The event was organized by the
Serbian Automotive Cluster (AC Serbia), with the participation of near 30
representatives from 20 organizations coming both from the consortium partners
and regional companies interested in the topic. This high level of attendance
could be achieved by offering some of the companies the alternative to
participate remotely, in order to counteract the concerns related to the spread
of the coronavirus.
As in previous matchmaking
events, the main goal was to identify synergies among the project concepts
previously presented by SMEs, in order to promote the development of potential
joint collaborative projects.
In this occasion, it’s worth
mentioning the high number of technology suppliers among the attendants,
providing evidence of their experience in digital twins, AR/VR technologies,
etc. All of them showed their willingness to provide solutions to the project
concepts presented.
As a result of this meeting,
several opportunities for collaboration have been identified. Most of them are
based on a simple buyer-seller relationship, so in the following weeks, efforts
will be focused on searching for other companies with similar problems,
interested in developing joint projects.
As a complement to these B2B
meetings, the agenda of the event included other activities such as the visit to the Albon Engineering
plant in Serbia, specialized in the manufacture of connecting rods for the automotive sector.
The Group is also involved in the manufacture of machinery through the company
Agena, also established in Serbia.
Additionally, AC Serbia
organized a Demolab too, with the participation of the companies Zumoko and
Mitsubishi Electronics, where participants could know better, see and try
technologies in the field of virtualisation, such as the use of virtual reality
glasses for different industrial applications.
Finally, this last matchmaking
event was also the perfect framework to remind the joint projects arisen from previous
meetings, both in the topic of “elasticity of production processes” and in the
“robotics and AI” one. The reason for that was to give other SMEs the
opportunity to join, in case of interest.
