PROFACTOR GmbH

The mission of Profactor is to stimulate advanced research in manufacturing sciences, as well as to enable the development and application of new manufacturing concepts and technologies. Currently 70 academic scientists from all technical fields are employed.

The machine vision group at Profactor comprises employees from the fields of mathematics, computer science, mechatronics and mechanical engineering. This group has gathered extensive experience in machine vision (mainly surface inspection) and process automation.

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

The Division PMA (Production engineering, Machine design and Automation) is the largest of four divisions of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of K.U.Leuven. It is involved in a broad array of research projects centred around manufacturing processes, systems and products. A group of around 30 people are dealing with research related to industrial robotics, medical robotics, mobile robots, intelligent machines, and intelligent manufacturing systems. Machine learning and subsymbolic control paradigms have been extensively explored and applied for sensor-based robot control. This group has a staff of 2 professors, 2 assistant professors, 3 post-doctoral researchers and some 20 PhD students.

University of the West of England, Bristol 

The Centre for Innovative Manufacturing and Machine Vision Systems of the University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE) provides a focus for fundamental and applied research aimed at developing state of the art technologies and systems that could be beneficially applied to various stages of the product life cycle and could also contribute to exciting research-led teaching. The Centre is engaged in a number of parallel but complementary lines of research. These include machine vision for metrology, surface inspection and medical applications, modelling and knowledge-based system development for manufacturing processes, Knowledge-Based systems incorporating QFD techniques in PDM systems for Concurrent Engineering, Reverse Engineering, Complex CAD modelling, automation, Manufacturing Planning & Control and mechatronics

Johannes Kepler Universität Linz

The Department of  Knowledge-Based Mathematical Systems of the Johannes Kepler University of Linz has a long tradition in basic research in fuzzy logic, which was extended in during the past ten years to applied research, leading to industrial applications of fuzzy logic in signal and image processing, system identification, modelling, machine learning, fault detection, and controlling.

The approaches include knowledge-based and data-driven modelling techniques with fuzzy systems, (fuzzy) decision trees, and also statistical methods. The department has two locations, one at the main campus of the Johannes Kepler University Linz, and one in the Softwarepark Hagenberg, where industrial and research projects in cooperation with various industrial and institutional partners are concentrated.

Sony DADC Austria AG

Sony DADC is a full-service technology and solution provider for optical media, offering services from the traditional replication business to advanced solutions. The Sony DADC Global Network consists of 13 facilities, providing unmatched capabilities and flexibility in providing leading solutions and technology for optical media. Sony DADC's replication facilities include extensive premastering operations, high-volume mastering capabilities, precision replication systems and high-speed disc printers. A dedicated fulfillment centre handles full-service disc packaging, warehousing and direct-to-user product shipping. The facility in Niederalm, near Salzburg in Austria produces several hundred millions of CDs each year.

Asentics GmbH

Asentics was founded in 2001. Since the fusion of Asentics and Pulsotronic in 2002 Asentics is one of the leading producers and suppliers for industrial image processing equipment in Germany with 30 employees in the fields of optical sensors, industrial image processing and machine vision. The products are opto-electrical sensors, intelligent camerasensors and PC based vision systems. Asentics has successfully carried out many industrial projects in the food, plastics and automotive industry.

The European Association of Innovating SMEs

More than 90% of EurExcel Members are SMEs with the capability to innovate and exploit within supply and value chains, but lacking R&D capacity. To compensate for this they also have within their Membership a number of high-tech SMEs and research institutes that are able to help their memberas adapt and apply new technology, in this case, specific results from an FP6 research project. There are also a number of other industrial association groupings (AIGs or Trade Associations) that are themselves Members of EurExcel, creating a total direct and affiliated membership of over 10.000 organisations.

Atlas Copco Airpower n.v. Airtec Divison

Atlas Copco is a global industrial group headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. The Group, which was founded already in 1873, employs today close to 26 000 people and manufactures products in 17 countries on five continents. The Belgian facility is involved in the development, manufacturing and assembly of oil-free and oil-injected air compressors, gas and process compressors, turbo expanders and electrical power generators.