European Factories of the Future – Research Association

Pro²Future has joined the EFFRA Network as a Research Member: www.effra.eu

The European Factories of the Future Research Association (EFFRA) is a non-for-profit, industry-driven association promoting the development of new and innovative production technologies. It is the official representative of the private side in the “Factories of the Future” public-private partnership.

The key objective of EFFRA is to promote pre-competitive research on production technologies within the European Research Area by engaging in a public-private partnership with the European Union called “Factories of the Future”.

EFFRA was established to shape, promote and support the implementation of the “Factories of the Future” public-private partnership.

The partnership aims to bring together private and public resources to create an industry-led programme in research and innovation with the aim of launching hundreds of market-oriented cross-border projects throughout the European Union. Such projects will produce demonstrators and models to be applied in a wide range of manufacturing sectors.