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The Slovenian company MARSi group d.o.o. today combines Consulting and Technical support, Research & Development, Rapid tooling, Mold manufacture, Injection molding (mass production) and 3D metal print (DMLS technology) parts and tools. Most of the injection molding machines are supported with robot manipulators for product manipulation or with automatic packaging systems units for plastic products. […]

From coffee to silos – March 12th we did a virtual tour at two SMEs, who have completed digital transformations, sustainability initiatives and employee-engagement. At ADMA Europe Learning Network, which MADE was a co-organizer of, the participants were inspired by two SMEs: BKI foods a/s and BM Silo opened their doors virtually, to show how they are shaping the […]

Covid-19 has not been able to stop the enthusiasm of the ADMA team. The ADMA project, supporting European SMEs in their transformation towards Factories of the Future, recently reached all the KPI’s set forward by the Commission… the ADMA project team therefore has a lot to inform you about! At the online ADMA live event […]

A unique opportunity to be inspired by strong Dutch companies, having implemented inspiring breakthroughs related to the transformations ‘Digital Factory’ and ‘Value- Chain Oriented Open Factory’ Webinar; 25th March 2021 (10.00 – 12.30 CET) The ADMA initiative (www.adma.ec) is pleased to invite you to the next learning network event on the 25th of March 2021. […]

We have spoken with Mario Šinko (CEO and founder) about Marsi’s experience with the ADMA initiative and the company’s management strategy. The company’s CEO is aware that they still need to make some key improvements before Marsi becomes a Factory of the Future, and they want to make that journey as efficient as possible. The […]

Register for ADMA’s Final event HERE! Although Covid-19 made shop floor visits hardly impossible, the ADMA advisors last year supported 69 companies in 12 countries to perform the ADMA long scan, execute an on-site or virtual scan feedback session in order to identify the company’s key strategic transformation priorities. To date, close to 20 companies […]

Cargill (Izegem), Danone (Rotselaar), Delhez Tôlerie (Thimister-Clermont) and L’Oréal (Libramont) are the new Factories of the Future. In seven years, the select leading group of the most future-oriented production companies in Belgium has thus grown to a club of 42 companies, which together have invested more than 1.9 billion euros over the past five years. […]

Provan, a family owned Belgian metal components supplier employing  75 people, has one simple goal: zero inventory!  This means that every smaller series and a lot of production changes during the day. Provan organized themselves to be able to process 3000 orders a month without having a planning staff department! Linking office cells with the […]

Sori, a French manufacturer of tool storage trolleys employing 48 highly skilled employees, was able to reduce the production throughput time for welding one box down from 7 minutes to less than 2. The assembly of a full cabinet used to take 25 minutes. Today, it takes 7 minutes. Not impressive enough for you? Already […]

Technogaja is an innovative company from Lithuania providing air filtering equipments. They are down-to-earth, approachable and fun, and thanks to their “team-spirit” they break down barriers and engage equally effectively towards big and small projects. Read more below about their experience in the ADMA pilot! What are the main positive and negative aspects of the ADMA […]