Value proposition

The European Commission initiative to digitalise the manufacturing industry

I4MS (ICT Innovation for Manufacturing SMEs) is a program promoted by the European Commission to expand the digital innovation of manufacturing SMEs in Europe. As an SME or a mid-cap you can apply for technological and financial support to experiment with different technologies and services to improve the innovation skills of your staff and the technologies and services your company provides.

I4MS offers:
- Technological support in Robotics, HPC, Additive Manufacturing, CPS and IoT.
- Funding opportunities and technical assistance to support your digital transformation.
- Best practices, such as success stories as inspiration to become more competitive and
opportunities to connect with successful SMEs.
- Skills observatory, to offer training to improve digitisation skills.
- Disruptors awards, a selection and recognition of the best digitisation cases.
- Acceleration program, training support on raising funds and matchmaking with peers.
- An online community to find synergies with other manufacturers: https://i4ms.fundingbox.com/


Manufacturing, ICT, Robotics, HPC, CPS, IoT, SMEs, Communities, Funding Opportunities, European Projects, Technology, Innovation, Digitisation, Smart Manufacturing, Industry 4.0, Experiments, Additive Manufacturing, and DIH