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Level International
Plastic types Fibre Reinforced Plastics
Funding source European Union SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport
Project Website https://www.fibre4yards.eu/
Project cost 7.572.437,50 EUR
Period January 2021 - December 2023
Geographical area Europe
Categories Raw Materials
Tags industry shipping economics production cost automation
Project partners
  • Universidad Politecnica De Madrid - Spain,
  • Politechnika Lodzka - Poland,
  • Institut De Recherche Technologique Jules Verne - France,
  • Compass Ingenieria Y Sistemas SA - Spain,
  • Tecnicas Y Servicios De Ingenieria, S.L. - Spain,
  • Curve Works BV - Netherlands,
  • Naval Group - France,
  • Inegi - Instituto De Ciencia E Invovacao Em Engenharia Mecanica E Engenharia Industrial - Portugal,
  • Industrias Quimicas Irurena SA - Spain,
  • 10XL BV - Netherlands,
  • L-up SAS - France,
  • Zafiro Business Solutions Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag - Hungary,
  • Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore Registre International De Classification De Navires Et De Plateformes Offshore - France
Description

The EU’s shipping industry may be an economic giant in the European economy, but it still faces fierce international competition. Particularly for small and medium European shipyards, there is a need to find a balance between reducing production costs and increasing quality processes for the mass production of fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) ship parts. The EU-funded FIBRE4YARDS project will develop a cost-efficient, digitised, automated and modular FRP vessel production approach, and will implement it in a Shipyard 4.0 environment to increase EU shipbuilders’ competitiveness. Bringing together a highly skilled and complementary consortium, including SMEs and an FRP shipyard, will ensure the processes proposed can improve the efficiency of vessels in terms of energy consumption and maintenance costs.

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