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The future of manufacturing in Europe and the role of nanotechnologies

The future of manufacturing in Europe and the role of nanotechnologies. Ezio ANDRETA Director “Industrial Technologies” Research Directorate-general European Commission. These pages do not represent any commitment on behalf of the European Commission. Please refer to official documents.

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The future of manufacturing in Europe and the role of nanotechnologies

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  1. The future of manufacturing in Europe and the role of nanotechnologies Ezio ANDRETA Director “Industrial Technologies” Research Directorate-general European Commission These pages do not represent any commitment on behalf of the European Commission. Please refer to official documents. See, e.g.: http://www.cordis.lu/fp6; http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/index_en.html; http://www.cordis.lu/nanotechnology

  2. Manufacturing todayworldwide… • Around 25% of GDP (22% in EU) • In Europeabout 2.5 million enterprises (of which 99% SMEs) and 28% of employment • European strengths: knowledge generation, products customisation, creativity • European weaknesses: • low productivity growth, low development of high-tech industries, low innovation, skill gaps

  3. Important economic changes to come …

  4. Source : “ Will ‘Made in USA’ Fade Away”, Fortune Nov 24, 03

  5. ICT GLOBALISATION EFFICENCY DIMENSION NEW CHALLENGES

  6. OLD Time: extended Space: local NEW Time: zero (real time) Space: global Economic development: a vision zero time efficiency Sustainability subsidiarity role dimension organisation space global - Concentration on added value - collaborations

  7. LINEARITY = a simple function expanded step by step in time • COMPLEXITY = a system composed of many linear functions characterized by a global dynamic which is different from the dynamic of each function • LINEAR APPROACH = chain of production • COMPLEX APPROACH = simultaneous engineering

  8. SIX MAIN CHANGES • From linearity to complexity • From individual to system competitiveness • From resources-based to knowledge-based economy • From macro to micro • From top down to bottom up production systems • From mono-disciplinarity to trans-disciplinarity

  9. Transition from a « traditional economy » based on traditional resources to anew economy based on knowledge The triplet « land-labour-capital » is replaced by knowledge –capital …this implies moving from an economy of ‘quantity‘ to an economy of ‘quality’, from an economy of ‘use and waste’ to a sustainable economy

  10. OLD Compact enterprise Production chain Mass production Quantity driven Resource-intensive Production driven Linear approach (Taylorism in production) NEW Extended enterprise Network of suppliers Focus to added value Quality driven Brain intensive Demand driven Simultaneous approach

  11. Novel activities and the new generation of high-tech industries are showing up on the market The shift from labour-intensive to brain–intensive operations modifies jobs and skills required

  12. FROM TO INFO BIO NANO COGNITIVE NANO/INFO/ BIO/COGN INFO/BIO NANO/BIO NANO/INFO NANO/INFO/BIO DISCIPLINES CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES MONO MULTI INTER TRANS

  13. Main challenges • Interdisciplinarity • Entrepreneurship • Ethics, health & safety • Information + dialogue • Acceptance • Fiscality • Finance • Patents, IPRs • Norms/regulations • Administrative rules • Demand • Industries • Universities • Research inst. • Finance • Policy makers

  14. Key issues from the Conference Manufuture • The importance of the multi-disciplinary approach to improve EU competitiveness in the context of socio-economic sustainability • Highlight the importance of international co-operation • Improve the image of Manufacturing • The need of a competitive EU research Finally, two main challenges: • To conceive the entire production system in such a way that high added value and quality of final products and services can substantially absorb labour costs • To build up competitive knowledge-based systems

  15. FP6 (EU) NNI (USA) Rapid Growth of Interest in Nanotechnology R&D Public expenditure in nanotechnology is growing by ~40% annually to around 3.5 billion €/$ in 2003. Public expenditure ( 1€ = 1$ ) Source: European Commission (2003) Total: 1,000 Billion US$ p.a. Our “Nano” Economy in the next 15-20 Years…?

  16. Why is nanotechnology importantfor European society and industry?Analysts estimate that the market for products based on nanotechnology could rise to hundreds of billion by 2010 and exceed one trillion after European Activities in Nanotechnology R&D: • Several countries started national nanotechnology between the mid-1980’s and mid-1990’s • Overall investment of around 200 million € in 1997 has risen to around 1,000 million € in 2003 • Levels of public investment vary considerably between 0.05 and 5.6 € per citizen • Transnational projects in the EU’s 4th (~30M€/year) and 5th (~45M€/year) Framework Programmes • Nanotechnology identified as a main priority area in the 6th Framework Programme (~250M€/year)

  17. Nanotechnology Applications Expected to impact upon virtually all technological sectors as an “enabling” or “key” technology Medicine and Health InformationTechnology Energy Production / Storage Materials Science Food, Water and the Environment Instruments Remediation methods Drug delivery GMR Hard Disk Hydrogen Fuel Cells Lightweight and strong Tunneling microscopy

  18. Societal Issues Infrastructure ResearchandDevelopment IndustrialInnovation HumanResources The European approach:integrated and responsible Nanotechnology R&TD+I require actions on several fronts Health, safety, environmental and consumer protection InternationalCooperation COM(2004)/338

  19. R&D: Building the Momentum • European public investment in nanotechnology R&D should increase by a factor of 3 by 2010 • Focus upon transforming our knowledge into wealth generating products and processes • Reinforce the next FP for added-value via critical mass, transnational collaboration and competition • Effective coordination of national programmeswith both OMC and ERA-NET mechanisms • Bring public and private stakeholders together to strengthen roadmap and foresighting activities

  20. National European Globalised E-commerce Knowledge oriented & user driven based society Market Supplier Market Environment & Concentration High A.V. & oriented oriented customer driven & Networking integration Indust. approach Technology Market System Society Sustainability Radical push pull oriented oriented & problem- innovation solving & Break- through RTD approach years 1983 1986 Single act 1990 1993 Maastricht 1997 Amsterdam 1999 Euro 2000…... Enlargem.

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