The Digital Innovation Hub Toscana is a no profit entity performing networking, matchmaking, brokerage and dissemination activities.

The Digital Innovation Hub in Tuscany is part of Confindustria's national DIH network and it aims to increase the level of knowledge and awareness of the Tuscan companies on digital transformation according to the National Enterprise Plan 4.0. 

Through the activity of the Digital Innovation Hub in Tuscany and thanks to the regional competence network, companies can access to high qualified techinical know-how.

The DIH is a regional structure based in Confindustria Toscana, in Florence, but it has the branched presence in the territorial Associations, which act as a real reference point for companies, in particular SMEs. The organization, streamlined and contained, favors operations and flexibility according to the needs of companies/users.

It provides a desk for carrying out information, awareness and support activities, able to direct companies towards qualified subjects for the provision of services and technologies, using its own network, the national DIH network and the Competence Center network.

In particular the main activities are:

Awareness Dissemination (meeting, workshop, etc.)
Supporting activities to industrial companies for Industry 4.0-based project implementation
Support access to tax breaks provided by Piano Industria 4.0
Supporting activities for assessing digital readiness
Supporting activities to facilitate manufacturing companies access to  innovation regional ecosystem
Design and delivery of training initiatives
Coordination activities for implementing I4.0-based factories
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Digital Innovation Hub Trentino - Alto Adige - Südtirol

The DIH is part of the NOI AG, a non profit organization owned 100% by the regional goverment, operating the NOI Techpark with the goald to connect companies, startups researchers and students so innovation can thrive. Focussing on sustainable innovation in the technology sectors of Alpine Technology, Green Technology, Food Technology, Digital and Automation, today’s bright minds are creating the ideas of tomorrow.

The regional Digital Innovation Hub offers the following services:
- interconnect competences on the matter of innovation, especially the digital transformation of industry ( Industry 4.0)
- strenghten the regional awareness of companies towards the opportunities of  the regional, national and european digitalization strategies
- stimolate the the innovation needs of companies to brigde economy and research by prototaping and pilot projects
- interact and exchange with Digital Innovation Hubs on national and european level
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Digital Innovation Hub Piemonte (DIHP) operates on the Piemonte and Valle d'Aosta Regions to facilitate the digital transformation of SME's; it is part of the Italian network of DIH's set up in accordance with the Piano Nazionale Industria 4.0.

DIHP is part of Confindustria, the national association of Manufacturing and Service Companies. As such it has been set up as a not for profit association, mainly funded by its members.

DIHP participated in the call of ICT Innovation for Manufacturing SMEs (I4MS) that is a program promoted by the European Commission to expand the digital innovation of manufacturing SMEs in Europe.

The Regional Technology Clusters are members of DIHP .

Its Scientific Board includes representatives of local companies, of the Regional Technology Clusters and of the local Universities. Digital technologies.

This Digital Innovation Hub (DIH) is focused on the Livestock, Environment, Agriculture and Forest Sectors (DIH-LEAF). It brings together different actors connected with the production sector and from different technology initiatives. Universities, technological centres, companies, producer associations, non-profit associations, all of them take part in DIH-LEAF with the objective to face the wager of digitalisation and technological innovation in this broad productive sector. 

DIH-LEAF is an association (non-profit) established as an independent and unique digitalisation ecosystem with the final objective to digitalise these entities improving their efficiency, competitiveness and sustainability throughout the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). This way, it also contributes to the sustainable development of both rural and urban areas.

DIH-LEAF has a national scope (Spain) but is mainly for companies and institutions located in Castilla y León.

A variety of activities are carried out by DIH-LEAF in order to support local SMEs with their digital transformation such as training, promotion, dissemination, workshops, trading markets, demonstrations, audits, digitalization programmes, precision mapping, deployment of personalized solutions, awareness-raising actions, etc. Digital technologies.

DIGITECH SI – East is regional innovation ecosystem enabled and supported by industry driven virtual living laboratory LENS Living Lab, Toolmakers Cluster of Slovenia, Competence Center ROBOFLEX and Competence Center AALaseR, with their regional and international business ecosystems. Mission DIGITECH SI – East mission is to be the regional innovation ecosystem through which industry business partners and other stakeholders can get the latest, knowledge and technology know-how from the Industry 4.0, related key enabling technologies, supporting systems and services. Scope Technology foresight, technology application research, technology proofs, testing and piloting, technology acquisition and integration support, industry value chain integration business models and services, virtual manufacturing system applications, technology and knowledge transfer, innovation processes supporting services, technology, and digitalization literacy development, fostering of the open innovation and collaboration culture, education. Services provided • INFO center services, • Technology services provided by the partnering competence centers, • Portfolio of open innovation virtual communities with the specific topics of mutual collaboration interests, • Support and facilitation of partnering innovation project initiatives, • Industry applied research and innovation projects partnering services, • Services of supporting long-term partnering in the areas of identified technology collaboration interests, • Pilot and technology demonstration services, • Project office services • Business development services - New business models and business plans • Consulting services - access to funding for R&D ans investment projects • DIH industry and research sector networking services and support • DIH digital ecosystem services • Organization of training activities, including technical, business and management skills Digital technologies.

Promotion of digital manufacturing transformation towards Industrie 4.0 approacch and the Value Chain processes overall. In particular the main activities are:

promoting the training of qualified human resources (training & education)
Raising the companies’ awareness on opportunites of I4.0
Support in the choice and planniing of investments for innovation 
Orientation to the Competence Center I4.0
Support in accessing to finance (public and private)
Mentoring to companies
Interaction and networking with European DIHs  
Trans-sectoral DIHs which suit the characteristics of the Italian industrial system and business culture according to Confindustria system structure
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DIH Liguria is a non profit entity performing networking, matchmaking, brokerage and dissemination activities.

The aim of DIH Liguria is to help companies to become more competitive by improving their business/production processes as well as products and services by means of digital technology.

DIH deals with the promotion of digital manufactoring trasformation towards Industrie 4.0 approach and the Value Chain processes overall.

In particular the main activities are:

Awareness Dissemination (Meeting, Workshop, etc.)
Supporting activities to industrial companies for Industry 4.0-based project implementation
Support access to tax breaks provided by Piano Industria 4.0
Supporting activities for assessing digital readiness
Supporting activities to facilitate manufacturing companies access to  innovation regional ecosystem
Design and delivery of training initiatives
Coordination activities for implementing I4.0-based factories
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The Center for Digital Innovation called DIH4S is a Digital Innovation Hub (DIH) that acts as a one-stop shop for helping companies and organizations to improve their competitiveness by adopting digital technologies. DIH4S is a not-for-profit hub-organization.

Our services are designed to assist companies and public organizations to innovate their business and production processes, products or services through digitalization, as well as to facilitate access to technical expertise in digital transformation and experimentation on digitalization.

The Center for Digital Innovation DIH4S also provides specialized services, such as financing advice in relation with digitalization-driven projects, training and skills development for a successful digital transformation. Our approach for digitalization embeds environmental and circularity issues, too.

The specialization area of our DIH is directed on ensuring wide use of digital technologies across the economy and society. Therefore, our target beneficiaries are both private and public organizations, including SMEs from any economic sector and public administration.

In parallel, the Center for Digital Innovation DIH4S is working to support projects that are related with Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems (generically called in DIH4S as Data Intelligence), with the consideration of Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing and Internet of Things issues.

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Pomurje Technology Park is a community with more than 200 regional based companies, strong international connections and wealth of experience in EU programs. The number of members is constantly growing, as more and more companies recognize the advantages and benefits provided by membership in an internationally oriented entrepreneurial and supportive environment. 

 

Technology Park devotes special attention to promoting the transfer of knowledge, experience and technologies to the economy, which is reflected in the creation of new jobs and higher added value. In this way it contributes to the higher competitiveness of innovative entrepreneurship in the region and promotes the creation of new, growth-focussed and knowledge-based companies. 

 

Technology Park is an organization with supportive and stimulating business environment for the development of technology entrepreneurship. By providing its members with the necessary infrastructure, services, target oriented training, mentoring and promotion, it motivates entrepreneurial potential in the region and assists in the realisation of entrepreneurial initiatives with high levels of knowledge and market potential. At the same time it enables matchmaking and synergies with the domestic and foreign developmental, research, financial and market environments. 

 

Besides the credibility and prestige enjoyed by the entire community it also offers its companies the following comprehensive business support: 

(1) Start:up Center (infrastructure, equipment, accelerator & mentoring programme, entrepreneurial training programme, consulting services)

(2) Innovation Center (SME audit/diagnosis/benchmarking via developed tools, development support of new products/services/technologies via Living Lab approach, tailor made business projects and solutions)

(3) Internationalisation support (entering new markets)

(4) Preparation & implementation of EU projects 

 

Other relevant information: 

• According to the National act of supportive environment for entrepreneurship PTP has a public mandate to implement support programmes for start-up companies in Slovenia;

• References in the following sectors: Metal and polymer industry, Mechatronics, Informatics and telecommunication technologies, Food, Creative industry, Tourism;

• Own RD unit registered at the National Research Agency (ARRS);

• Signed more then 90 contracts with faculties, institutes, schools and other research units;

• Number of company members: more then 200;

• Internationalization: Project experience with partners coming from more then 20 EU countries.

• ISO certificate 9001:2015  Digital technologies.

The Digital Innovation Hub AI and Cybersecurity (DIH4AISEC) supports companies and the public sector in the Metropolitan Region Hannover-Braunschweig and wider Lower Saxony in the application and development of digital technologies. The Hub serves as a focal point for the target groups and is responsible for coordinating and bundling partner services as well as networking. 

Our focus areas for the application of AI and security technologies are the production, mobility and trade sectors, which are key sectors for Lower Saxony. The most important partners in these focus areas have joined forces in DIH4AISEC, to drive further digital innovations and help shape the digital transformation in Lower Saxony. Digital technologies.