20 digital transformation projects invited to participate in the fourth edition of the Business Factory Auto (BFA)
The Executive
Committee of the Business Factory Auto (BFA) selected 20 new business projects
to participate in the fourth edition of the BFA, which will start on December 9th,
both the acceleration phase and the consolidation phase.
This fourth
edition has broken a record of participation, since 104 projects have been
submitted from more than twenty countries, interested in being part of the
accelerator. All of them related to digital transformation.
The selected
projects respond to the technological challenges proposed by the Galician
Automotive Sector, transferred to the BFA by different companies such as:
Borgwarner, Denso, GKN, Groupe PSA, Grupo Copo or Maier Ferroplast, among
others.
In addition, of
the 20 projects invited to participate, there are 3 international ones: one
from Germany (in the acceleration phase), another from Israel and another from
Holland (both in the consolidation phase). There are also projects from
Universities and Technological Centers, as well as Spin Outs from companies in
the Sector.
The balance of
the BFA initiative is being very positive after three editions already finished
and one about to start, since 35 companies have been created (plus 14 new ones
in this fourth call) and more than 252 jobs, with a turnover of 33 million
euros in 2019. In addition, gaps have been covered in the value chain of the
Sector, mainly related to Industry 4.0, and talent and innovation has been
attracted to our Community.
Internationally,
the Business Factory Auto (BFA) accelerator has recently been recognized by the
Startup Europe Awards initiative of the Finnova Foundation and DG Connect, as
the first “Mobility Startup Europe House” to promote core values ??for the
European Commission as innovation, entrepreneurship or Europeanism. These
European awards are the most important granted to companies in these fields and
mainly recognize the work of the BFA to bring the reality of the European Union
to companies in the automotive sector. Undoubtedly, this recognition represents
a new international support for the BFA, which has already won two European
trophies in recent months: international award for best practice by the
European Association of Regional Development Agencies (EURADA) and was also
named “regional partner ”in the StartUp Europe Awards, being the first
automotive accelerator in Europe to achieve it.
Projects invited
to participate in the fourth edition
The Committee,
composed of representatives of the Galician Government, the Consortium of the
Free Zone of Vigo, Groupe PSA and CEAGA, selected, as guests to participate in
its fourth acceleration program, the following projects:
Ancora - Spin
Off of the University of Vigo
Technology for
mobile applications to connect directly with machines or any production system,
in order to exchange information.
Augmented
Reality Factory: 360º solutions – Startup
Cloud web
platform or local server, which integrates and manages augmented reality
solutions for Industry 4.0.
Combination of
hardware, data network and cloud platform, whose purpose is to be able to
connect to industrial systems or machines (retrofitting) and convert them into
4.0 machines and with the possibility of being interconnected with each other.
DataAir
Compressed air leak monitoring – Startup
Development of a
low cost solution that allows the monitoring of compressed air installations
for early leak detection.
DFA, analytics and
Big Data - One Company Spin Out of Deicom
Software
platform that feeds on data from very heterogeneous sources (sensors,
monitoring systems, environment variables, etc.) and combines them to obtain
information applicable in: maintenance, optimization of processes and
resources, and support for decision making.
Digital Hunter
Operator – One Company Spin Out of Optare Solutions
Industrial IoT
(IIoT) operator that can deploy a set of components and integrate them to make
the digitalization of the industry effective.
Immersia –
Startup
Interactive
digital twins with advanced data visualization and with the incorporation of
Virtual Reality and / or Augmented Reality.
Lightkey
Mobility - One Company Spin Out of LightBee
Access,
validation and identification system using VLC (Visible Light Communications)
technology, which uses the existing infrastructure, and oriented both to plant
and vehicle access.
Nort3D PGS –
Startup
Multi-purpose
claw system for the movement of multimaterial parts, adaptable to both handling
lines and logistic warehouses for loading and unloading.
Rdc works -
design to print - One Company Spin Out RDC works GmbH
Development of a
methodology that optimizes, from an industrial point of view, the design phase
for the printing of 3D parts FDM (Fused Depositing Modeling).
The
consolidation phase for more mature projects will be attended by 6 companies
from the third edition and 4 new ones that join the initiative. In total, this
phase will feature the projects:
Discoperi –
Startup
Accident
prevention system. Understand the factors of the road, calculate the level of
risk for a driver and alert the driver if the risk is too high in advance.
DTView 3D - Several Companies Spin Out of Soltec
Ingenieros, OPF and freelance
Virtual reality
glasses, augmented and mixed to see the interior of machines, processes,
designs or factories with a high level of detail.
High resolution
thermal perception solution for autonomous vehicles for complete obstacle
detection, through an ADAS system to allow vehicles to reliably detect, segment
and analyze pedestrians, animals and objects.
Inmake Integra
Additive Lean Manufacturing 2.0 – Startup
Online platform
that offers a comprehensive service for the entire manufacturing process of
prototypes, tools, tools or series through additive manufacturing.
Mobocen V2 –
Startup
Real-time
monitoring system of hydraulic pumps to increase service life and reduce
maintenance costs.
Logistics
Optimization in Automotive – Startup
Control of the
availability and location of the containers for the transport of pieces.
SGS 4.0 –
Startup
SGS (Safety
General Structure) system, consisting of an electric vehicle platform that
integrates a distributed frame, which improves current safety, cooling,
lightness and comfort standards.
Unimate Flexible
Mobile Robot V2.0 - Spin Out of Unimate Robotics
Solution that
combines a robot with a vision system, which allows it to position itself in
the jobs in a precise and safe way, with the technology of the AGVs, to be able
to move autonomously through the plant.
VAX3D – Startup
Creation of
interactive virtual reality manuals, including augmented reality, for
maintenance work on machines or industrial manufacturing cells from a single
interface.
Xabet – Startup
Consultancy in
industry 4.0 implementation and development of modular digital solutions based
on data processing.
