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Who participate to the project?

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Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Industries Textiles

ENSAIT is a French engineer school which trains about 70% of textile engineers in France. As one of the leading textile higher education and research institutions in Europe, it awards every year 120 students an Engineer Degree at Master level and 10 postgraduates a PhD of Engineering. The research activities of ENSAIT are carried out inside the GEMTEX National Laboratory (textile engineering and materials). According to the evaluation of Noeton, a well-known independent Dutch consultant company, GEMTEX belonged to the top 4 textile research laboratories within Europe. The Laboratory GEMTEX is composed of three research groups, namely MTC (Mechanics and Textile Composites), MTP (Multifunctional Textiles and Processes) and HCD (Human Centred Design).

ROLE IN THE PROJECT:

  • Project Coordinator, Leading WP1
  • Task Leader of garment and fashion CC_IDS development, involved in all other tasks associated with product and material interactive design systems
  • Task leader of dynamic querying and allocation models/algorithms for SCPMS. involved in all other tasks associated with developing SCPMs
  • Supporting integration of CC_IDS and SCPMS into a unified cloud management system and developing data management and protection system
  • Supporting with pilot case implementation and supply chain tracking with life cycle assessment
  • Contribution to dissemination and communication activities

 

Website: http://en.ensait.fr/

The University of Manchester

The University of Manchester’s research has real-world impact beyond academia. They are at the forefront of the search for solutions to some of the world’s most pressing problems, seeking to be a global force for positive change. From tackling cancer and poverty to finding the energy solutions of the future, our research is making a real difference to the quality of people’s lives across the globe.

ROLE IN THE PROJECT:

  • Contribution to consumer selection, profile formalization and requirement specification & Development of data-driven industrial strategies with value chain scenarios for local value creation of small series on demand
  • Leading the development of the CC_IDS
  • Contributing to supply chain and production management system in database development and fabric functional property specification development and testing fabric functional properties
  • Supporting design and development of interfaces and digital visualisation products; & leading integration of CC_IDS and SCPMS into a unified cloud management system & optimisation of the FBD_BModel platform
  • Supporting with pilot case implementation and supply chain tracking with life cycle assessment
  • Contribution to dissemination and communication activities.

 

Website:http://www.manchester.ac.uk/

University of Borås

University of Borås is organized in three faculties, of which one has its focus on textiles and fashion – textile and fashion design, textile and fashion value chain management and textile engineering – and is commonly known as the Swedish School of Textiles. The school runs a number of cross-disciplinary research areas within the scope of: Smart Textiles, Digital Fashion, and Re:Textile. The multi- and transdisciplinary textile and fashion-related research also benefits education and training in the textile and fashion sector. This has therefore become a highlighted profile of the University of Borås. At present over 25 PhD students are active at the School of Textiles.

ROLE IN THE PROJECT:

  • Task leader Market and Stakeholder Analysis and supply chain specification; contribution to all other tasks relating to business model framework
  • Contribution to CC_IDS design, development and integration
  • Overall work package leader
  • Contribution to Platform Integration and Interface Development
  • Supporting with pilot case implementation and supply chain tracking with life cycle assessment
  • Contribution to dissemination and communication activities.

 

Website:http://www.hb.se/en/

Center for Management Research of Deutsche Institute für Textilund
Faserforschung Denkendorf (DITF)

The Deutsche Institute fuer Textil- und Faserforschung Denkendorf (German Institutes for Textile and Fibre Research – DITF), founded 1921, form with around 310 employees and more than 25 000 sqm of laboratories and technical centres the biggest European institute for applied research on all traditional and technical textiles and related processes. They offer accredited laboratories, a certified biomedical plant as well as employees with a wide range of qualifications.

ROLE IN THE PROJECT:

  • Work package leader – overall responsibility for developing the business model framework
  • Contribution to development of dynamic querying and allocation models/algorithms for the SCPMS
  • Supporting optimisation of the business model
  • Task leader business model configuration and business case planning; supporting with business performance evaluation & supply chain tracking with Life Cycle Assessment
  • Contribution to dissemination and communication activities

 

Website:https://www.ditf.de/en/

Grado Zero Espace

Grado Zero Espace S.r.l. is a design and prototyping Italian SME that started its
activities at the end of the ‘90s within the ESA TTP (Technology Transfer Programme), specialized in advanced materials and manufacturing, sensors and sensing/monitoring technologies, development and integration of “smart” systems (including innovative typologies of wearables for the IoT and Human Machine Interfaces), life cycle engineering, product innovation and ToT. The approach performed by Grado Zero Espace is a B2B (“business-to-business”) approach applied to R&D, for designing, prototyping and scaling-up the realization of innovative material solutions and new products for several industrial and manufacturing fields: PPE (and Protection in general), automotive and aerospace (Transportation), Construction & Buildings, Healthcare & Wellbeing, Biomedical, Advanced Wearables, Textiles and Fashion, Military & Defence, Yachting, Marine Technologies and Nautical products and equipment, Energy, Consumer Goods (including Furniture & Lighting). Grado Zero Espace represents one of the Italy’s top companies for what is related to the development of new advanced solutions and processing/manufacturing know-how on textile-based sustainable products with absolutely
innovative features.

ROLE IN THE PROJECT:

  • Supporting market and stakeholder analysis, Development of data-driven industrial strategies and FBD Business Model Archetype Development and Tools
  • Supporting all tasks association with development of the Product and Material Interactive Design Systems
  • Contribution to Communication of technical data
  • Supporting all tasks association with Platform Integration and Interface Development
  • Work package leader – Business Model Validation
  • Contribution to dissemination and communication activities

 

Website:http://www.gradozero.eu/gzenew/index.php?lang=en

Bivolino.com

Bivolino.com is a SME based in Belgium established in 1998. The company consists of 2 main business units. Its fashion department is in charge of the B2C clothing business. The entire value chain is covered: web shop, 3D configuration, visualization, CAD, manufacturing and delivery. The user-designed shirts and blouses are produced through a fully automated production fulfilment system that connects all partners in the value chain. In 2014 more than 50.000 shirts ran over its e-configurators. Bivolino.com was nominated for the starters award for best e-shop in the Netherlands in 2004 and has won the award for the most innovative unique “gift certificate”.

ROLE IN THE PROJECT:

  • Market and stakeholder analysis and contribution to FBD Business Model Archetype Development and Tools
  • Supporting all tasks associated with development of Product and Material Interactive Design Systems
  • Contribution to communication of technical data
  • Supporting design and developing interfaces, implementing the system and optimizing the platform
  • Contribution to all tasks associated with business model validation
  • Contribution to dissemination and communication activities

 

Website:https://www.bivolino.com/en/

Desap System Solutions Limited

Desap, a mobile application development and smart device technology solutions company based in Manchester UK. Desap’s main role in the project is to enable interoperability between the smart textiles products used in this highly dynamic highly distributed heterogenous system. We will write algorithms to communicate with the smart textiles, extract the data securely, transmit this data to the cloud servers for data analysis, modelling and simulation. Once the modelling and simulation is completed, Desap will create bespoke web services to enable secure data transmission into the app database.

ROLE IN THE PROJECT:

  • N/A
  • Involvement in all tasks to support with data security
  • Involved in the development of SCPMS design action-model and connectors
  • Involved in tasks 5.1 – 5.3 and leading the development of the cloud data management and protection system (task 5.4)
  • Involved in pilot case implementation
  • Contributing to exploitation, dissemination and communication activities

 

Website:http://www.desap.co.uk/

Fitizzy

Fitizzy helps ready-to-wear, lingerie and shoes brands to solve the problem of size and improve the shopping experience of their customers. Thanks to a 2 year’s R&D, all body measurements are calculated with accuracy from simple information. Fitizzy recommends the best size with advices about how the product fits. Fitizzy is a cross-channel solution for website and physical stores. Thanks to that we’re building the biggest morphological database which is useful for other markets.

ROLE IN THE PROJECT:

  • Involved in market and stakeholder analysis and archetype development and tools
  • Involvement in all tasks
  • Main involvement in the development of SCPMS design action-model and connectors
  • Leading WP5 – platform integration and interface development
  • Involved in the implementation of the pilot cases
  • Involvement in exploitation, dissemination and communication activities

 

Website:https://www.fitizzy.com/

Azadora S.r.l.

AZADORA S.r.l. is a modern, technological and versatile garment collections maker in close contact with the greater Italian and International fashion houses. AZADORA facilities, located in Tuscany (Italy), cover 3,000 square meters, inside of which all manufacturing phases are performed by staff with many years of experience: “fast, accurate, coordinated and reliable”. AZADORA’s organization is divided into the following
sectors: Administration, Modelling and CAD Department, Fabric Department, Cutting, Leather Department, Leather Goods Production, Assembling Department, Accessories Production, Finishing Department, Ironing and Quality Control, Warehousing and Shipping. AZADORA is a constantly evolving company in relation to its development and commitment. AZADORA aims at searching for solutions, and innovative production techniques through the adoption of new advanced technologies to obtain a final result of high strength and excellence.

ROLE IN THE PROJECT:

  • Involvement in market and stakeholder analysis and FBD_BModel archetype development and tools
  • Contribution to CC_IDS system design and cloud database development
  • Collection of technical data
  • Contribute to task 5.1: design and development of interfaces for B2C and B2B gateways
  • Involved in task 6.1 – pilot cases implementation – leading one of the businesses cases – Sportswear and Outer wear, with GZE.
  • Leading Task 6.2: Business performance evaluation and contributing to task 6.4 and 6.5.
  • Involvement in exploitation, dissemination and communication activities

 

Website:http://www.azadora.it/?lang=en

Kuvera S.p.a.

Kuvera S.p.A and Inticom S.p.A merged together are Pianoforte Holding SpA jointly led by the two Italian founding families Cimmino and Carlino. The Group is legally based in Milan and operates through two main Headquarters strategically located in Nola (NA) and Gallarate (VA), in Italy. Intesa Sanpaolo is the largest Italian Bank and it has got a 10% stake in the Pianoforte Group share capital. The strong tradition and the consolidated experience in the retail sector of the families Carlino and Cimmino molded together into the Pianoforte Group providing international development and leading guidance to its portfolio of Brands: Carpisa, Yamamay and Jaked strengthen their presence retaining their uniqueness.

ROLE IN THE PROJECT:

  • Contributing to market and stakeholder analysis and FBD_BModel archetype development and tools
  • Contributing to tasks 3.1 – 3.4
  • Involvement in task 4.1 – communication of technical data
  • Involved in the design and development of interfaces for B2C and B2B gateways and in the implementation of the system
  • Responsible for 2 Business cases – Technical performing underwear (YAMAMAY) and customised performing and fashion accessories (CARPISA). Involved in all tasks for WP6
  • Leading Exploitation (Task 7.1) and contributing to dissemination and communication activites

 

Websites:

https://www.carpisa.it/fr_en/

https://www.yamamay.com/it_en/

http://www.jaked.com/

Beste S.p.a.

The mission of the company is a multi-fold goal: (a) In some cases is to make a designer’s vision come to life; (b) In others it is to seek through the market in search of accessories, materials or technologies; (c) Some other times it is a matter of hypothesizing on what does not yet exist, developing a repertoire of fresh solutions to share with the clients. Today at Beste, they work with the most known brands in
the world on the semi-finished and finished fabrics, for motives of quality, prestige and international presence, but they also produce their own limited garments series with their own brands (MONOBI – https://www.monobistudio.com/ – it is one of these), with a policy which is orientated towards innovation, experimentation, aesthetic style and the quality standards of the fashion sector, with added-value technical features.

ROLE IN THE PROJECT:

  • Contributing to market and stakeholder analysis and FBD_BModel archetype development and tools
  • Involvement in tasks 3.1 – 3.4
  • Contributing to the communication of technical data, task 4.1
  • Involved in the design and development of interfaces and implementation of the system
  • Involved in all tasks and leading business case: Fashion Urban Wear and Performing Clothing – MONOBI brand
  • Involvement in exploitation, dissemination and communication activities

 

Website: http://www.beste.it/

BeWarrant S.L.

BeWARRANT (BEWG) is a branch of the Italian company Warrant Group S.r.l., a privately held consultancy services company that provides full-spectrum consulting in business finance. Warrant Group has been active since 1995, growing over the years to become a leader in its sector today. WG Business Units work in synergy with its Innovation Lab to give their clients the best support tools for the success of their business initiatives and
to assist them in the preparation and management of strategic projects: business projects, research projects, training and technology transfer activities, under National and International support frameworks.
The European Funding Division (EFD) team provides consultancy, training and support on European Funding opportunities, and in the preparation, negotiation and management of European Proposals, particularly on H2020 calls. EFD offers also support for communication and dissemination activities, and periodically participates into and organizes sectional seminars and networking events with/for industrial associations, SMEs, policy makers, etc. thus having the opportunity to disseminate the project results to relevant audiences.

ROLE IN THE PROJECT:

  • Supporting ENSAIT in the coordination of the FBD_BModel project, responsible for Tasks 1.3 and 1.4. Responsible for ensuring deliverables and milestones are delivered on time to the EC
  • Contributing to market and stakeholder analysis, development of data-driven industrial strategies with value chain scenarios for local value creation of small series on demand, and FBD_BModel archetype development and tools.
  • Main involvement in Leading Task 6.3 – Supply Chain tracking with Life Cycle Assessment. Also involved in Business model configuration and business case planning, and market replication and business model capitalization
  • Leading WP7. Involved in exploitation, and leading Tasks 7.2 – 7.4 including dissemination, communication and networking and clustering.

 

Website: http://www.efdbewarrant.eu

In collaboration with:

Premaccess is a Swiss company created in 2007. It originally provided IT hosting, outsourcing, and broadband services. It now also offer strategic support to our clients in IT Governance, Cloud support and digital transformation advising companies on how to align business goals and IT. Premaccess is based in France and Switzerland and other extra European countries thanks to a strong relationship with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Warrant Group S.r.l. is an italian privately held services company that provides full-spectrum consulting in business finance since 1995. The European Funding Division (EFD) is one of the seven business areas, specifically focusing on consultancy, training and support on EU Funding opportunities. EFD services include the preparation, negotiation, management, communication and dissemination of EU-funded projects. Warrant Group is part of Gruppo Tecnoinvestimenti S.p.a.