the FSF Ecosystem. This competition is open to any project holder, Moroccan or foreign, carrying an eligible project aimed at developing a new innovative industrial unit for high value-added and competitive product(s), using concepts and technologies from Industry 4.0.
By creating a unique and integrated industry 4.0 ecosystem, the objective of the Fez Smart Factory Competitions is to:
– Set up a core of smart factories by supporting project leaders and startups benefiting from FSF’s engineering and R&D services, as well as a Pilot School Factory, to develop their 4.0 factories at the demonstration scale.
– Take advantage of the FSF ecosystem to support existing industrial units in the Fez-Meknes Region and Morocco to optimize their industrial, environmental, and social performance by taking advantage of industry 4.0 concepts.
Program Goals
The FSF INCUBATOR 4.0 aims to improve the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of your project from 3 to 5:
- Work out a Bankable Business Plan
- Test your project at pilot scale
Industrial Sectors of Interest for Project Holders
- Agrifood
- Chemical and Para-Chemical
- Biomedical and Pharmaceutical
- Metal, Metallurgical, and Electromechanical
- Renewable Energy (including Green Hydrogen)
- Textile and Leather
- Digital Tech (including Artificial Intelligence)
Candidates selected for incubation within the FSF Ecosystem will sign an incubation contract with “FSF INDUSTRY” defining the commitments of each party during the incubation period, which can be found in the terms and conditions document. Selected project holders will receive the following benefits:
Access to experts, investors, donors, and manufacturers from Morocco.
Access to the Rapid Prototyping Center, as well as various labs and technological services available at UEMF.
Support services for industrial property, business plans, and industrial development.
Access to office spaces and social support services, including one-stop-shop services, catering, cafeteria, medical, safety, and nursery services.
Access to services of the Pilot School Factory 4.0.
Help identify the transformation needs of existing industries.
FSF-INDUSTRY and FSF-FOUNDATION provide support through technical assistance and fundraising respectively. It helps project holders improve their projects’ Technology Readiness Level (TRL) from 3 to 5.
12 OCTOBER 2024
Applications Open
31 JANUARY 2025
Deadline to submit the application form and all administrative and technical documents to Fez Smart Factory
FEBRUARY 2025
Application Evaluation
FEBRUARY 2025
Signing of Incubation Contracts
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FSF Incubator 4.0
The FSF Incubator 4.0 caters to the Fez Smart Factory Project Holders’ Competition 2024. FSF supports project leaders in creating innovative and high value-added industrial units using Industry 4.0 concepts. FSF-INDUSTRY and FSF-FOUNDATION offer technical assistance and support for fundraising. It also helps project holders improve their Technology Readiness Level (TRL).
The other elements of the Fez Smart Factory (FSF) Ecosystem support startups, engineering companies, SMEs & industrial companies, as well as research and development (R&D) entities. Learn more about all of them below:
FSF Startup Accelerator 4.0
It is a reception area for startups with development projects for intelligent industrial units for high value-added and competitive products. It helps startups to improve the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of their projects from 6 to 8.
FSF Business Center 4.0
This component of the FSF Ecosystem offers spaces for SMEs, large companies & industrial units looking to invest in Morocco in the field of industry 4.0. It helps companies with a TRL 9 to develop their projects at an industrial scale.
FSF Engineering Services 4.0
FSF aims to select ten engineering companies, to be established in the spaces dedicated to the engineering services of the FSF ecosystem. They will be selected on the basis of technology and use cases for industry.
FSF R&D Services 4.0
FSF aims to select five R&D entities, to be established in the spaces dedicated to R&D services of the FSF ecosystem. A single entity will be selected per industrial sector among those covered by the FSF Ecosystem.
Take advantage of the various research labs and services available at UEMF, as part of joining the Fez Smart Factory Ecosystem. These include the Rapid Prototyping Platform, Smart Manufacturing Platform, Biotechnology and Biomedical Engineering Platform, and Digital & AI Platform at UEMF.
Contact
Hicham EL KADIRI
In Charge of FSF Beneficiaries’ Support
h.elkadiri@ueuromed.org
See our responses to some of the most common questions or view our Terms & Conditions.
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