ENGINEERING Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A. (ENG)

ENGINEERING Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A. (ENG) is the leading Italian software and services group, with 11,600 employees and more than 40 sites distributed in Italy, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Norway, Republic of Serbia, Switzerland, Sweden, South America (Brazil, Mexico and Argentina) and United States, a consolidated revenue portfolio in 2021 of 1.32 billion Euros. ENG has a consolidated presence on all vertical markets and operates through its 4 business units – Public Administration & Healthcare, Telco & Utilities, Industry & Services, Finance – supported by cross-business unit centres of competence and by the Research and Innovation Department which has the dual role of promoting research on software at an international level and transferring innovation to the production cycle of the business structures.

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Supsi

SUPSI is a Swiss university offering 30 Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree courses to about 5000 students merging traditional theoretical education and practical training and research activities. Within SUPSI, the research Institute of Systems and Technologies for Sustainable Production, part of the Department of Innovative Technologies, participates in the CircularTwAIn project through the Sustainable Production Systems (SPS) Lab. SPS involves 40 researchers working with a common focus on sustainability as a key element for manufacturing. Pillars forming SPS research backbone are: (I) digital transformation of production systems, with an increased focus on Human-Centred Smart Production to face the last decade’ challenge of managing digitisation, Artificial Intelligence and collaborative robotics spread in production systems; and (II) Industrial sustainability, supporting manufacturing companies in their sustainability-enhancing journey with comprehensive data-driven approaches, tools and methodologies.

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Tecnalia

Fundación TECNALIA Research and Innovation” is the leading private and independent research and technology entity in Spain and the fifth largest in Europe, employing around 1.400 people (around 200 of whom are PhD holders). TECNALIA operates in all the fields of today and tomorrow’s industry: Industry and Transport, Information and Communication Technologies, Building, Energy and Environment, Innovation Systems and Health and Quality of Life. The CIRCULAR TWAIN project will be undertaken by the Instrumentation & Smart Systems Business Area, part of the Industry and Transport Division. The Instrumentation & Smart Systems area focuses its activity in:

• instrumentation and data acquisition systems for industrial machinery and goods
• digital factory: production monitoring, optimisation, and optimal process control
• condition-based monitoring solutions for maintenance and products lifecycle management
• industrial safety and risk management systems
• energy efficiency solutions focused on consumption prediction models and decision-making support tools

TECNALIA has participated in the development strategy of Basque Industry 4.0 and Industria Conectada 4.0, the Basque and Spanish programs in the Industry 4.0 domain. And has developed MDI-4.0, an innovative tool to help SMEs in the identification of the gaps and innovation actions that can have a relevant impact in the company.

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Sintef

SINTEF AS is Scandinavia's largest independent research organization and is a non-profit research foundation with more than 2200 employees, primarily located in Trondheim and Oslo (Norway). More than 90% of our annual turnover derives from contract research for industry and the public sector in Norway and internationally, and we receive minimal state funding (around 6%). SINTEF is multidisciplinary, with top-level international expertise in a wide range of technological and scientific disciplines, medicine, and social sciences. Our company vision is "technology for a better society", which is an essential aspect of our societal role to contribute to creating more jobs. In addition, we act as an incubator, commercializing technologies through the establishment of new companies. SINTEF is represented in this consortium by SINTEF DIGITAL through the department of Sustainable Communication Technologies (SCT).

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Fraunhofer

Fraunhofer IOSB develops open and secure architectures, software components and solutions for information, control and test systems in application domains of the Internet of Things (IoT). We implement open, innovative, customized software solutions that drive new paradigms in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and in Industrie 4.0. Building on agile methods in requirement analysis, system design and recognized architectural and communication standards, our work also goes beyond manufacturing, extending to the environment, health, risk management, resource efficiency and security. We design solutions to address specific issues including machine learning methods, efficient search and processing of heterogeneous data sets, semantic annotation and the fusion of sensor data into meaningful technical information to support decision-making. We are also leaders in IT security for industrial production. We play an active role in the Standardization Council Industrie 4.0 and other standardization bodies such as the OPC Foundation, AutomationML e.V., Bitkom, VDI/VDE, DIN, IEC, IIC, W3C and OGC.

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Nissatech

Nissatech is an innovation-driven SME with strong international cooperation and vision to become one of European top innovators in the domain of advanced AI and cognitive industrial solutions. The main objective is to develop own technological building blocks through an efficient implementation of the cutting-edge research and their usage for resolving very challenging real-world problems in different industrial domains. The company has very good connections with several leading research organizations in Europe, based on the past affiliations of the part of the management. The major competitive advantage is based on a very high innovation potential and strong engineering skills that enable an efficient early adoption of technologies that can improve our core competencies. Our social responsibility is driven by awareness of the need for green and social innovation in any technological progress. Main commercial product is D2Lab, TRL9 (Data Diagnostic Laboratory, the Framework for Advanced Data Analytics, d2lab.nissatech.com) which has been used in various application domains for the development of the advanced data analytics applications, focused on two main areas: Industry (main service is process-driven data analysis of complex systems) and Fitness/Sport (main product smart4.fit)

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Suite5

Suite5 is an Information Technology Solutions and Services SME, whose mission is to deliver innovative data-driven intelligence solutions through state-of-the art technologies, required for any organization to be placed at the forefront of competition through greater efficiency. Specialising on Artificial Intelligence & Explainable Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Analytics, Trusted Data Management, Semantics & Data Interoperability, Data Sharing & Distributed Ledger Technologies and combining strong technology know-how and hands-on approach in managing and implementing projects commissioned by the public and the private sector, Suite5 provides research-inspired solutions and practical support for its clients in order to leverage business and crowd intelligence into their everyday operations.

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Uninova

UNINOVA (Institute for the Development of New Technologies) is a Portuguese non-profit University-Enterprise association, established in 1986, with main theme of pursuing scientific research, technical development, high level training and the creation of new technological innovation centres and small-and-medium sized industries. UNINOVA's facilities are located at the campus of the NOVA School of Science and Technology in Caparica, Portugal. UNINOVA researchers mobilised to this action have a long experience in research & innovation on industrial digitisation for both discrete (manufacturing and assembly) and continuous (process monitoring and control) production systems having been involved in several key European and National, projects and initiatives.

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Intrasoft

Netcompany-Intrasoft is a leading European IT Solutions and Services Group with strong international presence and expertise, offering innovative and added-value solutions. As of November 2021, Netcompany-Intrasoft became a member of the Netcompany Group, a Denmark located, fastest growing and most successful IT services company in the Nordics. Netcompany-Intrasoft employs more than 2,800 highly skilled professionals, representing over 50 different nationalities. With headquarters in Luxembourg, Netcompany-Intrasoft operates through its branches, subsidiaries and offices in 13 countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Greece, Jordan, Kenya, Luxembourg, Romania, RSA, UK, UAE and USA. More than 500 organizations in over 70 countries worldwide (Institutions and Agencies of the European Union, National Government Organizations, Telecommunication Organizations and Private Enterprises) have chosen the company's services and solutions to fulfill their business needs.

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SSF

Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne (SIPBB) is a private Swiss non-profit organisation that performs and supports industry-focused applied research and development. As part of the national and international network of the Switzerland Innovation Foundation, we want to generate research investments from abroad, promote Swiss innovation and startups and implement research results quickly into marketable products. Our research focuses are Industry 4.0, Battery Technology, additive manufacturing and Medtech/Healthtech.

FGT

The GFT Italy serves as a strategic information technology partner, which helps companies to optimize their business processes with intelligent and innovative IT solutions and highly skilled specialists, and to transform cutting-edge technological developments into future-proof business models. GFT Italy belongs to a multinational Group whose operating division GFT Solution is among the world’s leading IT service providers in the finance sector. Striving to always improve technological expertise, innovative strength and premium quality for more than 25 years, the GFT group operates from 34 offices in fifteen countries with about 9.000 total workforce. The strategic locations for participation in European research projects are Germany, Italy and Spain: these countries host GFT innovation houses as well as software development teams. Our innovation team, which operates globally, also develops new business models, focusing on topics such as blockchain, cloud engineering, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things, across all sectors.

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Recyclia

RECYCLIA is the largest selective collection and management platform for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and spent batteries in Spain, bringing together the experience and know-how of the Environmental Foundations ECOPILAS, ECOFIMÁTICA and ECOASIMELEC-TRAGAMÓVIL.
Recyclia has in place the most extensive waste collection network in Spain, comprising more than 88,000 points, allowing us to collect and recycle more than 450,000 tons of waste since we began our operations.
Recyclia and its Foundations have, over the years, established themselves as an international flagship in the field of managing waste electrical and electronic equipment and spent batteries, as continuously confirmed by the active participation of Recyclia at numerous international forums and projects around the world.

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Revertia

Revertia is a Spanish company founded in 2010 and its primary purpose is to provide services in the management of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) to all sorts of both public and private organizations. We are authorized by the Spanish Public Administration as a center for preparation for reuse. The start of revertia is linked to the increasing consumption of electrical and electronic equipment which has resulted in corresponding increase in the generation of WEEE. Although we provide services to all types of waste electrical and electronic equipment, our company is mainly focused on the management of obsolete computer equipment. We opted to reuse them as the best treatment options in accordance with the European principle of hierarchy in waste management (reduce, reuse, recycle, recovery, disposal). Many of these equipments can often have a second life so, in line with the idea of circular economy, we try to recover them and make them reusable. When this is not possible any more, we recycle them.

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Expert-AI

ExpertAI-LUX is a team of experts in the technical, business, financial, social, and ethical aspects of Artificial Intelligence (AI). It offers boutique, high-tech, high-quality AI consulting and software development services that help organizations in their Artificial Intelligence Journey. The company was founded in 2020 and has already completed several AI consulting contracts. It also participates in the H2020 AI REGIO project.
ExpertAI-LUX leads the AI ethics and regulatory compliance activities of the Circular TwAIn project

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Teknopar

TEKNOPAR, an R&D performing SME based in Ankara, it is one of the leading providers of automation systems and solutions in Turkey for industrial facilities, energy and mobility sectors. Through the development of its engineering and production infrastructure, the company has extended its sphere of activity to provide customers with a wide range of services and end-to-end solutions where integrated applications of automation, electric-electronics and information technologies have been supplied. By closely monitoring the information technologies, the latest developments incorporate industrial applications and conform to the Industry 4.0 standards. TEKNOPAR incorporates control, automation and robotics technologies with information technologies and provides technology for industrial communication systems, servo-controlled motion systems, embedded software, industrial software with PLC, SCADA and HMI tools with service-oriented architecture and data processing platforms. It has a large customer base where IoT and digitalization technologies are in high demand. The company has publicly funded projects on digitalization of industry with sensor networks and control platforms that are exploited with patents and utility models.

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Cobat

COBAT is the leading and the oldest national compliance scheme for the collection and recycling of batteries and accumulators. COBAT started its activity in 1988, when it was established by law of the Italian Parliament for the collection and recycling of spent lead-acid batteries. In November 2008, with the Italian transposition of the European Directive 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators, COBAT ended to be an obligatory consortium and became one of voluntary compliance schemes operating in Italy for the collection and recycling of batteries and accumulators. Today, in terms of put on the market of its enrolled producers, COBAT is the main compliance scheme for batteries and accumulators holding more than the 50% of the put on the market. According to its history, Cobat is surely the Italian compliance scheme with the greatest experience in waste batteries management, relying on a collecting network of more than one hundred companies across the country and three recycling plants. Cobat is continuously investing in research and innovation, performed with industry and academia leaders in Europe, always trying to ensure the renewal of its technical and scientific know-how to face the new challenges of the market, such as the recycling of lithium batteries.

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Socar

SOCAR Turkey provides a substantial contribution to the economies of Azerbaijan and Turkey. This is our location. We are located in İzmir, Aliağa with 6 companies which names are STAR refnary, petkim, socar storage, socar terminal, petkimres and socar R&D center. And also, TANAP whish means trans anatalion natural gas pipeline Project is very importan for us. TANAP is the The most important link of the Southern Gas Corridor. Main line lenngth is about 2000 (two thosond) km.

SOCAR R&D give R&D service to SOCAR Turkey group companies. SOCAR R&D, which is committed to making use of its experience of 53 years in R&D for enabling all of its stakeholders to achieve their objectives, has been licensed on June 13, 2020 by the Ministry of Industry and Technology of the Republic of Turkey. SOCAR R&D was established 1200 ( one thosand two hundred) m2 area which including pilot plant, offices, lab. We have 6 lab which names are Rheology, Catalyst, Polymer Characterization, Environment and Biotechnology, Chemical Analysis, Rheology lab. Currently, SOCAR R&D is involved in 4 Horizon-2020 projects (CARMOF,LOUISE, CO2 Fokus, NEFERTITI) in the field of Carbon Capture, Storage and Utilization (CCSU), Solar Power. Circular TwAIn, another project is qualified for being funded by the Horizon-EUROPE.

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Raeeman

RAEEMAN is a waste management company located in northern Italy (Piedmont region). It was established in 2009 providing dedicated services for the collection and treatment of waste from electric and electronic equipment (WEEE); today it is a multi-purpose service company, offering solutions for the management of sanitary waste, waste containing hazardous substances, special municipal waste (e.g., paints, batteries, oil, etc.), as well as waste coming from mechanical workshops (e.g., filters, waste oil) including EVs Li-ion batteries.

RAEEMAN is able to offer logistic services (by using its own transport fleet), waste storage and treatment, with the aim to increase the recovery efficiency of secondary raw materials.

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AIMEN

AIMEN Technology Centre, with more than 50 years of history, is currently a national and European benchmark in research, development and technological innovation in the areas of advanced manufacturing and laser manufacturing, digital technologies for manufacturing, smart materials, smart systems and recycling; as well as in the provision of differentiating technological services to the industry in the areas of manufacturing with advanced joining technologies, robotics and process digitization, a flexible cross-engineering service highly specialised in welding, corrosion, equipment calculation, product simulation and material tests.
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Politecnico di Milano

Politecnico di Milano is the most important technical university in Italy and one of the best in Europe, according to recent rankings. Since 1863, Politecnico di Milano has been active in several scientific and technical fields and is involved in the project through the Manufacturing Group of the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering. This team groups almost 50 researchers and its specific competences lay in the fields of Manufacturing Strategy, ICT for Manufacturing, Social and Environmental Sustainability in Manufacturing, Product and Service Development, Manufacturing Systems Design, Production and Maintenance Management, Education in Manufacturing in which the group can be considered the leader among the Italian Universities and Research Centers.

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CORE Innovation Centre is a non-profit RTO, subsidiary of CORE Innovation & Technology OE, aiming to provide individuals, industries and companies with opportunities to reach their true potential, to make industries smarter and greener, more sustainable and more socially inclusive. Industry 4.0 is where CORE IC chooses to focus its research and innovation efforts. Advances in a range of technologies i.e. IoT, big data, machine and deep learning, edge and cloud computing are deployed to maximise the potential of both people and entities in multiple sectors.

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