Smart Manufacturing: Extension to 1/3/2023 in Action
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The Ministerial Decision on the subject: “3rd Amendment of the Call with an extension of submission of proposals for the program, Smart Transformation, and of the Application Guide, included in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, was published in DIAUGIA “Greece 2.0”, signed by the Minister Development and Investments Adonis Spyridon Georgiadis.
The decision sets a new deadline for the submission of investment projects on 1 March 2023 at 13.00.
The eligible NACE codes are as follows:
Object/Goal of the Action: Smart Processing
Investment projects of very small, small and medium-sized enterprises of the Greek industrial ecosystem are subsidized to strengthen their technological infrastructure and upgrade their manufacturing equipment using smart cutting-edge technologies with low environmental impact.
Investment projects should aim to improve the resilience of the business through the upgrade of digital management and production control systems, the supply of advanced and digitally controlled industrial equipment, the digitization of the interconnection systems throughout the supply chain and in the production of systems and technology that support digital transformation.
Indicative interventions that can be implemented include:
- digitization of production lines by utilizing Industry 4.0 technologies
- automation and interconnection of supply chains
- design and production of smart products and services
- application of Smart Manufacturing technologies to improve cost efficiency
- quality assurance and risk management
- feasibility studies and market research for the development of new smart products/services
Type of aid: Grant/Subsidy
What is being assisted
The program finances investment projects with a budget of between €250,000 and €6,000,000, which may include expenditure on:
- mechanical equipment
- building installations
- special building installations for the introduction of new technologies such as high-speed 5G network infrastructure
- laboratory and quality control equipment
- ICT & software equipment
- software licenses, IT security services
- product design, intellectual property, patent services
- certification costs
- technical consultancy services for the implementation of new IT infrastructure and software for the digital transformation of the business or for carrying out feasibility analysis for the development of new smart products and services,
- consultancy services for monitoring the investment plan, training of staff and workforce in new Industry 4.0 technologies
Total Budget of the “Smart Manufacturing” Action: €73,227,620.00
Fund Budget: €73,227,620.00
Geographical Area: All of Greece
Call publication website: https://www.ggb.gr/
Submission of applications: Funding applications and the supporting documents required for the evaluation of the proposal must be submitted by the candidate Beneficiaries only through the Information System for the Management of State Aids (PSKE), using the Standardized Funding Application Form in the PSKE: https://www.ependyseis.gr/mis
Pillar: 4. Private investment and transformation of the economy
Axis: 4.6 Modernization and improvement of the resilience of the country’s main economic sectors
Action: 4.6.23 (16721) Smart processing