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The first business meeting focused on smart industry was successfully held on Thursday, 30 August 2023, at the Nextistence Demo Consulting Center.

The event featured constructive discussions and positive conclusions that will serve as a strong foundation for guiding, managing, and connecting digital factories and sustainable industry in the future.

Presentation of the Cluster Mission
Participants were first introduced to the mission of the Digital Manufacturing and Sustainable Industry Cluster, which is based on:

• Connecting manufacturing companies to exchange knowledge, experience, and practical solutions, thereby accelerating learning, growth, and the implementation of digitalization within companies
• Defining shared strategic areas where manufacturing companies see overlap and complementarity, helping avoid duplication of effort and enabling faster, more efficient implementation of new tools and digital transformation solutions
• Joint exploration of new digital technologies, including testing and implementation with lower technological and business risk than if companies acted independently
• Identifying and developing concrete measures and solutions for common challenges, delivering more efficient, cost-effective, and comprehensive results for multiple companies or the wider industry
• Unified and coordinated positioning of the Slovenian manufacturing sector in relation to digital transformation and the sustainable / green transition, both in Slovenia and internationally – through direct cooperation with companies, clusters, and associations, or via EU initiatives and funding calls

Key Closing Topics of the Meeting
The final discussion focused on the following strategic themes:

• Applied center for the digital transformation of manufacturing companies
• Gradual expansion into EU markets with products and solutions
• RRI projects (Research, Development and Innovation)
• Development of knowledge, best practices, and practical implementation of digital transformation in manufacturing companies
• Development of new products and solutions within the Demo Consulting Academy Center and beyond

If you also see an opportunity for your company within the Nextistence Institute programme, we invite you to contact us.